Thoughts From The Middle of Nowhere

Category: Disasters

  • Water Drop

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/save08062007?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/save08062007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>We had a little fire yesterday and I truly believe this helicopter saved the day for us. We got it under control and only burned about 50-75 acres. The next couple of days will be busy with short nights and…

  • Will He Sign?

    Will President Bush sign the <a href="http://www.theprairiestar.com/articles/2007/05/25/ag_news/updates/update24.txt">disaster aid/assistance</a> that Congress recently passed? He has never been a big fan of Agricultural disaster aid but he might sign this one. <br />n<br />nI have been <a href="http://www.nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/plugin/freetag/disaster+aid">talking about this disaster aid</a> for a while. A lot of it is drought assistance for the last couple of…

  • Seven Montana Cows from One Herd Have Tested Positive for Brucellos

    Received via e-mail.<br />n<br />n<blockquote> Montana Cattlemen's Association<br />nMember Alert<br />nNews Release<br />nSeven Montana Cows from One Herd Have Tested Positive for Brucellosis<br />n<br />nGovernor Remains Committed to Brucellosis Free Status and Solutions in MT<br />n<br />n5/18/2007<br />nSarah Elliott<br />n406-444-9725<br />nselliott@mt.gov<br />n<br />n( HELENA ) – A cow shipped from Baker, MT tested positive for…

  • Disaster Aid Try

    We all knew it was coming, the Democrats are <a href="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=32F6DE3C-B0AB-D5A0-DDB2E28D1840FA22">adding agricultural disaster aid</a> into a "supplemental spending bill." When I first saw this headline it looked like maybe Congress was finally going to get somewhere with Disaster aid for those who need it. It turns out I was wrong.<br />n<br />nThe Democrats are <a…

  • The Word is Getting Out

    You know my feelings about how the drive for biofuels is going to drive the price of food up and how this trade off might not be the smartest thing in the world, but I now see the larger press is picking up on this idea.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKL0639150720070307" title="Told you so.">As biofuels boom, will…

  • Still Trying

    <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/02/04/news/state/60-route.txt" >New route sought for ag disaster aid</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Farm-state members of Congress say they hope an upcoming war spending bill will be an opportunity to secure billions of dollars in agricultural disaster aid.<br />n<br />nThey say it won't be easy.<br />n<br />nSens. Kent Conrad and Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., have been leading the effort…

  • Storm Cattle Update

    <a href="http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=95397" >Colorado Blizzard Could Top ’97 Storm’s Livestock Death Toll</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Colorado Agriculture Commissioner Don Ament told Meatingplace today that he expects a Dec. 28 blizzard that hit the Rocky Mountain state will be a crueler killer than a 1997 storm that claimed 30,000 heads of livestock in the same region.<br />n<br />nAment said…

  • True Colors

    <a href="http://www.consumerfreedom.com/news_detail.cfm/headline/3212" >Colorado Governor: PETA “A Bunch Of Losers,” “Frauds”</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>As many as 340,000 cows and steers have been left stranded by southeastern Colorado's most recent snowstorm, and National Guard units are helping ranchers in a frantic bid to save the freezing animals. Faced with 15-foot snowdrifts, rescuers are airlifting bales of hay and…

  • Cattle Troubles

    I talked a couple a days ago about the <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/2332-Nasty-Storm.html">winter storm</a> and the livestock that is in trouble with it. A little more information is trickling into the national consciousness about it now.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/nation/4439593.html" >Haylift to save snowbound cattle begins</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>National Guard helicopters dropped emergency food bundles and bales of hay…

  • Nasty Storm

    <a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WINTER_STORMS?SITE=MTBIL&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT#" >12 deaths blamed on brutal winter storm</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The powerful winter storm that punished Colorado barreled into the Plains states, burying roads with drifting snow and snapping power lines that fed electricity to thousands.<br />n<br />nAt least 12 deaths have been blamed on the storm; most died on icy roads.<br />n<br />nA fleet…