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Nuke-Proof Bunker Turns Out Not Waterproof
An anonymous reader writes "The AP reports on the opening of a vault in Tulsa, OK which was designed to withstand a nuclear attack by the Russians. 50 years ago they put a Plymouth Belvedere in the vault to preserve it so that we could get a good look at it in the (for that time) magical year of 2007. Unfortunately it turns out that the vault wasn't even waterproof. The once beautiful car is now a literal rust bucket."
Now gimme a break. That was not part of the requirement specifications!
Well, at least people can still duck and cover if there's a nuclear attack. Hooray for worthless advice...
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It could have been worse - it could have been a 197o's Ford, in which case all that would have been left would have been the tires and a lump of iron oxide.
It was built to shelter people against radiation, not water. And? How did it not work? Did anyone die from radiation in the area?
See how good it works!
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Some dumb 1950 duck-and-cover types who actually liked Schlitz beer screwed up big time.
But at least they tried. Where are the equivalent time capsules of today? Why doesn't Slashdot offer (for example) a PT Cruiser to whomever correctly guesses the population of Mars in 2050?
Make us think they are going to nuke us and then launch a surprise attack with water pistols.
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What truth?
There is no dupe
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The stock market was abuzz last week, seeing lots of activity in the rust futures markets.
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Hey pal, this isn't a pleasantforest, so don't waste my time with pleasantries!
I warned you about the dangers of dihydromonoxide!
That's true but 50 years ago rust wasn't very well understood, in America. Most things were still being built from wood at the time. It wasn't until the American elite began to learn European languages and the Queens English sufficiently well to make themselves understood abroad that they were able to make the most of the cultural and scientific aid on offer from Europe and learn about things like rust.
Your first problem is that you believe that there actually was a cold war.
Tell it, brother! And that "holocaust" never happened, either! And together, we'll expose that pack of lies that these so-called "world wars" happened, as well!
Sometimes it's best to just let stupid people be stupid.
You see this is what happens when you get too many water chips. Vault 8, anyone?
Spelling mistakes, grammatical errors, and stupid comments are intentional.
I think the *real* moral of this story is that no matter what you do, in 50 years you'll look like an idiot.
Yea, you really got them this time!
Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.
Aristotele
Please clarify. Since you use the term 'literal', do you mean that the car is not a bucket containing rust, or a metal bucket which has become rusty?
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In Soviet Russia, bunkers are waterproof but not nuke-proof.
It takes much less than that for many people.
is that they put the gasoline in there because they thought the world would be so advanced in the 21st century that we would've moved way beyond that. :P
It's a contest! Some lucky person actually gets to win that old, rusted-out bucket!
From the award letter:
CONGRATULATIONS! You have won this 1957 Plymouth Belvedere, stored in a time capsule 50 years ago! (See picture)
Please make arrangements to have the vehicle moved off of city property as soon as possible or we will have to start fining you $50/day.
Ja, ze gerunds go to the waschraums now! Schnell, schnell!
Ecclesiastes battle!
"I returned and saw under the nuclear winter, that the nukes are not to the wise, nor the silos to the rich, nor the bunkers to the smart, nor testing areas to the islanders; but time and chance happeneth to them all."
that the ten gallons of gasoline left in the bunker is worth more than the car!