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steve2470

(37,457 posts) Thu May 9, 2013, 10:52 PM May 2013

(West, Texas) A Neighborhood Nearly Obliterated by a Blast

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/05/10/us/damage-from-west-texas-explosion.html?_r=0

Dark brown = 80 had severe structural damage and were in need of total renovation or demolition. Roofs were caved in, door and window frames blown out and rafters cracked. A few homes near the plant had burned down.

Orange = 91 had some structural damage like damaged roofs, sagging rafters and loosened wallboard.

Yellow = 9 had broken glass and other damage but were not structurally dangerous.

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(West, Texas) A Neighborhood Nearly Obliterated by a Blast (Original Post) steve2470 May 2013 OP

Oh don't worry, the invisible hand of the free market mindwalker_i May 2013 #1

mindwalker_i

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1. Oh don't worry, the invisible hand of the free market

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Thu May 9, 2013, 11:22 PM

May 2013

Will come by, rebuild all the houses, dig up all the dead people and cast resurrect spells on them, and give everybody a free bag of fertilizer.

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