Oil and Gas at Your Door? (2005 Edition) - Earthworks

IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH OIL AND GAS
To illustrate the frustration with noise generated by compressors, here is one landowner’s
experience:
Now comes the second phase. The dreadful noise generated by a nearby large compressor
station. Noise that was so loud that our dog was too frightened to go outside
to do his business without a lot of coaxing. Noise that sounds like a jet plane circling
over your house for 24 hours a day. Noise that is constant. Noise that drives people to
the breaking point. My neighbor called the sheriff, state officials and even the governor
and was told nothing could be done about the noise. Like I said, the noise drives
people to the breaking point, and my neighbor fired 17 rifle shots toward the station.
—Excerpted from CBM Destroys Retirement Dream.
The full story from this landowner can be found in Chapter IV. 243
For more landowner stories related to noise, see Chapter IV. See the section on Alternative
Technologies and Practices later in the chapter for information on how to decrease noise levels.
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