On December 26, 2015, an EF4 tornado ripped through Rowlett, Texas, impacting 1,145 homes, injuring 23 and knocking out power to approximately 6,000 homes and businesses. There were no fatalities. Credit: City of Rowlett

Talk about an expensive fuck up. 

Lindsay Diaz and Alan Cutter tell WFAA that Billy L. Nabors Demolition tore down a tornado-damaged duplex they owned, instead of a home one block away.

“That’s what their job is — to wreck it in demo, and they really wrecked my life,” Diaz tells the television station.

At the very least, Billy L. Nabors Demolition might be buying Diaz and Cutter a much nicer duplex or house.

This article appears in Mar 23-29, 2016.

Mark Reagan isn't from Texas, but he came here as soon as he could. He got his start on the windy plains of southwest Kansas at the Dodge City Daily Globe where he covered education and eventually served...