You’re a bit late; sagar already conceded this. It apparently wasn’t a place known for this sort of blast hazard when it was erected. Whether the population change reflects a change in home siting, who knows. We don’t have data to that level. Anyhow, if there was a law and the plant disobeyed, then unless someone told the state and the state ignored it then certainly Perry does not bear blame. Why should we have the state inspecting every facility which is not supposed to have deadly quantities of chemical in it, when it ostensibly does not even deal in that chemical?
It certainly isn’t Perry’s fault, and the cartoonist is indeed an ass. The blame lies solely on those who made the reckless decision to overstock the facility.