MORE and a complete (to date) list of plants that have burned
Tuesday, April 26, 2022
...Three Times is Enemy Action. So What's 25 Times?
25 times. That's the number that of Food Distributors who've suffered strange turns of events, from fires to cyber attacks to all sorts of weirdness. "Food shortages have been exacerbated by a string of fires, plane crashes and explosions at nearly two dozen food processing facilities across Canada and the US." per one of the articles I perused HERE
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Wouldn't we have to see a longer term trending of similar incidents in order to conclude that this is an unusual spike? It sounds unusual, but that might be because of the way the article is crafted. I'd rather see a 5 or 10-year spread and also a more critical evaluation of damage ($) and plant revenue ($) and estimated recovery time, to start making guesses on food supply impact.
ReplyDeletethe list is incomplete. just saying "fire" doesn't mean anything. was it in a trash compactor? did the whole plant burn down? if the plant didn't burn, how long until it was operational again? this missing data will tell you if this is just coincidence or not.
ReplyDeleteTwo of the plants were actually hit by aircraft. My tin-fail hat say no coinkidink.. Thare's also the deliberate slowdown of rail-transported fertilizer and grain feed.
DeleteNo, on plane crash was IN THE PARKING LOT....and the other was upon landing in really shitty weather. NEITHER caused any shutdown.
DeleteFer chrissakes, get yer facts straight before you go pontificating.
a plane crash in the parking lot that didn't shut down production shouldn't even be on the list.
Deletea plane landing in shitty weather when the plant is in the landing pattern..also should not be on the list.
I bet if we dig a lot of these fires were minor, and didn't really have any impact on production other than a few hours evacuation then back to work.
that's the problem when people make lists and don't actually include the entire set of facts,
I've seen this story steadily pushed through social media over the past two weeks. It's a classic "trend" story, a compilation of anecdotes to support a big-picture conclusion. But it's mostly hot air. Pick one item from the list: the General Mills plane crash. Where did the two passenger plane hit the plant? Answer: it didn't. It crashed in the parking lot. Interruption of production? Nope. Product never stopped shipping, no effect on food supply.
ReplyDeletePretty sure this story is agitprop.
-Mike G.
General Mills crash was a light twin with engine trouble. If the pilot was distracted by the engine issue to where he inadvertently let the plane get below what's called minimum controllable airspeed the result is what happened. Plane rolls onto its back and then points straight down. You need thousands of feet of altitude to safely recover. At low altitude you're an instant statistic.
DeleteGood post, WC. It's way beyond coincidence.
ReplyDeleteMap on Ice Age Farmer
https://iceagefarmer.com/fire/
Oh, I'm sure this is nothing more than just some strange coincidence...[creepy music plays]
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