Eighteen food processing centers have burned down in the U.S. in recent months, including two fires started by plane crashes. Isolated coincidences? Or could it be something more? The FDA warns of cyber attacks connected with the grain harvest as Russia bombs the breadbasket of Europe in Ukraine.
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19 replies on “Fires & Airplanes Hit U.S. Food Distribution Centers, FDA Warns of Grain Harvest Cyber Attack”
I’ve worked at many meat processing and grain handling facilities in support capacity (construction, maintenance, installation). I’ve worked on 3 fires / explosions in the past 2 years. Each one was clearly linked to human error or maintenance issues.
A blood drying machine enclosed in its own small building exploded when the gas line leading to the burner developed a leak and filled the building with gas.
A meat processing plant partially burned down when a hydraulic line developed a leak. To avoid shutting down production, they kept adding oil until a15 minute break, during which they sent a maintenance worker to weld the line. As they didn’t have time to drain off the oil in the line, it immediately started spraying out, much like a flame thrower. It burned up a hydraulic room and an electric room.
A minor explosion at another plant was caused when a boiler was fired up, but someone forgot to turn the water on first. When they realized this, they quickly turned on the water, causing steam to build in an uncontrolled manner, over-pressuring the boiler.
I also have helped in the cleanup and repair of other accidents in the past. It isn’t uncommon. Meat plants are very clean where they process food, but where all of the inedible parts are processed, they are greasy, dirty places, covered in fat, grease, hair, all of which can easily catch fire.
Many major explosions have been caused by dust in sugar, grain, and other dry processing plants.
There are plenty of real conspiracies out there, but this does not appear to be something above and beyond normal industrial accidents (other than the 2 plane crashes)
Conspiracy theory or spoiler alert?
Just looked up how many food processing plants there are in the US.
34,661
I’ve heard there have been 22 such fires And from the stories I’ve read on it was … not all of them “burned down” …. there were just this many fires with varying degrees of destruction.
So 22/ 34,661 = SIX TENTHS of ONE PERCENT.
Now, is this normal, or not? I don’t know. How many were there in the previous 6 months? Year? What’s the average?
Sick Sharyl Atkisson on it. She’ll figure it out.
Remember when we could choose our favorite TP brand? There were even commercials with weird bears and creepy clumsy grocers.I’m happy to buy what I can. Fun Fact: Union Pacific is sidelining bulk carrying cars because they retired/fired too many workers and haven’t rehired in time. It’ll get worse before it gets better..
Count me among the conspiracy sympathists because I do feel that there is imminent starvation on the horizon. Just not here. Between the floods in China, corresponding low rice production, and their limited supply of fertilizer – most of which comes from Russia and the Ukraine – I’m concerned that their margin for error in feeding their people is razor thin and their situation is tenuous.
Of course I “bit” on the theory that there was imminent failure of that massive dam on the Yangtze happening any minute now…… So take this with a grain of salt. Or soy sauce.
This one, I think, is a bit of a tempest in a teapot. There are more than 36,000 food processing plants in the U.S. Those air crashes – one by a student pilot/instructor on takeoff, the other a near miss, by about 300 yards. Not a big deal. Many of the other fires were minor, and barely disrupted plant operations.
I really do miss the days when conspiracy theories just stayed that way
First some context: I have worked in manufacturing companies my entire life, in several states and various types: small parts, various machining, welding, high and low volume. Also, my sister has run food processing plants the last 10 years.
She has not experienced any type of fire in her plants. Cleanliness and order are paramount. Maintenance is not quite at the level the US Navy once touted, but still very good.
The only fire I can recall is someone who laid a rag a little too close to where is was welding and it caught fire long enough for someone else to have to stomp it out.
That’s it. In time bridging 5 different decades.
So I am glad to hear the context from Steve as to the low rate of incidence, as it should be very low.
That said, I have no doubt that we are hearing these now so as to help point blame at someone other than suppotus.
“Suppotus!” 🤣
Thank you! I was wondering if anyone would catch it.
Suppotus? “Supposedly potus”?
Precisely!
Caught that. I like how Steve puts it too, Presidentious Biden
He says (and types) “Presidentish,” but I kind of like the way you put it even better.
The plane crash in Burley, Idaho appears to have been an unfortunate accident. The Blancolirio channel on YouTube now has three videos on the crash.
https://youtu.be/-xWzMD18Zuc
Indeed. Processing plant stacks spewing steam in IMC directly off the approach end of the runway. That mishap was going to happen eventually even if it had not happened that day.
BEFORE I EVEN WATCH….. “They have a saying in Chicago, Mr. Green…” (smile–just saying I saw what you did there Greenfinger)
AND FOR THOSE WHO DON’T GET IT…..remember (I’m sure you do) the scene in “Goldfinger” when Bond is strapped to the table and the laser is rapidly approaching his crotch and the evil Auric G says in response to James’ query “Do you expect me to talk?” this: “No Mr. Bond. I expect you to die.”???
WELL…in the NOVEL, the lines are different and the mob-connected Goldfinger, having encountered 007 at both the golf course and along the Swiss highways says THIS to our hero:
“They have a saying in Chicago, Mr. Bond. Once is happenstance. Twice? Coincidence. But Three Times? Enemy Action. Goodbye Mr. Bond.”
And now you know how the many-mugged movie line maven/host with the most titled this thing. 🙂
At one point, I had read all of the novels in order. They were quite fun even after having watched the movies first.
I heartily recommend it.