Posted on 05/04/2013 4:49:47 PM PDT by dynachrome
For more than a decade after they moved into their house in Neenah, Wisconsin, the Zwick family knew they had a Cold War bunker in their backyard.
It was not until 2010 that anyone thought to open the heavy steel hatch, climb down the ladder and explore the 8-foot-by-10-foot chamber that the home's previous owner had built to protect his family from a nuclear attack.
Floating in five feet of water that had seemed into the bunker were sealed U.S. Army boxed packed with all of the supplies a family would need to survive two weeks underground.
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My thoughts exactly. The only situation in which I would call BATFE is . . . something I can't even imagine.
At the very least, I would have made them drain it and do basic repairs before I bought the property. Or loaded that into my bid +10%.
I don't buy $0.89USD carrot packages without looking at the carrots in the plastic.
I wonder if they've ever opened the basement door.
/johnny
I have eaten canned cabbage (#10 survuval cans)that was over 30 years old and stored badly, in the garage in a moderate climate (So.Cal coast), and it was edible, I could have served it to people and they probably wouldn’t have asked about it.
/johnny
BTW, I wonder why the garden hose didn't rot/crack. Even in storage I'd think it would deteriorate.
>>>>That wouldn’t be my first choice.
>>My thoughts exactly. The only situation in which I would call BATFE is . . . something I can’t even imagine.
There is a truism I learned here at Free Republic:
“There are very few situations that can’t be made worse by the addition of a cop.”
Swap a BATFag for a cop in that, and WOW, the mind boggles.
I once bought a local phone book from the late 50’s. My step-mother’s mom and dad were listed, they still had the same address and phone number. I gave it to them. They enjoyed thumbing through it and looking up old friend’s names.
I read somewhere that a nuclear blast does what forrest fires do only to universal levels. It sucks all the oxygen away so survivors can't breathe. I don't know about that. I've never tested it and don't want to.
If it had been explosives they probably would have faced charges knowing the BATF.
Yes it will in the immediate area. Depends on the size of the bomb and your distance.
/johnny
I call that a Bad Week(tm). But they survived.
/johnny
That’s where I would have begun my inspection.
You think that's bad, I know a guy whose brother inherited the contents of a shed when the owner died. They found a full crate of never fired m-16 full autos, another crate full of grenades, and a third crate filled with body armor.
Those idiots hid two of the M-16's then called the sheriff who promptly confiscated everything except those two rifles. Then these geniuses traded the rifles to a dope dealer for $300.00 worth of drugs.
Some people just deserve to be poor.
Oh I assumed the distance was a precaution against incompetence among the BATF.
Sulfur is the culprit. There was probably little or no air interchange with the outside.
/johnny
The E.R. Doctor might have had a question or two! I am surprised that the cans did not explode. I don't think I would have the courage to try 30 year old cabbage... fresh cabbage does me in (or out)!
oy vey! facepalm.
About 15 years ago my dad bought a 5 pound sealed container of Civil Defense hard lemon candies. The can was similar to an ammo spam can. It looked like it dated from the 1950’s to 1960’s era.
We opened it and the lemon drops were in perfect condition. We ate them over a period of time and they were as good as any lemon drops you could buy in a candy store.
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