EPIC FAIL @ THE ATOMIC RANCH!!!

[@SteveStoltz]

Oh wow that's a real bummer, you guys sure take things in stride though lol.

[@ThompsonAtomicRanch]

LOL! Everytime it would rain, I'd be thinking of the inches/feet of water adding up in the LCC but its all good. We're just gonna keep on truckin on the project. Lesson learned for sure! Thanks for watching Steve :)

[@justinpaone2227]

Thats life. Just make the best of the situation.

[@FaithandFun-w6q]

Very nice 🥰 Thank you for sharing.. 🙏

[@Gamogamer]

You should consider adding lots of plants to the entrance dirt slopes. Some with large root systems. This is what keeps slopes from just sliding away on roadsides and mountains

[@ArizonaTitan]

Oh my goodness! I can't imagine how much work the rains added to your list of things to do! I was annoyed my entrance portal got about 6 inches of water, now I realize how lucky I am! I still have the well pump here for you to use, it pushes 67 GPM with 400 foot lift if you want to come by and get it... Just needs 240v if your generator can do that.

[@ThompsonAtomicRanch]

Haha, we wish ours was only 6 inches of water :P These little pumps are actually doing pretty good for us and we wont feel bad if they get ruined from mud/muck since we can just return then with the extra warranty we got with them. We're gonna have a family get together out there in November if youd like to come. Let me know! :)

[@erik365365365]

Godspeed! You’ve been trained your whole life to push forward in the face of challenges, keep at it!

[@davidgray1887]

In the future please instal a huge pump(s) system(s) at your lowest point(s) with relay pumps at surface level to create a vaccuum system system all the way to your retention tanks. I will be watching and learning from you guys.

[@471444a]

Absolute chad answer to the flooding 😄

[@jackdaniels8898]

Probably too late ..but a used water well pump is designed to push water up hundreds of feet. Perhaps having one of those handy may help. You have a lot of pressure washing ahead and one of those in the sump would move the water quickly.

[@chrisslky7018]

Wow. That's amazing. Good luck. Cheers

[@grantottaviano7445]

So sorry guys, what a setback! You guys had been killing it working your silo up. I know you’ll overcome this adversity.

[@Mark-hb5zf]

Any reason why you went with the 1/6HP pumps instead of something bigger? Guessing it was so you could use a garden hose? Those poor pumps were getting a workout, but seemed to be hanging in there!

[@Opigoink]

Glad to see those pumps are doing the job...great video, keep us informed and can't wait to see the bank door in place.

[@kanerockhound8148]

Good motto. "If it's worth doing once, It's worth doing twice." Good luck guys. I'd love to come down and help with the work someday.

[@jerrellkull5347]

Y'all are true soldier's. Keep on keeping on!!!

[@ThompsonAtomicRanch]

Thx Jerrell! We appreciate the support and positivity! Thanks for watching ;)

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

Great work!

[@keithnoneya]

NOOOOOOOO!!!!!! Oh my Goodness, you've got to be kidding me Lord! LOL. Oh wow, break out the pumps and start over. Next time close the Skylight on the roof, or at least the front door, LOL. Man I feel for you guys for sure. At least some of the work had already been done. Pump and scrub as you drain it. Look fwd to the next video, thanks for sharing. Best Wishes & Blessings. Keith Noneya

[@greglewis8041]

In case you didn't know the guy in Arkansas had his missile silo flood out also but he was able to dewater it and make it new again.😉

[@cliffmorrison1130]

Feel bad for you guys. Amazing you can be so positive after that. Good luck with the clean up.

[@ThompsonAtomicRanch]

Thanks Cliff! We appreciate all the people that are keeping up with our projects out here. It's been a great project with lots of ups and downs but overall, we are growing from the experience :)

[@justinpaone2227]

Why not just use a sump pump? Idk know the rate but its fast. Id say 30 gallons in 10 seconds from what ive seen when they kick on.

[@markorsborn7859]

Oh my that is crazy! So sorry that you had that happen. Really love the positive attitude and keep moving forward. Thanks for the videos!

[@drgw489productions]

Welp...have fun removing all the mud and shit at the bottom, happened with our local museum bunker.

[@cmsracing]

Why not build a "chimney" around youre entrance similar to the original one? It would eliminate the need for moving all that dirt.

[@joelclark634]

elevator shaft?

[@GTsTitanRanch]

Thanks for the shoutout guys. I wish it were under better circumstances. Why don’t you respond to my text messages?? 😊 One thing about the head height of a pump. That rated number is above the height of the water, not the pump. So if you have the pump in 10 feet of water those 10 feet don’t count in the calculations. So what you’ll see is the GPM fall down as the depth of the water lowers. And since L3 is about 16 feet below the short cableway you’ll need to have your pump relay system somewhere close to L2 height. I’m glad you won’t need those pumps again. I have a boneyard of cheap pumps. They just don’t last with dirty water in my experience.

[@GrandsonofKong]

Yikes! Have you thought about a deep catchment basin(concrete lined) and grate in front of the entrance with a sump pump at the bottom? May not work for those 100 years storms but in most cases keep water out from inside.

[@jackdaniels8898]

And as a last ditch effort a way to quickly seal the blast door. Like a rubber membrane.

[@hoosierfatha]

Seal the entrance with block or cement and go i through the top, put a container on it's end put a stair case in it and Viola.....

[@daviddelancey400]

So sorry to see this setback. Lake Meade could use the water not your silo.

[@tekvax01]

oh my!

[@krashdown102]

think you need an elevator shaft there with a french drain and a bilge pump or something. would be cool to make a large drive in garage area aswell

[@johnhasty1805]

Thanks for the updates. I did not realize you were affected like this . I had heard you had lots of rain . hmmm i wonder if this will make it easier to pressure wash . I will be back in January if you would like help with that

[@bryanmontgomery996]

I was afraid of this happening. Time to rent a big crane and clean out the access portal. You guys are now experiencing what the Arkansas Titan guys have for years. I hope it's a speedy clean up.

[@gallgreg]

Oh my!!! So sad to see!!! Around here you can rent gas-powered water pumps with loooong hoses that they use for very rapidly emptying out ditches and whatnot - I would think that renting one for a day would solve your situation!

[@sonsrc1326]

Shit load of water good work boys

[@seangc4763]

I bet you guys are regretting just going through the original portal access and closing off the tunnel. I understand that it's been 50 years since this type of rain ,but it's a big siphon waiting to drain right in the access.

[@Polo-Hat]

I realize it was a hot Summer day out in the desert, but unless you're absolutely certain that the soil wasn't contaminated by toxic materials like TCEs, diesel fuel from washing vehicles, etc. during the site's operational days, it wouldn't be safe to go swimming in the lake, especially if any water is ingested or comes into contact with eyes, etc. Also, I worry you could get in-trouble with federal & state environmental protection agencies for pumping out what could have been contaminated liquid (rain water + greases, PCBs + ??) from the LCC to the outside land.

[@tl1024]

What they failed to mention is that every site had a nearby pond to hold water to do all that massive concrete job back then. So there is a place to put water. (At least for the desert sites). Concrete requires some water. That's a horrible mess they're in, but some details were left out. Maybe I'm wrong, so show me wrong. If you look at the desert sites, theres always a pond thing nearby, where yould be able to put water into. Just like they took water out from to do this concrete work from originally.

[@patchmack4469]

i suppose you could have had the only indoor swimming pool, inside a silo, or offered the corridors to the navy for submarine escape exercises i like the mote idea, perhaps over time since the silo is now kind of ground level (slightly below) what about adding a small mote below the entry level with a bridge, but i guess will depend on future rain fall and what's held in the water table - the only answer sadly is to have increased drainage, major engineering, but how deep and where to, whatever you do will need a much deeper run off - open a new outdoor swimming area for the locals h&s?

[@garyjones2582]

If u closed both of those blast doors, would that help keep the water 💧 out? How long do you think it will take u to complete your project? It will be nice to see what your place will look like when completed...

[@ThompsonAtomicRanch]

Now that the rain is pretty much gone until next summer, we have time to muck out the LCC. We are thinking by December, we'll be back to where we were when it was nice and clean in there, plus, we'll be able to pressure wash the three levels. Overall, we wish we had done a better job of sealing it up so this wouldnt have happened but it just helped us to understand that our water catchment areas outside needed to be much more significant than they were. Some people think we're absolutely nuts/crazy but hey, we learn from our mistakes and keep on going right?! Thanks for watching :)

[@robertbriggs5605]

Sorry to see that you got flooded out. Can you weld some handles to the door locking pins and operate the door locks manually? At least to the 3 level lcc? That would hopefully keep the water and mud out of that area and as you move further from the LCC into the hub and clean out the access portal area, lock those doors? Haven’t really gotten a good look at the locks to see if this is a possibility

[@ThompsonAtomicRanch]

The new bank vault door will have plate steel welded around it to make it all water tight plus well work on the blast doors too. Thx for watching!

[@a.r.o7697]

I thought you had cracked open the old septic tank or something.

[@kf7eup]

where the main blast doors shut? and did the demilitarization take the original sump pumps or did they not have them because it was arizona and they didn't think they would need it?

[@ThompsonAtomicRanch]

Both were shut but we were not able to shut them completely. Looking back we should have worked on getting those to shut all the way but oh well. Thanks for watching!

[@kf7eup]

@@ThompsonAtomicRanch hey thanks for producing this content. I have always loved the titan2 complexes and am so jealous that you have this opportunity. And hey from Casa Grande.

[@ThompsonAtomicRanch]

@@kf7eup of course! No problem at all. It's fun to share this journey of ups and downs with people interested in it :)

[@kf7eup]

@@ThompsonAtomicRanch can't wait to see where you take this. It would be awesome if you ever had tours or volunteers to help on occasion. I'd be down!

[@taxman121]

Ever consider getting help from your subscribers? With 9k+ followers, it seems like you should be able to get 100 able bodied folks together to make short work of the mud/dirt cleanup. It would be a fun adventure!

[@Kaus5221]

Please get the soil tested i cant imagine some of the hazards that can be there

[@ThompsonAtomicRanch]

All former military sites are actually inspected by the Corps of Engineers to ensure no hazards are being passed to the public. The Titan II sites in Arizona have all passed the EPA standards and have a green light in the FUDS report. From what I understand the inspections were very thorough. Our site deed has no restrictions on digging or accessing the LCC or silo :)

[@Kaus5221]

@@ThompsonAtomicRanch I hear you I just know the EPA clears the sight as long as the containments can't spread. So they put 2ft of dirt over the surrounding soil and call it good. The EPA might not care since the contact excludes the government from any damages. I would feel better getting a soil sample knowing I'm not going to turn into a cronenberg. There is a new sight in Kansas up for sale that looks pretty rough. What are some of the risks to keep in mind when buying one of these sights

[@NJBuickGS]

One

[@AlphaFox78]

Big fail on you guys not securing the underground entrance and leaving it open to the elements.

[@ThompsonAtomicRanch]

Yup, it was a fail on us but hey, we learned something from it and now we're gonna make it so it wont happen again :) Thanks for watching

[@AlphaFox78]

@@ThompsonAtomicRanch not trying to be negative, you can do it!!

[@ThompsonAtomicRanch]

@@AlphaFox78 Oh no worries, haha! We always have to have a positive outlook on this project or else we would have given up a long time ago. Lack of preparation on our parts made our lives a little harder for the next few months tho :P

[@ArizonaTitan]

@@AlphaFox78 These two individuals are the most positive, enthusiastic and nicest people you will ever meet! (No, they didn't pay me to say that, lol.)

[@ThompsonAtomicRanch]

@@ArizonaTitan Haha, thanks Doug! As you know, youve always got to keep your chin up in an undertaking like this :P

[@robertvonbehr6843]

Hopeless.