Over the years this is about the third time I have heard of people going in one after the other to save family members who have succumbed from the methane gasses in manure pits. If it is that deadly why don't they have some form of snorkle or something to at least get a few breaths while you go in there?
1 posted on
07/03/2007 6:17:10 AM PDT by
Abathar
To: Abathar
2 posted on
07/03/2007 6:19:58 AM PDT by
mtbopfuyn
(I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
To: Abathar
3 posted on
07/03/2007 6:20:03 AM PDT by
yldstrk
(My heros have always been cowboys--Reagan and Bush)
To: Abathar
Same thing happened to two brother in Ohio sometime back.
Thoughts and prayers for the family, and hopes the lawyers do not make things worse by turning it into a circus.
To: Abathar
My grandmother once told me the story of a family she knew back in rural Alabama around the start of the last century. They all died trying to save each other from being electrocuted on a farm fence.
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7 posted on
07/03/2007 6:27:55 AM PDT by
HEY4QDEMS
(Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
To: Abathar
9 posted on
07/03/2007 6:28:28 AM PDT by
Suzy Quzy
To: Abathar
Are Mennonites same as Amish?......
10 posted on
07/03/2007 6:31:02 AM PDT by
Red Badger
(Bite your tongue. It tastes a lot better than crow................)
To: Abathar
America’s farms are some of the most dangerous places to work. Since family farms are not OSHA monitered, simple and logical things get overlooked.
Anywhere else, pits would be considered “confined space” and would require 1) a harness and breathing apparatus for each worker and b) somebody posted outside to call for help.
We had an entire family of males (grandpa, dad and three sons) die in Michigan about 15 years ago in this exact same situation.
14 posted on
07/03/2007 6:44:00 AM PDT by
SJSAMPLE
To: Abathar
Dreadful. May the victims rest in peace.
15 posted on
07/03/2007 6:44:37 AM PDT by
fieldmarshaldj
(~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
To: Abathar
I use a mobile milking unit now...tow it out to the pasture...so I never bring the cows out of the pasture...no lagoon, no scraping manure, no smell...best investment I ever made
16 posted on
07/03/2007 6:45:50 AM PDT by
uxbridge
To: Abathar
What a sh*tty way to die!
Sorry, couldn't help myself.
19 posted on
07/03/2007 6:54:14 AM PDT by
Sicon
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21 posted on
07/03/2007 6:55:33 AM PDT by
stevio
((NRA))
To: Abathar
I remember back awhile firefighters doing this after one collapsed in an old septic tank that had been filled with rotting grass clippings. The fumes killed one and then another went in to rescue him and died. I think the 3rd one was saved after the remaining guys figured out what was wrong and put on air packs.
23 posted on
07/03/2007 6:58:02 AM PDT by
BallyBill
(Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
To: Abathar
32 posted on
07/03/2007 7:25:12 AM PDT by
CarolinaGOP
("Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face." - Ronald Reagan)
To: Abathar
Going into any deep pit or enclosure can be deadly either from methane, CO2 or other gasses that can collect there and displace the oxygen.
At the minimum, they should have had blowers ventilating that pit before they went in.
33 posted on
07/03/2007 7:26:45 AM PDT by
Ditto
(Global Warming: The 21st Century's Snake Oil)
To: Abathar
Damn shame. Very familiar with that area, family there goes back to early 1700’s and I went to school in the ‘Burg. We used to frequent the area up near the Branch for swimming, camping and just general driving around.
Confined spaces eat people up exactly like this, it’s a textbook case for hazmat Health and Safety.
35 posted on
07/03/2007 8:35:07 AM PDT by
Axenolith
(The Market is a harsh mistress...)
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