October blizzard kills 75,000 cattle in South Dakota

Holy shit. I guess cattle can't survive much hardship, huh?

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013...ta-cattle?lite

Up to 5 feet of snow in places and it isn't even the 10th of October yet.

It must have been a reeeeeeaaalllly short autumn. They were still hitting 86 degrees on September 30:

http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/rap...onyr=10/1/2013

One more reason those dipshits in Washington need to get their shit together and do some work. All they know is to point fingers.

I suppose somewhere in LittleEva's world, that made sense.

Global warming is the cause. Lol

I suppose somewhere in LittleEva's world, that made sense. Originally Posted by CuteOldGuy

Oh sorry little eva I forgot how you like gridlock and congress sitting on their ass. That is about all you old farts have to do. Try not to pick your nose while you are waiting on your soup.

The government shutdown caused the blizzard? Thanks for pointing that out, LittleEva!

beef prices going down

eat mor chikin

As a X NYKr I guess I have to forgive such a incredibly stupid statement. Cows get cold, cows need to eat and if that pasture is under four feet of snow then what do they eat? If the rancher can't get to the herd by truck or helicoper then they go hungry. I suggest you do some research on the great cattle kill off in the 1880s. Millions of cattle died and bones littered the plains for years. All I can say is think before you post.

As a X NYKr I guess I have to forgive such a incredibly stupid statement. Cows get cold, cows need to eat and if that pasture is under four feet of snow then what do they eat? If the rancher can't get to the herd by truck or helicoper then they go hungry. I suggest you do some research on the great cattle kill off in the 1880s. Millions of cattle died and bones littered the plains for years. All I can say is think before you post. Originally Posted by JD Barleycorn

As you are a Kansas school janitor, I guess I have to expect such an incredibly stupid statement from you.

You are a complete ass. And once again you can prove it.

Starved to death? In 3 days? That goes to show how stupid you are. Or are you drunk again?

Why don't you think before YOU post?

Read the articles this time. It snowed LAST Thursday through Saturday. By Sunday, the temperatures were back into the 50s - almost 60 on Monday and Tuesday.

Cows don't starve to death in 3 or 4 days. YOU wouldn't starve to death in 3 days and you're a complete pansy.

It appears that they froze to death in high winds. They were probably all dead by Sunday when it warmed up. They may be related to bison, but they sure don't have the same toughness.

Key quote:

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The storm was accompanied by hurricane-force wind gusts, especially Friday night, which drove some herds seeking shelter miles from their ranches. A trail of carcasses left a gruesome sight, said Martha Wierzbicki, emergency management director for Butte County, in the northwestern corner of the state.
Parts of South Dakota are in cleanup mode after a strong winter storm pounded some areas. Kirsten Swanson of NBC station KNBN reports.
"They're in the fence line, laying alongside the roads," Wierzbicki told The Rapid City Journal. "It's really sickening."
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They got driven away from their ranches in the blizzard and died of exposure.

Not starvation. Jackass.

I grew up on a farm moron. We raised cattle and not pigeons. Cattle have to eat a lot and the colder it gets the more they have to eat. They will not starve to death (and I didn't say that they did) in a few days but everyday that they don't eat makes them more susceptible to freezing or thirst. They don't eat snow for water. Cows are pretty stupid, maybe a couple steps under your typical NYKR. If you go and look up those blizzards in Texas 130 years ago you will find my mother's family's name (not that I will tell you). There is even a town in Texas named after the family (a much smaller town now but with a interesting landmark). You would think that someone from NYRK would have the sense to not argue with people who raise livestock and till the land. The only things they grow in NY are rats, pigeons, crack whores, and transvestites. Oh, and the occasional Broadway ingenue.

The government shutdown caused the blizzard? Thanks for pointing that out, LittleEva! Originally Posted by CuteOldGuy

OMG Little Eva you have gone off the deep end. Meds quick Don't play with your shit till the Dr gets there.

I grew up on a farm moron. We raised cattle and not pigeons. Cattle have to eat a lot and the colder it gets the more they have to eat. They will not starve to death (and I didn't say that they did) in a few days but everyday that they don't eat makes them more susceptible to freezing or thirst. They don't eat snow for water. Cows are pretty stupid, maybe a couple steps under your typical NYKR. If you go and look up those blizzards in Texas 130 years ago you will find my mother's family's name (not that I will tell you). There is even a town in Texas named after the family (a much smaller town now but with a interesting landmark). You would think that someone from NYRK would have the sense to not argue with people who raise livestock and till the land. The only things they grow in NY are rats, pigeons, crack whores, and transvestites. Oh, and the occasional Broadway ingenue. Originally Posted by JD Barleycorn

Was the name of the town Cut and Run ?

I grew up on a farm moron. We raised cattle and not pigeons. Cattle have to eat a lot and the colder it gets the more they have to eat. They will not starve to death (and I didn't say that they did) in a few days but everyday that they don't eat makes them more susceptible to freezing or thirst. They don't eat snow for water. Cows are pretty stupid, maybe a couple steps under your typical NYKR. If you go and look up those blizzards in Texas 130 years ago you will find my mother's family's name (not that I will tell you). There is even a town in Texas named after the family (a much smaller town now but with a interesting landmark). You would think that someone from NYRK would have the sense to not argue with people who raise livestock and till the land. The only things they grow in NY are rats, pigeons, crack whores, and transvestites. Oh, and the occasional Broadway ingenue. Originally Posted by JD Barleycorn

Once again, you are doubling down on stupid.

First, you are trying to back track on your first post in which it was clear that they couldn't eat because of the snow and they went "hungry" and died. Now you are switching to thirsty, even though it was in the 50s within 2 days and I'm sure there was plenty of melted snow for them to drink.

And finally, you make typical stupid categorical errors based on were people are from. I might have grown up in a NY suburb - not even the city - but my family is from Ireland and they were farmers on my father's side. So I got to spend time on that farm when I was younger. I also was told a lot about it by my father. And, finally, this may come as a shock to you, but there were actually a lot of dairy farms in NY - particularly when I was growing up.

So I don't have to take the word of some Kansas phony who is trying to play the "don't-argue-with-people-who-raise-livestock-and-till-the-land" trump card.

And you still can't read. My point WAS and IS that there farm-raised cattle are weak animals - particularly compared to bison. They couldn't survive two days of cold and snow. Domestication has turned them into pansies like you.

NOTHING you wrote in your Farmer Bob faux wisdom has contradicted that. So, even though "cows are pretty stupid", it appears that are still a couple of steps ABOVE your typical Kansan.

wonder if Michelle Bachmann can or will use the article as an omen from God at her next Bible-a-thon ?