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I've come to see most conspiracies are created by people who have no experience in what they are witnessing and they thus they see the possible as impossible. Some conspiracies do end up being the truth though so it's always fun to speculate.
And some conspiracies are made up just to make their political opponents seem more sinister and evil.
Black Angus cows never appeared in Kansas until this year when super dooper climate changes was ready to pounce...that's why there's no previous record of anything like this. And no other hot summers ever occurred.
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Read lots of comments & very few are verified 'ranchers. Animal experts say that cattle can adapt to all kinds of weather.....over time. What happened was the humidity raised the temperature quickly and that's what impacted the cattle. Kansas officials are saying 2000 dead, conservative pundits are saying 10,000.....and it wasn't all in one day -- it was over time.
Can anyone provide a quote from any of the folks who own the cattle?
This comes kind of close. A cattle vet in Kansas opines, and others in Nebraska and Oklahoma mention the use of sprinklers in feedlots to control heat wave losses.
Kansas officials expect the worst is over, since weather has abated a bit.
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Days of triple digit heat happen every year.
Yes, to your point that 3 digit heat happens every year, the US loses $390million in heat related cattle deaths per year. So triple digit heat, and massive cattle losses due to heat, are an annual concern.
Yes, to your point that 3 digit heat happens every year, the US loses $390million in heat related cattle deaths per year. So triple digit heat, and massive cattle losses due to heat, are an annual concern.
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Can’t the farmers put sprinkler out there or something.
That was EXACTLY what I asked early in this thread. In west Texas, Lubbock, they have these moveable sprinkler systems that are extremely light and made of PVC piping or something. Very mobile.
Can't these feed lots do this?
I was told no, that's not possible. But apparently they do it in Oklahoma.
So your point is that this has never happened before and that the deaths are new after people have posted how it has happened before.
Oh well, back on ignore with you....I really try to give people a chance, it takes real effort to just not be worth hearing a single thing from a poster. Heck, even Clara isn't on ignore so consider where you rank.
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