After the panic of seeing clouds of black smoke rise above the treetops settled, the people of Monroe County seemed to go about their daily business as usual. When asked about the fire, one resident made this statement: “It’s one of those things that happens…My God they’re 20,000 feet down in the ground. Fracking isn’t going to hurt anything around here” [9]. He also mentioned “people went about their business, mowing their lawns and watching the firefighters work” [9]. It appears that the people of Monroe County failed to recognize the danger of the situation only to admire this once-in-a-lifetime event. They did not consider the danger of the chemicals this accident leaked into the environment or the dangers of fracking as a whole. It appears that there was a lack of a response from the community against fracking. This could be due to the benefits fracking has had on Monroe County while overlooking the dangerous side-effects. Many Monroe County residents were probably happy with the increased tax revenues within their community, so they did not feel the need to make an effort to shut down any of the hundreds of wells within the county.