Quakes Prompt Officials to Limit Disposal Wells
C The Texas Railroad Commission has suspended nearly two dozen permits that allow oil and gas companies to inject saltwater into the ground, which regulators say has contributed to increased earthquakes of greater magnitude in West Texas. The Austin American Statesman reported the 23 disposal wells hold hundreds of thousands of barrels of produced water, which is a toxic brine.
The Problem with Mud
My brothers and I didn’t wear shoes much when we were young. Because I rarely wore them, I often passed down shoes to my brothers that looked like new. Without shoes, my feet were free to feel the mud wherever I could find it-or create it. I never saw a group of boys that didn’t like mud. Boys like to jump in puddles of water and let the mud ooze through their toes. There is something that just feels right with one’s feet in the mud.
Hot Pockets!
Around 1956, I was attending La Grange High School and one of the “required” subjects we had to take was chemistry. Already knowing that I would pursue the house moving business with my dad, I didn’t think chemistry could help me that much. But since it was a required subject, I studied it. I did manage to pass it with a 70.25 average.
