Posted on 05/18/2010 4:52:00 PM PDT by Cindy
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Photos reveal inside look at East Austin tunnel home
by NOELLE NEWTON / KVUE News Posted on May 18, 2010 at 5:34 PM Updated today at 6:14 PM
SNIPPET: "The City of Austin Tuesday released photos of the web of tunnels a man dug underneath his East Austin home.
Under the yellow home are three stories of tunnels. For at least two years, neighbors suspected owner Jose Del Rio was up to something strange, but had no idea just how busy he'd been."
SNIPPET: "On Tuesday, the city released pictures from below taken by code compliance officers. Del Rio apparently used ladders to travel from level to level."
SNIPPET: "According to a search warrant executed on May 8th, officers found 19 guns down there, ammunition, batteries and chemicals"
(Excerpt) Read more at kvue.com ...
Damn! I used to work with Jose del Rio! (different guy, I’m sure)
A rightwing radical?
/s
Obama’s Hope and change inspired him !! ;-)
I get it now...
He was a fan of “Der Untergand”, and wanted his own scale replica of the Furherbunker...
Like 19 is a large number.
Sounds more like a survivalist than a terrorist.
There was a guy in Chicago who built a nuclear bunker under his house and did a much better job.
In Texas, 19 guns is called your hall closet stash.
Sounds like a typical nutjob to me—LOL!
So they’re hunting this guy for being a mole?
Also those batteries and acetylene and O2 are unexpected.
Not to smart of a survivalist. From looking at the pictures, it looks like if a garbage truck drove by too quickly, it would all cave in. If that doesn’t kill him, a good rainstorm would flood it or the fumes from those batteries would get him.
Other than building codes, what exactly did he do that was illegal?
Being stupid isn’t a crime.
He could have been digging a tunnel to Mexico.
http://www.yumasun.com/news/room-60891-yuma-building.html
that neighbor sounded like an id10t.
"things could of exploded"
What like a car battery or welding tanks that are usually used in small areas like a garage.
I don't see the big deal in this. other then him not communicating in good relations with his neighbors.
Code violations? Why that dirdy bird... (in my best Indian accent...)
This does sound problematic, but I think they’re over-blowing it considerably.
Steve, I agree.
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