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https://www.zerohedge.com/mark...lls-18000-cows-texas A dairy farm in Texas was rocked by a massive explosion that resulted in the deaths of thousands of cattle, reported local media outlet KFDA. https://www.newschannel10.com/...-dimmitt-dairy-farm/ Fire crews in Dimmitt, Texas, responded to an explosion and fire that engulfed multiple building structures at South Fork Dairy on Monday evening. Reports suggest over 18,000 cattle were killed in the blaze. Castro County Sheriff Sal Rivera said the fire resulted from an explosion that spread to the building where the cows are housed before bringing them into the milking area and holding pen. KFDA quoted the Animal Welfare Institute, saying this is the deadliest barn fire in Texas since 2013. More at link _________________________ "Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." Mark Twain | ||
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Cow farts? They're a little shy on details. _________________________________________________________________________ “A man’s treatment of a dog is no indication of the man’s nature, but his treatment of a cat is. It is the crucial test. None but the humane treat a cat well.” -- Mark Twain, 1902 | |||
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Like a bad Harry Chapin song! While the potential jokes abound, it's pretty damn awful. | |||
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Awful suspicious that the Animal Welfare Institute is quoted right after the Sherriff. Zero Hedge has a long list of fires at food processing plants. Counting this one at least 3 more fires since they quit updating the list 10 months ago. Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity DISCLAIMER: These are the author's own personal views and do not represent the views of the author's employer. | |||
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What should be awfully suspicious is any article that wcb posts that is under 50bajillion words in length. His own filter is brokerated!!! You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02 | |||
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Can't wait to see what this investigation turns up. Granted there is a lot of flammable hay & straw around that sort of livestock but unless they had a heck of a dust explosion I'm not sure off the top of my head what else other than a NG or Propane leak could have caused that. Pronoun: His Royal Highness and benevolent Majesty of all he surveys 343 - Never Forget Its better to be Pavlov's dog than Schrodinger's cat There are three types of mistakes; Those you learn from, those you suffer from, and those you don't survive. | |||
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So will someone make it easy and just tell us what exploded? Unhappy ammo seeker | |||
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| half-genius, half-wit |
Methane? | |||
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Sounds like a nice town burger/steak picnic should be had the next day before the beef spoils. _____________________________ Pledge allegiance or pack your bag! The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money. - Margaret Thatcher Spread my work ethic, not my wealth | |||
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Yep, process those cattle soon, even pet food is better than wasting. I know, likely hurdles in the way. | |||
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I would like to know if this was an accident or sabotage. “Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.” "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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18,000 cows produce a lot of manure which is stored in pools until it can be spread as fertilizer. If they have methane digesters, they could get methane from the manure. | |||
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| Why don’t you fix your little problem and light this candle  |
I am going with dust explosion. All that particulate is very flammable. It could be Just like a flour explosion from a mill. That feed and hay etc. creates a mighty fine particulate. Just my guess, and uninformed thoughts. This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it. -Rear Admiral (Lower Half) Joshua Painter Played by Senator Fred Thompson | |||
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Looks like I picked the wrong week to be a cow in the Texas Panhandle. I'm only speculating that most were killed by the fires and not the actual explosion. But the report will certainly be interesting. Because of the size of that dairy operation, I was also wondering if it was under an exclusive contract to a grocery chain, i.e. HEB maybe. | |||
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something does not sound right. 18K cows in an area small enough to be killed in a single conflagration is tough to imagine. The most effective safety is between your ears | |||
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The popular myth that cow farts contain methane is just that, a myth. There is some flammable gas in cow farts, but it is mostly Hydrogen, which dissapates so quickly as to be an unlikely hazard. Cow burps, on the other hand, do contain methane, but hardly in the quantity of popular myth. The batteries in your EV are far more likely to be a fire hazard than your pet bovine. | |||
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I just can't imagine that number of cows killed. Not suggesting it didn't happen, rather it is my mind that just can't grasp such a number. Bob | |||
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That is one hell of a barbecue. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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| thin skin can't win |
No bull. You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02 | |||
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How do you even milk 18,000 cows? Growing up I spent a lot of time on a dairy farm. Granted, it was a family operation, but he stayed plenty busy with 50+. 18,000 is just mind boggling. | |||
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