A friend of mine who grew up in Cayuga County and worked on his uncle's farm has lots of stories to tell going back to the late 1800s about gas in well water and in surface streams from the various sources of natural gas (not the Marcellus Shale) in our local geology. Evidently, this is not uncommon, but I don't know how much has to do with drilling activities, or if Chemung County to the south has any history of this. It would be good to find out more about the history of natural gas coming to the surface in our region. I remember even hearing a story about Girl Scouts creating a campfire from natural gas at the surface near a stream?! I'd like to make sure our discourse on this includes whatever we need to know about this phenomena in the region.
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Jan Quarles <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's a short video of ignitable drinking water in Candor, NY, a problem > apparently caused by gas drilling nearby in the Marcellus Shale: > > > http://www.toxicstargeting.com/MarcellusShale/videos/ignitable_drinking_water > _______________________________________________ > For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, > please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ > > RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: > [email protected] > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > Questions about the list? ask > [email protected] > free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org > -- ---------------------------------------------------- Gay Nicholson, Ph.D. President Sustainable Tompkins 109 S. Albany St. Ithaca, NY 14850 www.sustainabletompkins.org 607-533-7312 (home office) 607-220-8991 (cell) 607-216-1552 (ST office) 607-216-1553 (ST fax) [email protected] _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins Questions about the list? ask [email protected] free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
