(Excerpt from the book Titanic Made By Lapindo by Gus Maksum)

The Lapindo mudflow gradually disturbed the peace of Jatirejo. Nights grew longer as we slept less and less. In the day we busily talked about the boiling mud, but the more we talked about it, the murkier we became. Conversations about the mudflow did not progress, they spun in circles. People became annoyed and irritated. Sometimes just discussing the mudflow and what it has done incited us to pointless arguing. Everyone felt like an expert. Bit by bit, we grew more emotional and quicker to flare.