Thousands of cattle died in the blaze, and ranchers face the daunting task of taking care of the survivors.
While on vacation, a massive wildfire claimed over one million acres in the Texas panhandle. Following an investigation by the Texas A&M Forest Service, it is reported that power lines may have sparked theAccording to Juan Rodriguez, a public information officer with the service, investigators have completed their investigation into the cause of the Smokehouse Creek fire and the Windy Deuce fire, Texas Standard reported.
Following the news, I noted many troubling aspects of this disaster. To begin with, in addition to the devastating impact on Texans, the fires killed over …Texas is home to 11 million livestock animals, 85% of them in the panhandle, the country’s most prominent region for beef production, Miller said. The mass deaths probably won’t affect the price of beef around the nation, but it has already devastated local ranchers, many who have maintained businesses that have been in their families for generations, he said.
Cattle that have survived the blazes relatively unscathed are still suffering, as are their owners, as the fires took out essential resources. Of the primary five fires that have burned over the past two weeks, four are in the Canadian River Basin, Miller said, a region that he says is mostly canyons and grazing land. Roughly 120 miles of powerlines have been burned down in the fires, and seven grain and seed dealers were “completely wiped out.
“For most of these people, that cattle that survived, they’re probably going to have to either find some other grazing somewhere in the state or another state, or probably sell out and wait ’til they get their ranch put back together before they can restock,” he said. Legal Insurrection readers recall my recent reports that downed power lines were being blamed as the initiating case of the fire. At the end of 2019, Hawaiian Electric issued a press release about wildfire risks assessed after hurricane-based winds contributed to a 2018 blaze.
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