Unfortunately, it looks as if the West Fertilizer Co. was significantly underinsured.
A bit more than a week after a massive explosion, that registered on seismographs as a 2.1-magnitude quake, devastated the small, rural town of West, Texas, there are still more questions than answers.
The April 17 blast heavily damaged or destroyed 140 homes, a middle school, an apartment building, and a retirement center.
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