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[Draco18s]

Then I don't see how it just laying around on the ground (inside or out) causes miasma.

[Neonivek]

Then I don't see how it just laying around on the ground (inside or out) causes miasma.

Well you see the meat rots via bacteria which become airborne and can cause disease to those who breathe it in.

In fact some of the "Mysterious" deaths in Egypt for the Archeologists were simply them contracting anchient bacteria/diseases from the mummies... and that is thousands of years later.

[i2amroy]

In fact some of the "Mysterious" deaths in Egypt for the Archeologists were simply them contracting anchient bacteria/diseases from the mummies... and that is thousands of years later.

Yeah, that is why whenever an old tomb is opened by archaeologists nowadays they will wear masks when they first go in to stop them from being infected by age-old bacteria.

[Duke 2.0]

 Also: Industrial-size compost piles smell horrid.  They also generate a lot of heat, which could make an interesting way to get water.

 Urist: This water tastes funny...
 Kogan: Quiet Urist, my tongue is already half-frozen. A little taste problems won't matter...

 Everybody cancels what their doing: Vomiting

[Inquisitor Saturn]

This is becoming more and more of a way to help glacier fortresses get started.
I can imagine having an entire layer of compost between each layer of a fort to help warm things up

[Lazureus]

This is becoming more and more of a way to help glacier fortresses get started.
I can imagine having an entire layer of compost between each layer of a fort to help warm things up

Compost & Manure insulation to the fort.. hell your dwarves are already used to mud, blood, guts, gore and vomit insulating their skin. a little more waste wont matter any.

[Wang Commander]

In fact some of the "Mysterious" deaths in Egypt for the Archeologists were simply them contracting anchient bacteria/diseases from the mummies... and that is thousands of years later.

Yeah, that is why whenever an old tomb is opened by archaeologists nowadays they will wear masks when they first go in to stop them from being infected by age-old bacteria.

That's why we don't shave, either.  Spores infecting shaving cuts.  Yeah, ancient diseases, that's the ticket!

[Proteus]

In fact some of the "Mysterious" deaths in Egypt for the Archeologists were simply them contracting anchient bacteria/diseases from the mummies... and that is thousands of years later.

Yeah, that is why whenever an old tomb is opened by archaeologists nowadays they will wear masks when they first go in to stop them from being infected by age-old bacteria.

Well to be more exactly it is because of thousands year old fungi (in case of the tomb of Tutenchamun it was Aspergillus spec. ) for which the tombs were an ideal environment to thrive