SpaceX's Starship Kicked Up a Dust Cloud, Leaving Texans With a Mess
Residents of Port Isabel said that their city was covered in grime
following SpaceX's rocket launch on Thursday. The city said there was
no "immediate concern for people's health."
As the most powerful rocket ever built blasted from its launchpad in
Boca Chica, Texas, on Thursday, the liftoff rocked the earth and
kicked up a billowing cloud of dust and debris, shaking homes and
raining down brown grime for miles.
In Port Isabel, a city about six miles northwest where at least one
window shattered, residents were alarmed.
"It was truly terrifying," said Sharon Almaguer, who, at the time of
the launch, was at home with her 80-year-old mother. During previous
launches, Ms. Almaguer said she had experienced some shaking inside
the brick house, but "this was on a completely different level."
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/21/us/spacex-rocket-dust-texas.html
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