Friday, November 9, 2012

Big Fracking Disaster

I'm close to the wire, but once again, I found myself short of inspiration. 

I was rescued by a news story and a report on hydraulic fracturing. This technique for extracting oil and gas is more commonly known as fracking. 

I thought it would be perfect for November's silly disaster. It's time to go big. (As if I had an alternative.)

Anyway, here's the writing prompt:

One frack too many, and all of a sudden, the earth is facing a series of earthquakes, both big and little. Not only are they growing in frequency, they're cascading, as the movement in one area exposes frack-induced weaknesses in another.  If our hero, a scientist, and his/her team can't find a way to stop this, the entire planet may soon become uninhabitable.

Is it scientifically feasible?  Well, beats me. But I thought it sounded good.