Living in the meth belt
Reading Caleb's Blog reminded me of some meth related stories, so I thought I'd share.
BIL used to work for a farm for a short time. Like most farms, they had anhydrous ammonia, which is used as fertilizer, in large tanks. It's also a key ingredient to meth, along with other wonderful household chemicals. Meth heads often would come to the farm at night and drill holes in the tanks to drain some ammonia out into a bucket and take home for meth production. This is nasty business. The stuff is poisonous and kept under pressure to keep it in a liquid state, so when it starts to drain out, the tank gets very cold. I've heard about guys having their hands on the tank when they drain it, so the skin gets frozen to the tank like a tongue to a flagpole. The guy was easy enough to catch. They went to the local hospital and looked for the guy with the effed up hands.
After they get all the ammonia they want, there's no way to shut off the flow, so it would typically just drain onto the ground. The farmer would then have to get the tank repaired and insurance would cover the damage and loss of property. After a while of this, the owner decided to weld a bung and valve in place of the hole. That way, when the meth heads got as much as they wanted, they could just shut the valve off, so it wouldn't waste all of it. They still left it wide open to drain.
One time, he put a bucket with a sign for donations. One morning, he came in and both the bucket and tank were empty.
There have been several meth heads get busted around here for stealing ammonia. One guy had a chase through town with the cops, and he was on flat tires due to spike strips. They're some nasty looking people too. A guy I went to high school with and live down the road with is all jacked up, missing most of his teeth, scars on his face from who knows what and he looks like a skeleton.
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BIL used to work for a farm for a short time. Like most farms, they had anhydrous ammonia, which is used as fertilizer, in large tanks. It's also a key ingredient to meth, along with other wonderful household chemicals. Meth heads often would come to the farm at night and drill holes in the tanks to drain some ammonia out into a bucket and take home for meth production. This is nasty business. The stuff is poisonous and kept under pressure to keep it in a liquid state, so when it starts to drain out, the tank gets very cold. I've heard about guys having their hands on the tank when they drain it, so the skin gets frozen to the tank like a tongue to a flagpole. The guy was easy enough to catch. They went to the local hospital and looked for the guy with the effed up hands.
After they get all the ammonia they want, there's no way to shut off the flow, so it would typically just drain onto the ground. The farmer would then have to get the tank repaired and insurance would cover the damage and loss of property. After a while of this, the owner decided to weld a bung and valve in place of the hole. That way, when the meth heads got as much as they wanted, they could just shut the valve off, so it wouldn't waste all of it. They still left it wide open to drain.
One time, he put a bucket with a sign for donations. One morning, he came in and both the bucket and tank were empty.
There have been several meth heads get busted around here for stealing ammonia. One guy had a chase through town with the cops, and he was on flat tires due to spike strips. They're some nasty looking people too. A guy I went to high school with and live down the road with is all jacked up, missing most of his teeth, scars on his face from who knows what and he looks like a skeleton.
where do i sign up?
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"I'm not going to be like that guy; I'm just going to do meth once"
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