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madamesilverspurs

(16,053 posts)
Sun Sep 15, 2013, 11:13 AM Sep 2013

Is there a media blackout on the fracking flood disaster in Colorado?

That's the headline on a blog out of Texas. And it's a question we've been trying to get answered here in Weld County, with no luck so far. Media, print and broadcast, have shown numerous pictures of tipped/toppled/floating/leaking tanks, but the commentary is glaringly absent. Please read these blog posts. And follow the links embedded. This isn't Vegas -- what's happening here will NOT stay here.

http://www.texassharon.com/2013/09/15/is-there-a-media-blackout-on-the-fracking-flood-disaster-in-colorado/

http://www.texassharon.com/2013/09/14/drilling-in-a-flood-plain-dallas-look-at-the-fun-you-missed/



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Is there a media blackout on the fracking flood disaster in Colorado? (Original Post) madamesilverspurs Sep 2013 OP
Freaking Fracking is a total toxic corporatist travesty against land & people Berlum Sep 2013 #1
Bad links. kestrel91316 Sep 2013 #2
Hmmm. Try this: madamesilverspurs Sep 2013 #3
I ran into a young guy that used to work in a local convenience store. He told me he works for doc03 Sep 2013 #4
This will come out, whether from fracking or a burst oil pipe. SleeplessinSoCal Sep 2013 #5
k & r snagglepuss Sep 2013 #6

Berlum

(7,044 posts)
1. Freaking Fracking is a total toxic corporatist travesty against land & people
Sun Sep 15, 2013, 11:16 AM
Sep 2013

Not surprised the corporate media is playing dumb about the freaking flooding fracking f*ckup.

doc03

(36,748 posts)
4. I ran into a young guy that used to work in a local convenience store. He told me he works for
Sun Sep 15, 2013, 02:15 PM
Sep 2013

a Utica shale fracking outfit now. He pumps the fracking fluid into the wells. He has only had the job for a month
and is already off work because of a respiratory infection caused by the chemicals in the fracking fluid. When he was working
he got paid $13 an hour and worked 90 hours a week. I suggested he look for another job, even without the chemicals what kind of life could you have
working 90 hours a week. He said he is trying to get in a coal mine that pays $18 an hour. That's not much better but
that is the best a person can get around here anymore.

SleeplessinSoCal

(9,682 posts)
5. This will come out, whether from fracking or a burst oil pipe.
Mon Sep 16, 2013, 03:07 AM
Sep 2013

At this point it makes sense to concentrate on saving lives and keep politics out of it. It's sad that it comes down to politics, but that's how dysfunctional we are today.

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