Comments on: ICBM silo and air park for sale http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: penguinchris http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1299223 penguinchris Sat, 17 Dec 2011 05:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1299223 I always wonder: how many of these silos are currently still in use by the government for ultra-super-double-dog-top-secret stuff? I always wonder: how many of these silos are currently still in use by the government for ultra-super-double-dog-top-secret stuff?

]]> By: CognitiveDissident http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1299217 CognitiveDissident Sat, 17 Dec 2011 05:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1299217 Hate to be a crepe-hanger, but this is the perfect habitat for Resident Evil zombies. (You'll be sitting by the fireplace in the lower level, and the warm brain smell will waft up through the vents.) I'll pass. Hate to be a crepe-hanger, but this is the perfect habitat for Resident Evil zombies.

(You’ll be sitting by the fireplace in the lower level, and the warm brain smell will waft up through the vents.)

I’ll pass.

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1299031 Donald Petersen Fri, 16 Dec 2011 23:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1299031 Or truly epic Slinky races. Or truly epic Slinky races.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1298173 Antinous / Moderator Fri, 16 Dec 2011 06:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1298173 <blockquote>It's like the first Andromeda Strain movie. Just put a USDA sign out front and secret broom-closet elevator to go down to the lower levels, but be sure to remove the red flashing Pokemon lights.</blockquote>What's that joke? A drunk, a baby and an asphyxiating monkey walk into an underground silo...

It’s like the first Andromeda Strain movie. Just put a USDA sign out front and secret broom-closet elevator to go down to the lower levels, but be sure to remove the red flashing Pokemon lights.

What’s that joke? A drunk, a baby and an asphyxiating monkey walk into an underground silo…

]]> By: Gaucho85 http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1298148 Gaucho85 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 05:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1298148 Those weren't zombies in "I am Legend". Even still, this would be a great place to make a last stand. Those weren’t zombies in “I am Legend”. Even still, this would be a great place to make a last stand.

]]> By: anharmyenone http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1298136 anharmyenone Fri, 16 Dec 2011 05:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1298136 It's like the first Andromeda Strain movie. Just put a USDA sign out front and secret broom-closet elevator to go down to the lower levels, but be sure to remove the red flashing Pokemon lights. It’s like the first Andromeda Strain movie. Just put a USDA sign out front and secret broom-closet elevator to go down to the lower levels, but be sure to remove the red flashing Pokemon lights.

]]> By: Robert Little http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1298130 Robert Little Fri, 16 Dec 2011 05:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1298130 I'm looking at those stairs, and you know what I'm thinking? Yeah, baby; Super Ball. I’m looking at those stairs, and you know what I’m thinking? Yeah, baby; Super Ball.

]]> By: Eric ... http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1298112 Eric ... Fri, 16 Dec 2011 04:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1298112 that would compromise said zombie refuge... that would compromise said zombie refuge…

]]> By: CP-S http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1298106 CP-S Fri, 16 Dec 2011 04:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1298106 Timeshare anyone? Timeshare anyone?

]]> By: William http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1298099 William Fri, 16 Dec 2011 04:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1298099 Any lingering radiation from the former resident? Any lingering radiation from the former resident?

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1298086 Donald Petersen Fri, 16 Dec 2011 04:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1298086 Now <b>there's</b> an unusual clause in your Prudential policy... Now there’s an unusual clause in your Prudential policy…

]]> By: Christopher Miller http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1298069 Christopher Miller Fri, 16 Dec 2011 03:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1298069 There was a lot of chutzpah in the Cold War. There was a lot of chutzpah in the Cold War.

]]> By: pjcamp http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1298017 pjcamp Fri, 16 Dec 2011 02:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1298017 Can OFTEN be reopened? You mean sometimes they can't? Can OFTEN be reopened? You mean sometimes they can’t?

]]> By: hobomike http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1297905 hobomike Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1297905 I wish I was a mole in the ground... http://youtu.be/7hTZk1vEuBE Ok, not really. I prefer to be vaporized with the rest of the people and things I care about. I wish I was a mole in the ground…
http://youtu.be/7hTZk1vEuBE

Ok, not really. I prefer to be vaporized with the rest of the people and things I care about.

]]> By: Joe Rodgers http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1297900 Joe Rodgers Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1297900 Wait- these things were in operation for all of  four years? total? I'm amazed at the chutzpah. Wait- these things were in operation for all of  four years? total?

I’m amazed at the chutzpah.

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1297895 Lobster Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1297895 Or the day you buy it and the day the world ends in a hurricane of nuclear fire! Though... I guess you wouldn't really be HAPPY on that day.  You'd be thankful you thought ahead, sure, but it'd probably be a pretty sad day in general. Or the day you buy it and the day the world ends in a hurricane of nuclear fire!

Though… I guess you wouldn’t really be HAPPY on that day.  You’d be thankful you thought ahead, sure, but it’d probably be a pretty sad day in general.

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1297886 Lobster Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1297886 I think once you live in a nuclear missile silo just about anything you do becomes socially acceptable.  People are a lot more permissive when they think you're 10 seconds away from going all War Games on them. I think once you live in a nuclear missile silo just about anything you do becomes socially acceptable.  People are a lot more permissive when they think you’re 10 seconds away from going all War Games on them.

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1297888 Lobster Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1297888 10% of current offering would cost less than my 1 bed/1 bath bungalow, and it's only hardened against chemical and biological attacks. 10% of current offering would cost less than my 1 bed/1 bath bungalow, and it’s only hardened against chemical and biological attacks.

]]> By: ackpht http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1297876 ackpht Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1297876 The scary part is, with mortgage rates so low, I could almost afford that. Bit of a commute from SF though... The scary part is, with mortgage rates so low, I could almost afford that. Bit of a commute from SF though…

]]> By: Martijn http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1297850 Martijn Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1297850 Although with a house like this, it could be socially acceptable to have an ejection system for unwanted guests. Although with a house like this, it could be socially acceptable to have an ejection system for unwanted guests.

]]> By: obeyken http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1297843 obeyken Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1297843 If i could get up on one toe in ballet shoes, would that be like a 200 pound per square inch blast? If i could get up on one toe in ballet shoes, would that be like a 200 pound per square inch blast?

]]> By: sockdoll http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1297827 sockdoll Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1297827 Great place to house a Stargate. Great place to house a Stargate.

]]> By: Clifton http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1297766 Clifton Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1297766 Watch out for Deep Crows. Watch out for Deep Crows.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1297760 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1297760 I know a guy who owns a rotating house. That fancy stuff takes a lot of maintenance. I know a guy who owns a rotating house. That fancy stuff takes a lot of maintenance.

]]> By: Daen de Leon http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1297759 Daen de Leon Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1297759 Here's hoping it's been deleted from the Russian ICBM targeting database ... Or is that something the real estate agent deals with these days? Here’s hoping it’s been deleted from the Russian ICBM targeting database … Or is that something the real estate agent deals with these days?

]]> By: p!ssirk http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1297743 p!ssirk Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1297743 So the abandoned Mickey Rat theme park in China is out? So the abandoned Mickey Rat theme park in China is out?

]]> By: Roy Trumbull http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1297740 Roy Trumbull Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1297740 We went from liquid fuel to solid fuel missiles. Liquid had a long countdown. The Russians were stuck with liquid for a long time. If solid fuel had a crack instead of a launch you'd have a massive explosion. I don't know what the lifetime of a solid fuel pack was or how many you could expect to work after so many years in a silo. I did hear that after a failed static test pieces of the missile were found embedded in trees many miles away. I had applied for a job at a static test site but the position got pulled. Two years later I read a newspaper account of how many died at the very place I would have worked. Took several days to shake the chill. We went from liquid fuel to solid fuel missiles. Liquid had a long countdown. The Russians were stuck with liquid for a long time. If solid fuel had a crack instead of a launch you’d have a massive explosion. I don’t know what the lifetime of a solid fuel pack was or how many you could expect to work after so many years in a silo. I did hear that after a failed static test pieces of the missile were found embedded in trees many miles away.
I had applied for a job at a static test site but the position got pulled. Two years later I read a newspaper account of how many died at the very place I would have worked. Took several days to shake the chill.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1297709 Brainspore Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1297709 <blockquote>How many can it house after the inevitable collapse of society?</blockquote>The first two who show up. Just like any survival shelter with limited supplies and a lockable door.

How many can it house after the inevitable collapse of society?

The first two who show up. Just like any survival shelter with limited supplies and a lockable door.

]]> By: Green Ghost http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1297702 Green Ghost Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1297702 How many can it house after the inevitable collapse of society? If we all chip in we can save ourselves a spot . Although there should be a compatibility test I suppose. Who shale we eliminate? How many can it house after the inevitable collapse of society? If we all chip in we can save ourselves a spot . Although there should be a compatibility test I suppose. Who shale we eliminate?

]]> By: Dean Putney http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1297698 Dean Putney Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/icbm-silo-and-air-park-for-sal.html#comment-1297698 APPROVED. WHERE'S MY RED RUBBER STAMP. I'M GOING TO START PACKING MY STUFF. APPROVED. WHERE’S MY RED RUBBER STAMP. I’M GOING TO START PACKING MY STUFF.

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