[tomder55]

You may have heard the news in passing . I don't know why this isn't a bigger story ;but it isn't being treated as more than a curiosity .

Texas dairy explosion leaves at least 18,000 cattle dead, 1 person critically injured | Fox News


18,000 dead cows in a single explosion ? How is that possible ?

Tentative reports say that some pump that is called a honey badger ;that sucks out cow dung over heated . Uhhh huhh

How much space do 18,000 cattle take ? Even if they were packed nose to a$$ they would take up considerable space. They are 8 ft long So 18,000 cattle would take up 150,000 ft of space. They are about 2 ft wide . That is 300,000 sq fr of space minimum . That would be more than 17 football fields minimum. (Others have said cattle are 8 ft by 5 ft and that it would take 26 football fields. I went with conservative numbers .)

I guess it is possible that a single blast could kill that many cows........ if it was a nuke .

The thing is (another piece of news that gets glossed over ) ; there have been a rash of explosions ;fires etc at food processing plants, dairy and poultry farms across the country .

What's Behind the Rash of Fires at Food Factories? | City Journal (city-journal.org)

These Are the 20+ Food Facilities That Have Burned in 2022, So Far – My Patriot Supply


I'm told nothing to see here . Move on. You see ;an explosion that kills 18,000 cattle is "horrifyingly normal " .

The Dimmitt, Texas, dairy farm fire that killed 18,000 cows, explained - Vox

Eat bugs .

[jlisenbe]

I've wondered the same thing. You would think it would take an enormous amount of methane gas to create an explosion large enough to kill multiple thousands of dairy cows. I also wonder how it is that eighteen thousand cows could, apparently, be taken care of by only one person on site. The building that housed the cattle is still standing and looks more damaged by fire than anything else, so it would not appear to have been a wildly violent event. And as you say, the news about the cause of the disaster, and an explanation of the death of the cows, have all been slow in coming.

[Curlyben]

I know everything in Texas is big, but that's one heck of a cook out.....