Thursday, February 23, 2012

Earthquake Insurance: SB369

Virginia Senate Bill #369 would, if enacted, acknowledge the horrible new reality: Pennsylvania's experiments with fracking have made earthquakes part of Virginia's everyday life.

http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+SB369H1

The bill probably will be enacted, and probably should be, since all it does is require fire insurance policies to state whether or not they cover fires caused by earthquakes. But think about it...fires caused by earthquakes. In Virginia? If we wanted to live with this man-made danger, wouldn't we be living in places where earthquakes are a natural danger, like Italy, Japan, or California? What about some legislation to ban fracking in Virginia, and urge our irresponsible neighbors to stop it in Pennsylvania?

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