A record-setting blizzard killed 75,000 cows and you might not have even heard about

[daveman]

A RECORD-SETTING BLIZZARD KILLED 75,000 COWS AND YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE EVEN HEARD ABOUT IT

Ranchers are still digging out thousands of their cattle that became buried in a record-setting snowstorm in South Dakota late last week and over the weekend.

One would think the death of 75,000 cows by upwards of five feet of snow might get some national attention, but as one blogger observed, it has taken some time for the news of the precipitation massacre to reach outside of local media.

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Early estimates suggest western South Dakota lost at least 5 percent of its cattle, said Silvia Christen, executive director of the South Dakota Stockgrowers Association. Some individual ranchers reported losses of 20 percent to 50 percent of their livestock, Christen said. The storm killed calves that were due to be sold soon as well as cows that would produce next year’s calves in an area where livestock production is a big part of the economy, she said.

“This is, from an economic standpoint, something we’re going to feel for a couple of years,” Christen said.​

Dang. That's gonna hurt a lot of folks.

 

[TheOldSchool]

Holy shit! 75,000 cows? I wish those people the best.

 

[westwall]

Yes, winter arrived early and harsh for those folks. The same occurred in South America as well. The Farmers Almanac said it would be a harsh one. So far they are being proven correct.

 

[Abraham3]

I love you criticizing the quality of our science and then putting your faith in the Farmer's Almanac.

 

[HenryBHough]

What?

Global Warming failed to save even a single cow????

 

[daveman]

I love you criticizing the quality of our science and then putting your faith in the Farmer's Almanac.

Did any of your science predict this?

And no, vague generalizations about "extreme weather" aren't predictions.

 

[Alfalfa]

Maybe somebody could start an "everything cow" thread and guilt people into changing their avi's to black and white.

 

[Abraham3]

I love you criticizing the quality of our science and then putting your faith in the Farmer's Almanac.

Did any of your science predict this?

Cetainly. It's typically called "the weather report". That storm was probably predicted 5 days out at least. The National Weather Service uses WEATHER MODELS created by scientists running on powerful computers to predict the weather up to 5-10 days out with significant accuracy. Maybe you've seen them. They have them on TV every day and if you steer your computer to National and Local Weather Forecast, Hurricane, Radar and Report you can get all kinds of information. And it's all based on SCIENCE.

 

[daveman]

Maybe somebody could start an "everything cow" thread and guilt people into changing their avi's to black and white.

TRANSLATION:

Not everything's about you, boy.

 

[jon_berzerk]

A RECORD-SETTING BLIZZARD KILLED 75,000 COWS AND YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE EVEN HEARD ABOUT IT

Ranchers are still digging out thousands of their cattle that became buried in a record-setting snowstorm in South Dakota late last week and over the weekend.

One would think the death of 75,000 cows by upwards of five feet of snow might get some national attention, but as one blogger observed, it has taken some time for the news of the precipitation massacre to reach outside of local media.

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Early estimates suggest western South Dakota lost at least 5 percent of its cattle, said Silvia Christen, executive director of the South Dakota Stockgrowers Association. Some individual ranchers reported losses of 20 percent to 50 percent of their livestock, Christen said. The storm killed calves that were due to be sold soon as well as cows that would produce next year’s calves in an area where livestock production is a big part of the economy, she said.

“This is, from an economic standpoint, something we’re going to feel for a couple of years,” Christen said.​

Dang. That's gonna hurt a lot of folks.

there are a lot of dead cattle out in the western part of the state

 

[daveman]

I love you criticizing the quality of our science and then putting your faith in the Farmer's Almanac.

Did any of your science predict this?

Cetainly. It's typically called "the weather report". The National Weather Service uses WEATHER MODELS created by scientists running on powerful computers to predict the weather up to 5-10 days out with significant accuracy. Maybe you've seen them. They have them on TV every day and if you steer your computer to National and Local Weather Forecast, Hurricane, Radar and Report you can get all kinds of information. And it's all based on SCIENCE.

No, dumbass. CLIMATE science. Not WEATHER science.

Wait -- you think they're the same thing, don't you?

 

[westwall]

I love you criticizing the quality of our science and then putting your faith in the Farmer's Almanac.

It has a far better accuracy rate than your asshats could ever dream of. The reason for that of course is that they HAD to be accurate. Peoples lives depend on their accuracy. Your mathematically challenged climatologists have no risk so they rarely do good work.

 

[daveman]

A RECORD-SETTING BLIZZARD KILLED 75,000 COWS AND YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE EVEN HEARD ABOUT IT

Ranchers are still digging out thousands of their cattle that became buried in a record-setting snowstorm in South Dakota late last week and over the weekend.

One would think the death of 75,000 cows by upwards of five feet of snow might get some national attention, but as one blogger observed, it has taken some time for the news of the precipitation massacre to reach outside of local media.

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Early estimates suggest western South Dakota lost at least 5 percent of its cattle, said Silvia Christen, executive director of the South Dakota Stockgrowers Association. Some individual ranchers reported losses of 20 percent to 50 percent of their livestock, Christen said. The storm killed calves that were due to be sold soon as well as cows that would produce next year’s calves in an area where livestock production is a big part of the economy, she said.

“This is, from an economic standpoint, something we’re going to feel for a couple of years,” Christen said.​

Dang. That's gonna hurt a lot of folks.

there are a lot of dead cattle out in the western part of the state

And I never heard a word of it. What a disaster for SD.

 

[jon_berzerk]

A RECORD-SETTING BLIZZARD KILLED 75,000 COWS AND YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE EVEN HEARD ABOUT IT

Ranchers are still digging out thousands of their cattle that became buried in a record-setting snowstorm in South Dakota late last week and over the weekend.

One would think the death of 75,000 cows by upwards of five feet of snow might get some national attention, but as one blogger observed, it has taken some time for the news of the precipitation massacre to reach outside of local media.

--

Early estimates suggest western South Dakota lost at least 5 percent of its cattle, said Silvia Christen, executive director of the South Dakota Stockgrowers Association. Some individual ranchers reported losses of 20 percent to 50 percent of their livestock, Christen said. The storm killed calves that were due to be sold soon as well as cows that would produce next year’s calves in an area where livestock production is a big part of the economy, she said.

“This is, from an economic standpoint, something we’re going to feel for a couple of years,” Christen said.​

Dang. That's gonna hurt a lot of folks.

there are a lot of dead cattle out in the western part of the state

And I never heard a word of it. What a disaster for SD.

the herd was hit pretty hard in several states a couple of years ago

with the drought a lot of cattle went to market way too early

now this

 

[mamooth]

The denialists are devolving. Now they're rejecting modern forecasting and swearing by the Farmer's Almanac. Next up, Westwall tells us about the groundhog seeing his shadow, wooly bear caterpillars, his rheumatism acting up, and the rest of his precision climate prediction tools.

 

[martybegan]

The denialists are devolving. Now they're rejecting modern forecasting and swearing by the Farmer's Almanac. Next up, Westwall tells us about the groundhog seeing his shadow, wooly bear caterpillars, his rheumatism acting up, and the rest of his precision climate prediction tools.

Its supposedly based on empirical observations and calculations, based on patterns from the past. Empirical analysis served people pretty well until theoretical science started being understood.

Hell, medicine is STILL mostly based on observation and empirical data.

 

[daveman]

there are a lot of dead cattle out in the western part of the state

And I never heard a word of it. What a disaster for SD.

the herd was hit pretty hard in several states a couple of years ago

with the drought a lot of cattle went to market way too early

now this

Dang.

 

[daveman]

The denialists are devolving. Now they're rejecting modern forecasting and swearing by the Farmer's Almanac. Next up, Westwall tells us about the groundhog seeing his shadow, wooly bear caterpillars, his rheumatism acting up, and the rest of his precision climate prediction tools.

Nobody's rejecting modern weather forecasting, moron.

See what I mean about you lying all the time? You simply can't help it.

 

[jon_berzerk]

The denialists are devolving. Now they're rejecting modern forecasting and swearing by the Farmer's Almanac. Next up, Westwall tells us about the groundhog seeing his shadow, wooly bear caterpillars, his rheumatism acting up, and the rest of his precision climate prediction tools.

it certainly is a sad state of affairs

when the almanac is more accurate then the global warming models

--LOL

 

[mamooth]

But the almanac sucks ass, and the models are excellent. The almanac does worse than chance guessing. However, since the almanac _claims_ to be right, you believe. I hope you all don't have the Home Shopping Network channel available, given how little BS resistance you possess.

In contrast, we in the reason-based community have finely calibrated BS detectors, so we know you're spouting nonsense. You can't snow us, so one wonders why you keep trying. Yes, it plays well with your fellow cultists, and many high-fives are exchanged. The rest of the world is laughing at you, and you've turned yourselves into irrelevant jokes.