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Originally Posted by Raining Inside
That is a mining operation (i.e. cement & gravel) along the Kyle and Buda city limits. I can't believe that guy implied anything else. There is no way you can see San Antonio from there.
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He really did kinda imply it...
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"Well based on the size of those buildings and the height of the structures, that is not Buda, Kyle or San Marcos. I guess I'll leave it at that," said Albanese.
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You can use this calculator
http://boatsafe.com/tools/horizon.htm to get the approximate distance to the horizon from where they were on the Austonian (assuming perfectly flat plain)... it would be around 32 miles (give or take, I don't know the actual elevation of the site). According to the calculator, it looks like a building would have to be about 3000 feet tall (or maybe 2000 feet tall on one of the highest hills here) to see to SA. That's assuming perfectly clear conditions and flat terrain to the horizon, too.
On the other hand, it does kinda imply that people could theoretically see the Austonian from 30 miles away (again with all the above assumptions), pretty impressive.
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