Sometimes I will be out there for hours; just sitting. And sometimes, like last night, I’ll pick green beans, cucumbers, and any other item that is ripe. As I was sitting, looking at my cantaloupe, I noticed markers along the road that divides my property. Small orange and blue markers with numbers on them. Could this be as a result of the helicopter flying overhead the day before, with something that looked like a WWII torpedo dangling from it? What does this mean? I asked around and found that the markers have to do with seismic testing. Seismic testing? Again? Didn’t you (the gas company) pound my house enough last year with your seismic testing? The thump-thump-thumping that felt like sonic booms, rattled my windows (and inner being) and forced my dog to the basement? Why do you want to do this again? You already have two vertical wells in less than 1/4 mile from me. What is it you hope to find now?
What will this mean for my organic apples? The trees are close to dropping their fruit and if this seismic testing starts, they will lose their fruit sooner than they are ripe and I will lose my crop. Is this what is meant by the gas company “bringing jobs to the area”? That I will have to find another way to grow my apples and garden?
