Texas dairy explosion leaves at least 18,000 dead...

[Pappabear]

I was driving into Maricopa to go dove hunting early one morning and a HUGE silo exploded and killed right as I drove by. After my shoot I asked the coppers, yep a dude got smoked. Huge dairy farm, shit happens.

PB

[Artos]

Figure $1200-$1500 per moo & those folks lost a lotta jack...wonder if they had ins for that kinda loss.

[SteyrAUG]

I got a big dairy producer about 12 miles down the road from me. They have a few hundred acres in grass and alfalfa and several BIG barns. Pretty rare to actually see a cow. I do see a semi dragging double tankers of milk twice a day, so I know they are in there. I'm guessing they don't get out much. Big commercial operations ain't like Green Acres, it's industrial. I imagine living in Iowa you know that first hand.

I mean the cows on my place live outside and "free range", but we ain't even close to being big league.

It's kind of a shame, I mean it's not baby cows locked in cages for "veal" but it's not a long way off. I understand efficiency and all but you gotta draw the line somewhere.

[flenna]

Maybe I’ve never paid much attention in the past but recently seems like a lot of food plant fires, chicken die offs lately and now exploding cow farms. All coincidences I am sure.

[jsbhike]

I would think they also had grail silos full of feed for the cows. Once the initial explosion took place it may have spread to the silos. Grain dust is highly explosive as well.

Wheat has a layer or cloud ignition temp of 220°C which can be easily achieved with a methane explosion. Barley and Corn at 250°C. Not really sure what they feed cows.

For those who weren't nerdy &/or in a certain age range circa 1980's.

[utahjeepr]

It's kind of a shame, I mean it's not baby cows locked in cages for "veal" but it's not a long way off. I understand efficiency and all but you gotta draw the line somewhere.

Don't get me wrong, it doesn't give me the warm and fuzzies either. Just describing how it is. Or at least what I see.

The cows on my place may "live a little better"(?), but it ain't like they are living long and carefree lives. They are bound for the butcher. I try not to be too judgy.

[SteyrAUG]

Don't get me wrong, it doesn't give me the warm and fuzzies either. Just describing how it is. Or at least what I see.

The cows on my place may "live a little better"(?), but it ain't like they are living long and carefree lives. They are bound for the butcher. I try not to be too judgy.

Dairy cows usually get a longer expectancy, but in this case seems like they literally had all their eggs in one basket. You'd think a dairy farm might be familiar with that axiom.

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

Figure $1200-$1500 per moo & those folks lost a lotta jack...wonder if they had ins for that kinda loss.

That’s a lot of cheddar…