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TexasTowelie

(111,280 posts)
Wed May 23, 2018, 11:40 PM May 2018

Truck dumps 40,000 pounds of chicken feathers on highway

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. (AP) — A tractor-trailer made a fowl mess when it rolled over in Washington state. It dumped about 40,000 pounds (18,145 kilograms) of chicken feathers across Interstate 5.

Washington State Patrol Trooper Rick Johnson says the driver told investigators he fell asleep at about 3:30 a.m. Wednesday north of Tacoma and lost control of the truck, which hit a guardrail and overturned.

The truck was hauling the feathers from a poultry facility to a rendering company in Vancouver, British Columbia.

The Canadian company recycles animal byproducts into ingredients for items including pet feed and soap.

Read more: http://www.valleymorningstar.com/news/strange_news/truck-dumps-pounds-of-chicken-feathers-on-highway/article_3a7752c1-3a00-5eff-b81b-e146c1771dce.html

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Truck dumps 40,000 pounds of chicken feathers on highway (Original Post) TexasTowelie May 2018 OP
Oh no. Traffic backed up 11 miles! Wwcd May 2018 #1
Which weighs more.... pangaia May 2018 #2
Ok, was it just chicken feathers or chicken parts.. Wwcd May 2018 #5
I suspect that the delay may have been caused TexasTowelie May 2018 #3
Depends on the windspeed too .. Wwcd May 2018 #7
i guess that means it's layoffs at House of Roberts May 2018 #4
Haaahaa... Wwcd May 2018 #6
"These chicken feathers not only crossed the road, they blocked it!" uppityperson May 2018 #8
Arrest them chickens for impeding traffic! TexasTowelie May 2018 #9
18 million feathers to be made into feed. uppityperson May 2018 #10
 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
1. Oh no. Traffic backed up 11 miles!
Wed May 23, 2018, 11:43 PM
May 2018
"The News Tribune newspaper of Tacoma reports traffic backed up for 11 miles (18 kilometers) as crews scooped up the feathers."
 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
5. Ok, was it just chicken feathers or chicken parts..
Thu May 24, 2018, 12:05 AM
May 2018

40,000 is 40,000 regardless, but can you imagine the eye watering gaging by the clean up crew!
Phewy

TexasTowelie

(111,280 posts)
3. I suspect that the delay may have been caused
Wed May 23, 2018, 11:50 PM
May 2018

because the hazmat team needed to debate the best way to remove 20 tons of feathers from the interstate. I doubt that they have prepared for that type of spill.

uppityperson

(115,674 posts)
8. "These chicken feathers not only crossed the road, they blocked it!"
Thu May 24, 2018, 12:09 AM
May 2018



These chicken feathers not only crossed the road, they blocked it! Clean up on I-5 in Federal Way still going on. Truck crashed. Nobody hurt. Driver says he fell asleep.

TexasTowelie

(111,280 posts)
9. Arrest them chickens for impeding traffic!
Thu May 24, 2018, 12:17 AM
May 2018

Thanks for posting. I thought we could use a puff piece thread.

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