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dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts) Sat Apr 20, 2013, 01:02 PM Apr 2013

Incredible pic of what is left of West, Texas explosion site

An aerial photo of West, Texas, shows the remains of a nursing home (from left), apartment complex and fertilizer plant destroyed in an explosion at the plant Wednesday.

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Incredible pic of what is left of West, Texas explosion site (Original Post) dixiegrrrrl Apr 2013 OP

I can't really tell from that pic, kentauros Apr 2013 #1

kentauros

(29,414 posts)

1. I can't really tell from that pic,

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Sat Apr 20, 2013, 11:32 PM

Apr 2013

but it almost looks like that house due north from the plant is still intact. It's the closest structure other than the plant buildings. Maybe those other two silos shielded it. The apartments had nothing between them and the main tank that blew up.

Google Maps shows the old aerial imagery, from above:

https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=31.816031,-97.087512&spn=0.003774,0.00809&t=h&z=18

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