The worst thing about it, Oklahoma is not the only state in dire straights financially, with the same issues and obsessions.
This is a national problem.
Mary Jo Fleming Oklahoma City
In the U.S., 41 earthquakes were reported in one day on earthquaketrack.com. Five of those were in Oklahoma, giving us 8 percent of the action. Thats 342 across the U.S. in a week versus 38 in Oklahoma (11 percent), or 1,411 a month in the U.S. and 107 in Oklahoma (8 percent) and 22,209 annually in the U.S. to 2,806 in Oklahoma (13 percent).
Of those 2,806 Oklahoma quakes in a year, 417 were here in Blanchard, giving us a whopping 14 percent of the action. Looking at the bigger picture, Blanchard has 2 percent of the nations yearly quakes.
Take that, Calfornia!
Vice-Mayor Michael Scalf has encouraged the citizenry to write to Oklahoma Corporation Commission to express their concern, suspecting the quakes to be related to a recent well in city limits drilled by Newfield Exploration Corporation. So if you want to feel the earth move under your feet, cmon down!
Janine Sotomayor Blanchard
I would like to know Melissa McLawhorn Houstons salary as Oklahoma Commissioner of Labor (News, Public servant, Laura Eastes, June 29, Gazette). She said she doesnt believe in gotcha regulations, but thats what OSHA is all about. Most Oklahoma politicians and plutocrats are in it only for their own enrichment.
Most real journalism includes data from the other side.
Thomas L. Furlong Oklahoma City
America needs to return to the God of love, the Savior of red, brown, yellow, black and white. They are precious in His sight. Jesus loves the unborn and grown-up children of the world.
When President Thomas Jefferson said, The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of tyrants and patriots, I dont think he had in mind good cops, and I doubt if he would consider racist terrorists as patriots.
Michael Moberly Oklahoma City
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