CATTLE DEAD in Texas after grass fire. Was the smoke really that bad to cause large animals to die outdoors from "smoke inhalation"? ~ I have burned dead grass and leaves on my property and yet I am still alive....

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[–]Smalls 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDfLp7zLbRQ

Just because the landscape where the cows dropped had only grass and small shrubs, that doesn't mean there was no smoke enveloping them from other areas. Although, the grass and small shrubs could have been enough.

[–]In-the-clouds[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

grass and small shrubs could have been enough

Enough to kill animals bigger than humans? How so? When I have burned grass and leaves on my property, I could step over the fire unharmed. Yes, the smoke was irritating, but I survived.

From the video, in the description:

Authorities have not said what might have caused the blaze, which tore through sparsely populated counties surrounded by rolling plains.

Why don't they say? What's the secret source of these fires? Either they don't know the cause because they are ignorant, or they know and they are keeping the cause of the fires (and the cattle deaths) a secret.

[–]Jiminy 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

It depends how long you breathed smoke, these cows were CO poisoned over days

[–]In-the-clouds[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

The main product of combustion is not CO, but CO2.

[–]Jiminy 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

CO is what's poisonous

I made myself sick once with a fire in my fireplace that wasn't properly vented

[–]In-the-clouds[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

CO is poisonous, but normal combustion produces CO2, which is not nearly as dangerous.

[–]Jiminy 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Normal combustion produces many materials including CO

[–]Smalls 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Burning grass and leaves is nothing compared to a wild fire this size, although, if you stand there and breath in the smoke for 15 minutes, it could kill you. These animals couldn't (or couldn't figure out) how to move into safer airspace.

They may be gathering the facts about what started the fire instead of putting the cause out and then having to retract if they are wrong. Or, they could still be looking for the cause.