Thursday 18 April 2013

Plant in context

The Guardian by Tom Dart 18 April 2013 at 23:07

A glance at Google Maps will show you that modern housing sprouted extremely close to the plant, even though rural Texas rarely wants for space. "The fertilizer plant was out in the country and they just built around it when I guess they shouldn't have," Beaubien said.

Matt Nors never had any worries about the plant's location – quite the opposite, since agriculture is key to the local community. It only takes five minutes to drive through West and reach vast, gently undulating fields, speckled with ranches. "It's never been a concern. This was never even a thought, an issue," Nors said.

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