I've seen this stated numerous times, that buildings across the street were not damaged. Nothing could be farther from the truth!
A. Two large churchs on corners directly SE and SW of the Murrah Bldg, on 4th street were heavily damaged.
B. The Athenai building NW west of the Murrah bldg, and the building occupied by the water resources board next door to the Athenai had to be demolished since the damage was so extensive. If memory serves, the water resources building suffered fatalities.
C. The Journal Record building directly north of the Murrah bldg was extensively damaged, and many injuries.
D. Smaller structures blocks away had structural damage and had to be destroyed.
Note that the two churches were partially shielded from the blast by the Murrah building its self, and the buildings directly north and on the NW corner were at minimum (best guess) 200 feet from the entrance to the Murrah bldg where the truck was parked.
Also note, the truck was parked a sidewalk width away from the front wall of the Murrah building.
I dont know where the story of other buildings "right" across the street not being damaged came from. As a resident of OKC, I can assure all that "right" across the street isn't a very good picture of where those buildings stood, pre April 19th.
Finally, NO, I don't want to enter into a drawn out pi$$ing contest with anyone. If you doubt me do the research. There must be some old maps around. The Daily Oklahoman archives will have extensive coverage.
Regards
Also, I'm curious. Wouldn't there be gas mains under the street where the truckbomb sat? I would think if the truck put out enough blast to destroy a substantial multi-story bldg, it would rupture the gas lines under the street and cause a big fire as well, no?