usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to pics@lemmy.world · edit-27 months agoFire that killed 1.3 million chickens in Illinoisi.imgur.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1274arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1267arrow-down1external-linkFire that killed 1.3 million chickens in Illinoisi.imgur.comusernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to pics@lemmy.world · edit-27 months agomessage-square32fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDigitalNirvana@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up18·7 months agoMy first thought was, does this have something to do with bird flu? Are we speculating that H5N1 was found and they needed to recoup the loss?
minus-squareTropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down1·7 months ago recoup the loss
minus-squarerocketpoweredredneck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·7 months agoI mean, chicken shit can self combust in the right conditions, so hanlon’s razor might apply here.
minus-squarenilloc@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoSawdust is pretty explosive once ignited, and they usually have big blowers forcing air through the place. They’re basically designed like blast furnaces if ignition occurs.
minus-squareRookwood@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·7 months agoThe insurance policy would cover a fire but not disease?
minus-squarenxdefiant@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agodepends on how cheap the farm was being when they bought insurance
Bird flu and insurance fraud?
My first thought was, does this have something to do with bird flu? Are we speculating that H5N1 was found and they needed to recoup the loss?
I mean, chicken shit can self combust in the right conditions, so hanlon’s razor might apply here.
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Sawdust is pretty explosive once ignited, and they usually have big blowers forcing air through the place.
They’re basically designed like blast furnaces if ignition occurs.
The insurance policy would cover a fire but not disease?
depends on how cheap the farm was being when they bought insurance