Homeland Security Warning For Thanksgiving Day!

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Watch out for those turkey friers....real big terrorist threat there!!!

Ok Ok now that my sarcasm is done......the federal dept of fire safety is part of fema, fema is part of homeland security, so H.S. gives out this warning about frying turkeys.

I get why it was homeland security but it still is a giant piece of evidence of how our govt is just way too big with way too many layers of beurocracy

Code red: Department of Homeland Security warns of deadly threat ... turkey fryers! | Mail Online

It's at the forefront of the war on terror - and now it's declaring war on another menace: turkey fryers.
The Department of Homeland Security has issued a timely pre-Thanksgiving warning on the dangers of the large deep fat fryers.

Homeland Security Issues 'Turkey Fryer' Warning

An apparent new threat to the United States surfaced on the Department of Homeland Security’s official Twitter account this morning just in time for Thanksgiving —turkey fryers.

“Use turkey fryers outdoors at a safe distance f/ buildings,” tweeted DHS. “Never use turkey fryers in a garage or on a wooden deck.”

DHS linked another warning tweet to a video of a blazing turkey fire created by safety experts at Underwriters Laboratories.

“Make sure the turkey is completely thawed before placing in a fryer, or this may happen,” the tweet said, encouraging Americans to witness the danger firsthand through the following video:
 

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