Yesterday's Tandy Hills Mystery Was Easily Solved Today

Today I returned to the Tandy Hills, determined to solve yesterday's Tandy Hills mystery.

I wish all my Tandy Hills mysteries were as easy to solve as today's was.

I was barely on the summit of Mount Tandy when I spied what I thought may have created yesterday's odd illusion, that illusion being two people standing on top of a hill, who turned out not to be people when I removed them from my camera.

What I thought were two people was actually the top of the Scott Avenue Chesapeake Energy Barnett Shale drilling operation that taints the western end of the Tandy Hills.

One would have thought that this would have occurred to me, yesterday, due to the fact that I'd driven by that drilling operation on Friday, surprised to see so much equipment returned to that location. And also noting that the drilling rig did not say Chesapeake Energy on it, instead sporting the name of some other driller.

Now that that mystery is solved, let's continue on with today's hill hiking.

Yesterday my hiking route on the Tandy Hills did not take me by Tandy Falls.

Today's route did take me by Tandy Falls.

I was surprised to see and hear water roaring over the falls. Surprised because no rain has fallen in amounts copious enough to explain this volume of water flowing.

I suspect a water pipeline has broken, again, somewhere in the vicinity. I suspect that would explain the crystal clear-ness of the water.

I immensely enjoyed the Tandy Hills again today. Perfect hiking conditions. I am overflowing with endorphins right now. I could get addicted to feeling this good. I suspect I may do some hill hiking again tomorrow.

My New Chesapeake Neighbor's Tower Is Already Towering Over My Neighborhood

Driving through the Albertsons parking lot, on my way back to my abode, after walking with the Fosdic Lake ducks and turtles, I was surprised to see the drilling tower for my new Chesapeake Energy neighbor has already been erected.

On August 6 the hearing took place where apparently Chesapeake Energy was given the go ahead for this particular hole poke into the Barnett Shale.

Site preparation was underway before August 6 and seemed to go into overdrive after that date.

If one got a permit to build a house on a chunk of property one could not get construction underway at warp speed like this operation.

It is sort of impressive.

If one was building a house, at each stage of the construction you have to pass an inspection.

Does the City of Fort Worth send out some type of inspector to make sure Chesapeake Energy and the other drillers are kosher with their drill pad site building?

I suspect not.

And that seems really wrong.

A few weeks ago I realized I never hear from Chesapeake Energy shills anymore whenever I mention Chesapeake Energy on my blog. It used to be that within a very short time of mentioning Chesapeake Energy I'd see Oklahoma City, Chesapeake's corporate headquarters town, light up on my blog FeedJit stats.

That no longer happens.

Today I realized why I don't hear from Chesapeake's propaganda shills anymore.

Chesapeake Energy won the war.

The resistance failed.

There no longer is any need for Chesapeake to spew propaganda via shills.

In the post-war period Chesapeake Energy can put a gas drilling site pad pretty much anywhere they want. Next door to an apartment complex, across the street from a grocery story and restaurant, next to a busy freeway. Pretty much anywhere.