text: Most people don't even know directional drilling exists.  Let alone know that it has no impact at all to the ground thousands of feet above it.
  
  I do give you credit for knowing about directional drilling though.  
  
  Nonetheless, the headline is still written to leave a gross misrepesentation.  For instance, a simply "2 miles underneath HS" would leave a much less dire (and far more accurate) impression.