Posted on 08/20/2007 1:45:35 PM PDT by Daffynition
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says the nation's chicken houses could be added to the list of potential terrorism targets.
Under the department's chemical security standards, facilities with more than 1,785 gallons of propane gas could be considered high-risk. Nearly every poultry grower on the Delmarva peninsula would be affected beacause most chicken houses use propane for heat.
If designated a security risk, chicken house owners would be required to complete vulnerability assessments and develop site security plans.
Senators Mikulski and Cardin from Maryland and Carper from Delaware have sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff calling the possible crackdown on chicken houses a waste of government time and money.
They just need to start raising hogs, too.
Chicken ping
Regretably these same chickens lay big eggs and don’t even know it.
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