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From: Eve, [DNS_Address]
Subject: What will happen when H. Florence hits NC's massive Pig manure Lagoons
URL: https://qz.com/1386629/hurricane-florence-threatens-north-carolinas-pig-manure-lagoons/
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caption for image above: Hogs on a hog farm wait for rescue on top of a flooded swine barn near Trenton, North Carolina, after Hurricane Floyd swept through the state in 1999. i?What will happen when Hurricane Florence hits North Carolina’s massive pig manure lagoons? By Zoë SchlangerSeptember 11, 2018 North Carolina is one of the biggest hog-farming states in the US, with about 9 million pigs being raised on some 2,300 farms. That equals a lot of manure—about 10 billion pounds of wet animal waste are produced in the state a year, according to the Waterkeeper Alliance. Farms store the pigs’ feces in uncovered, earthen lagoons, some the size of football fields. And now they’re at risk of becoming a public health hazard when Hurricane Florence touches down. The storm is set to sweep through North Carolina on Thursday or Friday, and the manure lagoons are squarely in its path. A farming journal urged hog farmers to prepare for the storm. We’ve seen this before: 2016’s Hurricane Matthew inundated 14 hog manure lagoons. In the days leading up to the hurricane’s landfall, some farmers pumped waste out of their lagoons and hauled it away in an effort to limit the damage. Hurricane Floyd in 1999 did much worse, flooding “dozens” of hog lagoons and causing half a dozen lagoons’ containing walls to fail. The liquid waste that escaped eventually wound up in estuaries, and was blamed for algae blooms and fish kills. Floodwaters that come in contact with hog feces make for a toxic soup, and raises fears about the potential for bacteria from the pig feces to contaminate North Carolina’s groundwater. Andy Curliss, the CEO of the North Carolina Pork Council, told Bloomberg that lagoons can handle as much as 25 inches (64 centimeters) of rain without failing. “If we get more than 25 inches of rain, then we’ll start to be concerned,” he said. According to Accuweather forecasts, up to 40 inches of rain are expected in parts of North Carolina. Even without a storm on the way, daily life near a hog farm can be toxic. The world consumes cheap bacon at the expense of North Carolina’s rural poor, as Lily Kuo reported for Quartz in 2015. Duplin County, the heart of the North Carolina’s hog country, is one of the poorest in the state. It is disproportionately black and Hispanic compared to the rest of the state, and the smell of excrement seeps into all aspects of routine life. Research on health impacts of hog farms is lacking, but studies point to effects ranging from impaired memory function to higher infant mortality (paywall) rates, higher asthma rates in children to wheezing and higher blood pressure among the neighboring population. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hauftMODKJ4 |
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From: sequoia, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: What will happen when H. Florence hits NC's massive Pig manure...
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Hi Eve, the hog manure belongs in its natural habitat. One such place might be the swamps of deep state in Washington DC. I think hog manure would fit in perfectly and would help deep staters clear their dysfunctional minds. Somehow I get the impression that Hurricane Florence could be sent from Mother Nature to signal a severe lack of attention to wasteful and unnatural practices. Why don't they turn the manure into energy and new soil? Because it costs a penny and a half? With that much gas from manure many lights could shine. sequoia |
15406
From: Eve, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: What will happen when H. Florence hits NC's massive Pig manure...
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Hi there seqouis, Why don't WE stop farming pigs, killing and eating sentient beings to make a suffering sandwich? Thus use the land for crops instead? If this world has that much poop and continues to it's overindulging and has need of a big flush. To me to try to use it as energy as you suggest would be then we would have poop spills instead of oil spills, and lots more intoxicating poop problems . With humans alone there is more than enough poop if this world would even need to use it for energy with no harm at all to other sentient beings like ourselves. Result: a lot healthier we would be for an improved diet as well as a kinder, hopefully gentler, more peaceful, tender hearted, empathetic, healthier, loving world and a blessing for the Earth naturally. I think as individuals WE need to see WE are THEY. truly, Eve ~🦋~ |
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From: sequoia, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: What will happen when H. Florence hits NC's massive Pig manure...
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Hi Eve, it was not my intention to advertise hog farming and excessive poop production. But it would be better to not have toxic gases from pig manure. One way of doing that would be to create energy from the poop gases. At least the farmers could collect, liquefy, store them for later use. The current handling is not a good idea. I am not a baconeer but a vegan type recently developing very nutritious nut-date-wholegrainflour-berry-lemonoil flatlings. On top of that I found out that removing phytic acid (which can block mineral uptake) from nuts, almonds and whenever possible whole grains (which I add to the wholegrainflour) by soaking them in water for an extended time appears to improve the biosorption of minerals, at least in theory. In my case this approach to the usage of seeds seems to work very well. Soaking the seed stuffs de-activates phytic acid and generates all kinds of enzymes important for efficient digestion. I wish I had learned about and understood this principle a long time ago. sequoia |
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From: Eve, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: What will happen when H. Florence hits NC's massive Pig manure...
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Hi sequoia! Appreciate you explaining...I was tired when I wrote my message to you. I am encouraged to hear of your efforts to consume a plant based diet...lifts my spirits every-time someone shares something like that...I just wanna give em a big hug and I have sometimes when I meet someone in the grocery or here and there. Thank you for sharing regarding the soaking of seed, sounds like a good thing and I am all for good things, and say more, more, more! truly, truly, ~🦋~ Eve 🍏🍊🥦🍆🍋🍉🍇🥑🍌🍅🥥🥒🥕🍓🍋🥝🌽🍠🍒🍑🍈🥗🥔 |
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From: Eve, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: What will happen when H. Florence hits NC's massive Pig manure...
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There are 2000 hog farms in North Carolina. |
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