Burning Manure Pile in Nebraska Goes Out

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ | Wednesday, February 23, 2005 | Associated Press

[Willie Green]

MILFORD, Neb. (AP) -- It took nearly four months, but to the relief of neighbors miles around, a burning manure pile has been extinguished.

David Dickinson, owner and manager of Midwest Feeding Co., said Wednesday that several weeks of pulling the 2,000-ton pile apart proved effective by late last week.

"We got far enough through it, that it quit," Dickinson said.

[PissAndVinegar]

Ergot (fungus) I believe - while not exactly LSD I think it has essentially the same effect.

[griswold3]

Someone in Connecticut (I think) with a dairy farm got a government loan to use manure by product methane (by heating it up). Their own little power plant powers over 330 homes.

[BJClinton]

They could sure do my job...

You work for the government?

[Robert A Cook PE]

Heck, if the pile of shiite is burning, just step on it.....

[floozy22]

The Burning Manure Pile is NOT out! The Clintons are still in public life.

[Tribune7]

Hot sh*t.

[b4its2late]

Extinguished $hit Happens.

[In veno, veritas]

The poop,
The poop,
The poop is on fire!

[prairiebreeze]

The grass clippings might have caused it. These fires happen sometimes although the feedlots a pretty good about turning the manure piles so they don't get so combustible.

[GeekDejure]

Imagine pulling apart a mountain of burning crap.

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No thanks. YOU imagine it !!! ;-))

[politicket]

Burning Manure Pile in Nebraska Goes Out

So, where are they going to build the next State Democratic Headquarters?

[tx_eggman]

Large compost piles can spontaneously combust.

So when Jabba the Kennedy comes on C-Span it might be worth it to watch for a few minutes .... you never know when he might burst into flames.

[Charles Henrickson]

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Now that is a pile.....

[BigSkyFreeper]

Do I dare ask how the fire started????

Toward the bottom of the story, it says heat had built up inside the piles of manure that it set itself on fire.

[Route101]

...It took nearly four months, but to the relief of neighbors miles around, a burning manure pile has been extinguished....What???...Hillary stopped talking???

[mikrofon]

Is that the locale for that Burning Man-ure Festival we've heard about?

[Willie Green]

Toward the bottom of the story, it says heat had built up inside the piles of manure that it set itself on fire.

Yes, this story captures the very essence of Man's endless struggle against the forces of Nature.

IMHO, it deserves a Pulitzer.

[Rebelbase]

If I didn't know this was Nebraska I would have sworn it was Wyoming.

[brewcrew]

"Hey, Carl - I didn't know this $#!+ was flammable. Here, hold muh beer."