A respirator that would once have been worn in a joke about barn odors; is now a life-saving protection from liquid manure off-gassing.
I remember an incident where a home exploded due to a natural gas leak. The leak was in a neighboring house; but the heavier-than-air gas flowed down into a lower level where it collected and ignited.
Factory Farms occupy a high ground of money, influence, and legal cronyism — so you know what flows downhill to their rural neighbors.
While I’m writing this; I keep hearing in the back of my mind: Jumping Jack Crack it’s a gas, gas, gas . . .