Downtown Fort Worth businesses near the explosion deal with fallout as they wait to reopen

it could be worse. That is right out my window. That's how close outside Angelica Farcar's hair salon. A blast crater swallows the street. This is where the explosion came up from the bottom of the building. That's what the atmosphere told me. Incredibly, the salon doesn't have much damage inside. Neither does the Segway tour company next door. Owner Tim Ballard says. I was pretty convinced that all of our windows were going to be blown out because it was right there. It was right there. But Monday's explosion at the same man hotel is still affecting the bottom line of these small businesses. They can't open stock show weekend and and and we've turned away business. So that hurts. The stock show and rodeo itself must now change plans. The parade route will go down Commerce Street instead of by the damage on Houston. Work continues to shore up the hotel and roads remain closed. For the first time today, workers allowed Farcar passed the barricades. She opened her salon door and smelled gas and I turned on the light and they basically told me don't turn on any lights and removed me from the building. She says it's clear now, but until the water and gas are back on. So I'm really we're just wait and that's the worst part of it. Just sitting and waiting and wondering when she can get back to work again. Reporting in Fort Worth. I'm Cole Sullivan.