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A statue of a woman holding a water bucket stands in front of the remnants of a burned down home on the east side of Lake Bastop on September 6 outside Bastrop, Texas. Several large wildfires have been devastating Bastrop County for the last two days.

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There is something very spooky about this statue, like something out of the Twilight Zone.

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There's something very Vesuvius-esque about the photo. As though that were the spot she stood before being consumed by ash and this is all that remains.

    Reply#1 - Fri Sep 9, 2011 11:13 AM EDT
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