Marcellus Shale Gas Industry Fails Elementary Spelling Test
Preparing for the upcoming, expected boaters on Pine Creek this spring, the gas industry has placed a warning sign at the Ramsey Village access area in Lycoming County. The sign’s purpose is to alert creek paddlers to the construction a bit over two miles south—construction that extends about half way across Pine Creek for what will later be a water withdrawal site. The pump here will send water up pipes to gas well sites on the east side of Pine Creek.
Unfortunately, care was not taken with the spellings on the sign. Two of the four words on the warning sign are misspelled. “Area” was printed as “aera,” and “downstream” (which is one word) was incorrectly printed as two words, “down stream.”
These elementary grade misspellings certainly help convince folks in our AREA of Pennsylvania that they can have faith that the gas industry knows what it’s doing in other AREAS, don’t they?
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Reply to "Joe's" comment
Joe: You are comparing apples with oranges. Those responsible for the "professionally" created sign had the LUXURY OF TIME to make sure that the MERE FOUR WORDS to appear on it were correctly spelled, and they failed miserably. Even after all the chances for correction that must have existed during the planning and creation of the sign, when it was finished, nobody checked it, or nobody cared and it was placed anyway. The editors at northcentralpa.com do not have this luxury of time, as they publish many pieces (some quite lengthy) in an extremely timely fashion, and they do a very excellent job minimizing misspellings. No, the gas industry, more specifically the actual unidentified gas industry contracted company ultimately RESPONSIBLE for this laughable sign, must accept the shame and ignominy that goes with it.
Keep complaining
Keep complaining about the natural gas industry. I'm sure you and the other contributors of this website will get PA to change there minds.
Spell Checking
I'm sure the editor of this publication has never made a spelling error.
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