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    Farmer Michael Biadasz, and 16 cows die from manure fumes

    Farmer Michael Biadasz, cows die from manure fumes in "deadly dome of air"

    A FARMER and 16 cows have died after a being trapped in "deadly dome of air" while he was cleaning out a paddock of cow manure.
    WAOW reports that Michael Biadasz, 29, who worked on his father's farm in Wisconsin, was found dead around 6:30am on Monday.

    Biadasz was overcome by either methane or sulphur oxide fumes that got trapped in a "deadly dome of air" but more investigation will be needed to know exactly, the coroner said.
    His father, Bob, said the tragedy was the "perfect storm" of strange weather conditions and noxious fumes.

    Authorities say the young farmer was caught in a "deadly dome of air" when after "agitating" the tank before it was to be pumped.
    Tragically, Michael Biadasz had cleaned out the tank hundreds of times before without incident.
    "The family is devastated, absolutely devastated," said Portage County Coroner Scott Rifleman, according to the outlet
    "He was the kind of son you could only dream of," Michael's dad Bob Biadasz said. "He would morning to night farm."
    "When he broke up that hard crust basically the methane or sulphur dioxide came out of the manure and was sitting there because there was a heavy fog mass," Bob Biadasz said. "It [the gasses] typically would go up in the air and dissipate."

    The gases did not dissipate because of the weather conditions and the toxic levels overcame Michael."It was the perfect disastrous storm to happen," Mr Biadasz said. "It was a matter of seconds. It was tasteless, odourless and he was gone. Just like that."
    Mr Biadasz said this situation was a freak accident and something no farmer would ever expect.
    "Any father's dream is to have a son like him," he said. "And to lose him to something foolish like this, is tough."

    "I was a very fortunate father to have a son of Mike's magnitude, to work with and to love," Mr Biadasz said.
    Family and friends are paying tribute to Mike by lining up farm equipment on the country road the Biadasz Family Farm sits on.

    http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/rea...74ab10245c4d1f
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    Hearing the gases were tasteless, odorless and he (and the cows) died in seconds is scary.

    Here is his FB: https://www.facebook.com/mike.biadasz

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    This is scary.
    He was a well-loved guy.

    Biadasz was using a piece of farm equipment to agitate — or stir, basically — a large outdoor manure pit to prepare the manure to be hauled away in trucks and, eventually, spread onto fields. The job wasn't unusual, typically done a few times each year, but this time was different. This time, fumes released from the pit became trapped beneath warm air high in the sky on a foggy morning. Biadasz passed out from the fumes and was lying still on the edge of the pit when other workers found him.
    http://www.stevenspointjournal.com/s...dent/89200084/
    A worn baseball cap still sat on the dashboard of Mike Biadasz’s pickup, parked at the front of a crowd of farming equipment gathered last week as a makeshift memorial. Nearby, two signs carried the words his family says he lived by: “Live today like you are going to die tomorrow, but farm today like you are going to farm forever.”

    “I never knew how much those words could mean,” Bob Biadasz said.
    Biadasz, Michael "Mike" Robert

    Michael "Mike" Robert Biadasz

    Of the Town of Buena Vista, Amherst died early Monday morning August 15, 2016 as a result of a tragic farm accident at the age 29. Michael was born March 22, 1987 in Stevens Point. He is the son of Robert and Diane (Iwanski) Biadasz of Amherst. He attended local grade schools and graduated from Amherst High School in 2005. He then attended Mid State Technical College in Marshfield and Fox Valley Technical College in Appleton in the Farming and Agricultural program. Mike enjoyed hunting and the outdoors. Farming was his life and passion. He loved spending time with his family and friends, and for those who knew Mike understood his unique sense of humor and playing pranks on his friends. He always loved to make people laugh and was considered a "Best Friend to Many".

    Survivors include his parents, Robert and Diane Biadasz of Amherst, and three sisters; Amy (Tim) Tryba of River Falls and their children Everett, Bennett and Hewitt, Lisa (Nathan) Grezenski of Rosholt and their children Jacob, Tyler and Natalie, and Megan (Matt) Check of Wausau. Further survived by his Maternal Grandmother Margaret Iwanski of Amherst Jct. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents Jake and Victoria Biadasz and his Maternal Grandfather Jerome Iwanski.

    Funeral Mass will be 11:00 AM Thursday August 18, 2016 at St. Mary's of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church in Fancher. Rev. Daniel Hackel officiating. Burial will follow at a later date in the Parish Cemetery. Family and friends may call from 4:00 to 8:00 P.M. on Wednesday at the Pisarski Community Funeral Home at 2911 Plover Road in Plover, and from 9:30 AM Thursday at St. Mary's Catholic Church until the time for Mass. There will be a Parish Rosary prayed at the funeral home on Wednesday evening at 7:00 P.M.

    In lieu of flowers a memorial in Michaels name will be established for a Farm Safety Program for future farmers. Pisarski Funeral Home is honored to be serving the family.

    On line condolences may be offered at www.pisarskifuneralhome.com

    Michael lived by this adage "Live today like you are going to die tomorrow, but farm today like you are going to farm forever".
    Published in Stevens Point Journal on Aug. 16, 2016
    - See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/ste....MAxxX0t3.dpuf

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    This time, fumes released from the pit became trapped beneath warm air high in the sky on a foggy morning. Biadasz passed out from the fumes and was lying still on the edge of the pit when other workers found him.
    It sounds like it was a perfect storm in that the conditions at the time served as a catalyst to what happened.

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    What a loss for such a beautiful family farm. Hopefully, some of the grandkids will have a passion for farming, like Mike. Seems like too many family farms have fallen by the wayside.

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