S1E9 - Opening the Escape Hatch and Explosion - Owning a Titan II Missile Silo

[@nmcarpenter]

If the game Fallout has taught me anything, it's to always bring a weapon with you into a missile silo. Awesome property, man.

[@ADogNamedStay]

@David Bryant oh look, it's a mindless sychophant. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Shit the fuck up dude.

[@sabre22b]

Well these comments escalated quickly.

[@DjMaginity]

@DavidBryant Sycophant = ass kisser / boot licker, hoping to gain by impressing your master. If you’re crying about the fact that this Dude is carrying a pistol ON HIS OWN PROPERTY, then yeah... You ARE an ass kissing, boot licker. You must have very soft lips, by now! Go be a sycophant at YOUR OWN missile silo! And yeah, go unarmed, and when you run into a threat, simply, ask it nicely not to harm you. I’m sure they’ll be impressed by that.

[@Jokertuning]

Really a fucki video game is nothing like fucki. Reality problem with u gamer tards

[@Jokertuning]

@@DjMaginity problem with u and gamers u think the shits reality and u think ur smart as hell cause you fucking google shit

[@srm7640]

Whoever sealed that up really missed an opportunity by not putting a medical skeleton in uniform in there.

[@studio077webdesign]

or an rubber alien would be fun

[@RebelMerc]

You, sir, have a twisted mind. I like it!

[@MegaMastiffman]

SRM oh dude that would have beeen epic!!!! Or something ya know a box, something with some writing

[@mlovmo]

Totally...

[@sneekmatrix]

Or a chalice of the holy grail and a sword and shield

[@sharon94503]

Me trying to remove the exhaust manifold bolts on the 1971 Ford Torino.

[@RepJock88]

Or any Toyota.

[@fasteddie4145]

the Pitman arm on my '71 Chevelle.....

[@Brozius2512]

Sounded more like a pressure change than an explosion. Like some steel sheets are bulging in or out due to the pressure change.

[@FarSeeker8]

I was thinking the same thing. A pressure change caused by the water leaking out of the escape hatch?

[@thejakefromstatefarm6768]

thats was my opinion too. it has something to do with the change of pressure after water started to come through the hatch. maybe it was causeing a suction from the draining water that equalized rapidly.

[@matthewhburch6198]

Yes. With water coming out the bottom of the hatch, it created a vacuum. When the water drained far enough for air to pass into the hatch through where the water was draining, something that deformed under vacuum snapped back. Possibly something on the other side of that drain pipe.

[@Feces132]

This is exactly what that was, the water draining out caused a vacuum in the space. The door or seal on the other side of the water gave way to equalize the pressure.

[@demonicredeye4183]

I was thinking the same, but would have definitely made me regroup and check my pants.

[@jaiffee]

It's a good thing no one needed to use that escape hatch in a hurry- Ha! A "tip" for dealing with stubborn nuts on rusted bolts: give it one turn, then go a half a turn BACK; then one turn again.... time consuming, but it gives the corrosion somewhere to go and keeps it from packing the loosened rust into the caked rust on the remaining threads.....

[@rrknl5187]

Done this myself many times.....it usually works! Using a wire brush on the threads helps too.

[@kratzikatz1]

Warm them up and cool them then! I work at a sewer plant! We have to deal with rust every day 😢😉😊

[@mikeryan6277]

@@kratzikatz1 that's not rust your dealing with.

[@BlueStar712]

Yup exactly !

[@BlueStar712]

@@kratzikatz1 hot cold hot cold , in out in out, grease oil penetrant, repeat repeat ... typically a good soaking and time will help... but you know this , yr work must have some severely rusty stuff .

[@prillewitz]

I definitely would not stand behind that door when it is so difficult to open it, who knows how much water is behind it.

[@im1who84u]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@sabre22b]

Especially with that bang of pressure being released. Like a backdraught in a fire.

[@shumoko]

if you noticed though, it was draining water while they were unbolting it, and by the time they finished there was no more water coming out the bottom, that's a good sign that whatever was in there finished draining out

[@atomicunderground9971]

Bout damn time someone pointed that out

[@williamjackson5767]

@@atomicunderground9971 Lots off smart people are dumb,lol. Joke "Used to be I couldn`t spell graduate now I R 1" good day to you and yours. great vid thx.Wish I could do something like that.Next week after I hit the lottery lol. May we all be blessed.

[@tsgsweatyboixx112]

Colby the threads are binding up with rust. Every 5 or 6 turns tighten it up 1 turn and the rust will fall out. Im a steelworker i run into this all the time

[@michaelsmirnov1469]

Wow! Back in 1985 in Chico Ca. When I was in college we used to sneak in the titan silos behind the airport. It was fascinating! There were only 2 levels above water but what seemed like miles of corridors and doors to nowhere. There where 3 large titan shafts with the doors open and steel cargo nets over the open holes. I remember looking up from somewhere down below and seeing the sky so far up there. It looked like a scrap yard on the surface with mounds of steel braided hoses a quonset hut with pallets of army jeep parts still packed in grease. There was a large pile of wing tanks from the old jets. Really neat place. I went there in about 2006 and there was not a sign of it anywhere only a lone house in the middle of a barren field. You brought back some memories thank you! I'll look at your other videos now!😁

[@jamesearly2587]

Seeing some familiar scenes from when I worked in the Titan 2 silos in Wichita, Kansas. That hatch was designed to withstand a near direct hit by a Russian (or some other bad guy) missile. Never thought I would see the inside of a silo complex again. Thanks.

[@FeelOfWartune]

imagine watching a video about a nuke silo and being offended by a gun. did you ever zero the site of the explosion?

[@jnelchef]

BOOM! Let's go home and get a clean pair of shorts.

[@Elfnetdesigns]

Thats the sound of MAGIC happening

[@jnelchef]

I hope he wore his brown pants.

[@whitedovetail]

You guys are a lot braver than I will ever be when 2 of you crawled in there to inspect the possible problem. Good video with just the right amount of commenting so we could hear what was being said between all 3 of you. Wish you all luck on getting that aggregate out of there! And to think my first choice for a career field was being a missile console operator. Thank goodness I got my second choice as an ECM tech!!! Cause I got stationed in Keflavik Iceland for my last year in service!!!! Loved it!

[@daddski1]

The bang was simple guys.. Youe escape was filled with water, probably for decades.. When you released the door, the top area was now void of water so the metal contracted back to its normal size... Boom was just contracting metal.

[@freman]

could the bang be steel moving/buckling under pressure changes? you're pulling a bunch of water out of that escape tube if it was a vacuum behind it might have banged cos of that.

[@Tore_Lund]

that is the more likely explanation!

[@crakilldurmom]

Was my thought. Actually thinking it was loaded steel undergoing temp changes and either expanding or contracting.

Yea I thought it sounded like metal "oil-canning".

[@mfree80286]

No, that note and duration was definitely an open ignition of some kind. It wasn't big, definitely loud though. No vibration seemed to move through the structure, there's plenty of "tattletales" in frame when that happened and nothing budged.

[@atomicunderground9971]

I agree. If it was big we would have been in big trouble

[@rickm1255]

Y'all gonna need a mini conveyor...and a whole mess of beer!

[@4dirt2racer0]

i have to work with fun bolts like these all the time, heat is ur absolute best friend

[@allandavis8201]

Made me jump, let alone you guys, must be quite hairy not knowing what might be lurking behind doors and below the water. Thanks for sharing this interesting and entertaining film of your exploits and endeavour. Hope you manage to complete your project. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@lsd-25ayahuascadmt7]

Huge 2nd amendment guy right here, I love seeing youtubers with guns, makes me know I'm not alone!

[@leisergeist]

Hahaha, I think we've all needed a room-long cheater bar at some point

[@dunxy]

If you haven't, you haven't really lived IMHO!

[@streaky81]

When they get too long they tend to bend is the problem (assuming you didn't already sheer the bolt or snap the wrench). If it's more than 10 feet or so you really need to liquid nitrogen the bolt..

[@anthonycampbell8876]

Torquing aircraft propellers 14 foot extension and 150 ft lb torque.

[@PlanetMojo]

When you opened that hatch, I thought of Geraldo Rivera's "The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults". You had to be there...

[@stevewalker412]

Hah remember as a youngin watching that just for garbage in it and Geraldos face when they saw all that crap

[@hippa2dahoppa2]

i remember the huge buildup to that LOL

[@outdoors-gs9td]

I was a little kid and my eyes were glued to the tv and imagination flowing!

[@atomicunderground9971]

I thought maybe jimmy hoffa

[@outdoors-gs9td]

@@atomicunderground9971 been good stinky suprise!

[@curtisboswell2619]

Awesome content, folks. I think it would be the coolest thing in the world, to convert an old Titan Silo to living space. Nice to see someone get some actual productive use, of a space that took millions and millions of dollars to construct. Yes, it'll be a tad on the "spartan" side... but that's just until you personalize it to suit you. I live in the Denton, Texas area. Just to the North of Denton, a man has purchased (about twenty years ago) the old Air Force Nike Ajax missile site, that was maintained by the Air Force, during the cold war. I'm glad to see all these old cold war facilities being returned to good use. I had two years of Junior Air Force ROTC, while in High School. After god knows how many years of seeing "Hollywood" versions of missile silos, and underground control centers... seeing the layout of the REAL deal, is pretty darned cool. Pistols? Guns? Hell, why folks bitch and moan about what someone keeps on their person, is a mystery to me. A weapon is nothing more than a tool...like a screwdriver or a hammer. As a former scout, I've always held with the scout oath. Be Prepared. When you need a police officer, they are always fifteen minutes away. Carry what'cha like, gentlemen... "We're from the country, and we like it that way...!!" There are no shortages of nutcases out there, who have zero respect for another person's property. Hell, I'd carry TWO guns! If folks don't like it? MY house. MY rules, MY way. You're doing this the right way, Colby Thomas. Thank you so much, for sharing your acquisition with the American public. Your channel rocks. Keep the interesting content, and the humor coming. Rome wasn't built in a day... and this project won't be either. You have the appearance of someone who finishes what they start. I'm glad for that, because America needs more folks that are industrious, problem solving, stubborn, no-quitters.

[@justinupshaw672]

It was like god came down and handed them a cheater bar. "Damn yall hurry up, the suspense is even killing me"

[@TheSmacken]

Love watching the updates … and it makes it even cooler living just a little ways away in Hot Springs !!!

[@areyoulying4937]

The start to any great syfy/horror movie. Opening the locked hatch/doorway to anything abandoned ! Good video guys!!

[@nicksherman88]

I highly recommend using some ATF (automatic Transmission Fluid) the silicone properties in it alows it to crawl and really dig deep

[@SgtRum]

Good thing no one needed to escape out of the "Escape" Hatch.

[@Backyardmech1]

“I think this might be too much pipe.” 😁 That’s what she said. I remember years ago the escape shafts in the silos around Abilene, Texas were filled with sand originally, then would empty when opened up from inside.

[@atomicunderground9971]

Yeah that was on the Atlas F sites.

[@mfree80286]

@@atomicunderground9971 Press F for Danger.

[@gb5uq]

Always a good idea to back off a few turns now and then to clear rusty threads otherwise it'll just get hot and seize all the time

[@johnthomas5166]

I know I'm late to the party, but using some acidic toilet cleaner on the rusty threads will get them initially loose. Once you get it where you can move things, put a generous amount of medium lapping compound on the threads and work back and fourth. This will reclaim the threads to a nice smooth action.

[@francisbarnett]

Pressure release, sudden release of stress it sounded like to me, a shift in the steel frame I guess, maybe expansion. I'm amazed that these silos exist. Good luck with this project.

[@GMan-yv8cb]

Hi ! Cool vid. I just happened upon it, and it's pretty interesting! After I watched it, I read in the comments about you packing a firearm. O.M.G. ! A g** ! HEAVENS! 😲 (I had to go back and warch again! Totally missed it first time!) And then reading further about people being offended and possibly scaring chilluns! GIVE ME A BREAK! I'm sitting here - 3:30 AM, Many thousands of miles away, watching guys DEEP UNDERGROUND in a Nuclear Missile Silo, and I'm gonna worry about a hunk of metal stuffed in your belt? People are REALLY F'd UP ! Sorry so long! Cool Vid, Cool Silo! Best of luck ! Looking forward to more! 👍 🇺🇸

[@pjismydawg]

HELL YES, ARMED!! When you were working on opening that hatch and I heard the bang with water coming out,,,,so glad that hatch didn't explode out on ya

[@daviddewey3491]

This might be too much pipe......that’s what she said. I’ll show myself out.

[@demonicredeye4183]

💀💀💀💀

[@sabre22b]

You and everyone else..... There would be no one left!

[@cutebutsadisticable]

I have said that...lol 😜🙄

[@gort5583]

Fantastic guys I am envious of your adventure. I hope it all goes well. Look forward to more videos.

[@Stray03]

Could the issue have been that you over opened the lower part putting a torque on the upper screw?

[@rnmike1569]

Just joining you friend. What a cool adventure! As far as the gun goes, every law abiding citizen of our great country should have their CCW. Good on you bro!

[@620john620]

For a long long time here in Tennessee, the law allowing a citizen to obtain a permit was worded, “a permit may be issued” . The result was, no one got a permit unless you were a close personal friend of the issuing county sheriff, or maybe a huge contributor to his election campaign. Then we got a Republican dominated legislature that changed the wording to “ a permit shall be issued”. Now here’s the narrative I was working towards. In the “ may be issued” days, my gf’s ex-husband, a career criminal, meth using violent low life who spent more time in prison than out, had made it known that he wanted to kill me because I was fking the love of his life. I couldn’t get a permit. Guess what. I carried anyway. A little colt .25. If he was out of prison, the gun was in my pocket. He was seen lurking outside of our apartment building once. I upgraded to a .380. Eventually, he got life for killing another scumbag meth head. Problem solved. Now I have a permit, and carry two. A 686+, with a 642 back up. New York reloads are the fastest.

[@BeechSportBill]

...that hatch was VERY RARELY opened. Missile was likely OFF ALERT when it was opened..

[@jdjmsavage]

Well I can tell you I was in that hole repairing a conduit for the light back in 78 so that hatch was open then.

[@atomicunderground9971]

@@jdjmsavage do you know why the PVC was there. I'm betting it was to drain the sump. It seems to only be the Arkansas sites. I called it a silo mod. Definitely compromised the silo drilling in an putting a pvc pipe. I don't think it would have held in a attack.

[@jdjmsavage]

@@atomicunderground9971 There were no drains so any water had to be pumped out. If after the site was decommissioned they may have installed a temp pump and just ran a PVC conduit but I can't think of anything else.

[@bobservant49]

The escape hatch was periodically checked to ensure it would open in an emergency and the Missile was not taken off alert.

[@Shkunk1]

Cool! I always wanted an old missile silo.

[@dhooter]

Heat does amazing things to rusted/frozen fasteners.Expand the metal around the bolt and it should back right out.

[@3DGuy0813]

I spent my full USAF career on a Titan II launch crew as a Missile Facilities Technician or as more commonly called MFT. All told, I've spent more than a year of my life living in that underground complex. Opening the escape hatch is not easy. During evaluations, which were often, we sometimes had to open the hatch while being timed. I can't be certain this many years later, but I think we had somewhere around five minutes to get the hatch open. Usually it was a joint effort between the MFT and the BMAT (Ballistic Missile Analyst Technician). We'd take turns cranking the worm gears with the ratchet being careful not to bind them. I think I've opened the escape hatch a half-dozen times and crawled inside a couple times, but never needed to actually escape a complex.

[@securi-t]

If the threads are visible, you should take a wire wheel to the exposed threads as much as you can. Something like oxcilic acid can also remove the corrosion.

[@jenette16]

I worked on the minuteman sites, the escape tube in the controlle capsule was filled with sand, to keep them from collapsing. The theory was, remove the sand and fill the capsule with this sand as you go forward, scoot scoot to the exit. Somebody did the math, the capsule filled with sand before you hit the exit. Not a good feeling.

[@Beemer917]

That bang was something that you were trying to loosen finally giving way. PS If you are trying to loosen threads try a product called Molly Dee. It is a tapping fluid and a chemical called molybdenum disulfide. It is very messy and sticks to stuff really well but it is the best lubricant I know of and I was a prototype machinist for 35 years.

[@jimsinnovations2737]

THIS IS BEYOND AWESOME MAN!!! I wish i had one of these wow. how much does one of these babys go for

[@bobroberts2371]

When getting threads to move, it is critical to turn until there is some resistance then run them the other way. This tends to eject dirt / rust and carries oil into the nut. Also , WD-40 is an awful lubricant. PB Blaster or similar is way better. If you don't have any of this, light oil or automatic transmission fluid mixed with mineral spirits works.

[@carlsharp5915]

Yeah I was saying that to myself a whole time! Very basic mechanics. Hopefully they read this before the next one

[@gouryg4774]

Kroil works wonders on rusted fasteners and components. I salvaged a rusted gearbox by submerging it in kroil for a weekend

[@CooterTravenport]

Heating and adding candle wax will also help clean and loosen threads. The wax forces the crud out while lubricating the threads. Works wonders on rusty bolts on the farm

[@jibblesq]

@@CooterTravenport i watched a video on that candle wax thing, and it didn't work for that guy. Who knows, I've never tried it so i have knowledge of if it does or doesnt.

[@Urbicide]

I had a mechanic tell me years ago to actually tighten the fastener, which you are trying to remove, before you actually try to remove it. Get it to move in a clock-wise direction just a tad, then back it out.

[@Bigdaddyslasher]

That boom was a pressure change. Thanks for the cool video

[@atomicunderground9971]

How can anyone dislike a video they haven’t even watched yet? Asking for a friend. Must be two people named Karen.

[@drgw489productions]

Rather that or Bernie and biden

[@Mark_Bloom]

Was wondering the same!!!

[@leisergeist]

Don't think I've ever seen a KZbin video with 0 dislikes, it's a little weird

[@atomicunderground9971]

@@leisergeist Yeah but even before the episode aired. Why go to a video just to dislike and leave. These are the things that keep me up at night. Well that and catastrophic flooding.

[@leisergeist]

Atomic Underground Yeah.. It's pretty common I've noticed. Just one of the internet's weirdities I guess. Doubt it's anything personal or anything. Most people just chalk it up to Australians upvoting lol

[@solanuskc4303]

I hate when after you’ve been trying to turn a nut for an hour, you realize it’s *reverse threads* ahaha 😂

[@williamjackson5767]

Yeah been there to lol bless ya brother

[@johnchapman4219]

Some times you feel like a nut...sometimes you don’t.

[@Monkey_Snot]

It's not called a "cheater bar", it's called a "torque multiplier" lol 😁

[@williamjackson5767]

German torque wrench 2 men and a 6` pipe

[@williamwerman3268]

Leverage enhancers

[@Steelythestacker]

PB Blaster for penetrating oil. Nothing better.

[@electronicsworkbench]

Except a 50/50 mix of ATF and Acetone. Busted loose more rusty fasteners with that stuff than any other commercially available penetrant.

[@jonsm114]

Kroil

[@ProlificInvention]

@@electronicsworkbench Agreed

[@skylercox939]

Sand blasting.

[@TECsta76]

As long as a large mob of Zombies never bursted out !! It's all good..

[@rg3412]

Here in the Pacific Northwest, buildings that are seismic proof do produces “explosions” as they settle and get loaded with more and more weight. You might have experienced the same but in the other direction as water mud and equipment weight is reduced.

[@nicke1903]

I was wondering if it may be on some sort of springs relaxing

[@johnsmith-gk4td]

I know from removing 2" bolts from installed weapon systems, you can't continuously crank on them. You have to start and stop or the internal heat from friction will increase the diameter of the bolt.

[@jameses797]

So cool! I used to work out at the airfield in the area, and have always wondered what condition the silos in the area were in!

[@waynedub1167]

50/50 acetone, ATF is your friend with the rusty.

[@65BAJA]

Works better than Liquid Wrench or PB Blaster.

[@thegreenishcrab]

came for the silo, i think its rad your carrying fam

[@TheAnalogKid2]

Almost as exciting as Geraldo Rivera and Al Capone's vault.

[@whatup654]

Super excited.

[@gotmythumbs]

I've always found Kroil to be good on rusty stuff.

[@tommac9578]

The door only opens when both top and bottom screws are opened at the same time. You can't unscrew top then bottom or vice versa. I worked installing the water pump sensors in the escape shafts at all the Titan II sites in the late 60's at Tucson AZ

[@TheRiv69]

Use metal rescue to take care of the rust. They sell it at Home Depot by the gallon or a 5 gallon bucket. It works wonders.

[@stevethecountrycook1227]

I was kinda freaking when I saw that water coming out from the bottom of the hatch! I saw a video of some guys opening a door when they was going in and the water pressure at one point "Blew" the door open! Glad it did not happen to you guys. Also, just a little advise from a retired School Bus mechanic, get rid of that WD40 and get you some Zep 45 if they still make it, or PB Blaster they do still make that! Rural King. Also, thumbs on on the weapon! No ones business about it!! Carry on and Be safe guys!!

[@stevethecountrycook1227]

Thumbs "UP" that is!! I carry EVERYWHERE!!

[@bobbytuckett6143]

Atomic Underground, reach out to me if you need a hand, I’m local in Little Rock, I have lots of tools, some heavy equipment and experience I’ll gladly donate to help some if I can.

[@atomicunderground9971]

Hi Bobby, lets talk. Email me your number and I will add you to the list.

[@bobbytuckett6143]

Atomic Underground what email?

[@atomicunderground9971]

Bobby Tuckett go to the about section in the channel page

[@robertwalker6584]

That looks like fun. Thanks for posting.

[@ozzyoswald2590]

Now that the hatch is open you can impact those threads back and forth a bunch of times pounding PB blaster on em

[@thedolt3367]

This video gives me the willies!

[@Mrcaffinebean]

Nice! Now get it cleared out 😂

[@coltius]

I know there are already a lot of comments here but a suggestion on clearing the tunnel: Put a couple of steel pipes into the tunnel as far as you can and then build a kind of sliding or rolling long flat sled out of some 2x4s and plywood. Put a rope on the back end. Now you can either slide in there on your stomach and fill buckets *or* put a metal snow shovel or scoop, even just a flat thick steel plate, on the end and just repeatedly ram it into the pile so some falls on top, extract, unload into wheelbarrow or bigger buckets. The debris is always going to want to settle down. However you remove it at that point you have a lot more space to work from than sending someone down a 3' hole to fill buckets that have to be raised all while standing on top of an unstable debris column.

[@Pittsburgh-412]

I think that explosion was the pressure change in there when the seal was broken in the tube

[@lincolnisrael1634]

Well done

[@KronosIV]

Was it a gas explosion or something shifting in the vent shaft while the water drained out? Obviously I wasn't there, so I have no idea what the sound was like, other than being loud. Thanks for this detailed content!

[@atomicunderground9971]

Like someone shot a gun next to our heads. It was inside the LCC not the shaft for sure.

[@flurgy22]

Irkin armada all the way!

[@Sadsoul38]

I would love to own a silo like that you are very lucky keep up the good videos

[@Cuchulainn42]

You need to use Kroil "The oil that creeps". Let it soak for about an hour.

[@malelpn37]

Best stuff out there

[@bernardleighan3218]

Only problem with Kroil is the expense. However, you get what you pay for.

[@malelpn37]

@@bernardleighan3218 yes but because it creeps and fills in the areas you never have to use much, and a bottle will last you nearly a lifetime

[@billyhurst4319]

Yes , everyone should own a missile silo at least once in their lifetime.

[@gustavgnoettgen]

That's not just a pipe... It's the "tool" for seized threads opening the air force forgot in there

[@Mike_Malloy]

As a Titan electrician at LRAFB I've had to open that hatch a few times just to confirm the Hatch Open limit switch sent a signal to the console on level 2. It was time consuming to open because of all the turns it took. Of course it wasn't rusted like what you guys were dealing with.

[@garrettburrows442]

since the command center is floating, it really sounded like a spring popping or big bolt snapping

[@Blue_Wizarded]

Love the beer bellies boys

[@jukeboxhero1649]

That diagram opened my eyes to how big these things are. I thought it was just a little offuce off the side of a missile silo

[@bobbob-ze9zo]

This is when there is no warranty left on your tools.

[@brokenarrow8251]

Could the bang be one of the springs moving after being stuck for who knows how many years??

[@atomicunderground9971]

No. We dropped a steel pipe off a ladder as a test and one in the video was way louder. Had to be methane up at the ceiling that got lit off by a light bulb. Enough to scare us but not kill us

[@xenonram]

@@atomicunderground9971 Methane that got lit off by a lightbulb? How would that work?

[@atomicunderground9971]

Andrew Delashaw if you are within the explosive limit and it finds a spark. Methane would sit up at the top of the dome. A few extra farts put it over the limit.

[@pierre-alexandrelemay1720]

@@atomicunderground9971 use led light bulb maybe more safe Much clear for lower bill cost of the Power needed sorry for my poor english un from Québec 😅

[@atomicunderground9971]

pierre-alexandre lemay all my lights are led

[@kenkarish826]

As a mechanic in the rust belt try using anti seize on the threads you are trying to pull through. I think you will have better success. Also you should go out then go back in and that will help keep the threads from locking.

[@scopex2749]

You need to SOAK those things in penetrating oil. Then pack them with GRAPHITE grease and they should spin like a tree in a hurricane! 👍🏻

[@a20axf]

My new favourite phrase 😂👌🏻

[@nanettebarling1222]

Or a button on a shit house door!

[@nathanenfinger9559]

I appreciate the fact that my closed caption shows applause for some reason.

[@kbtechandmedia]

*audience claps, applause*

[@WootTootZoot]

Well, it's like the chicken said, "You knew the job was dangerous when you took it."

[@porschetigersince2006]

Lmao, Here I am watching this video at 3:30 in the morning with headphones on and I hear children screaming somewhere in my house. Blood ran cold for a second, Until I figured out it was in the video’s audio.

[@coltonreed7112]

Same 😂💀 it’s 3:38am🤣

[@Mr2greys]

silly question but could the force on the top bolt being caused by inconsistent loosening on both the top and bottom bolts which is causing binding? IOW loosen top by an inch loosen bottom by a inch

[@charlie15627]

It’s just amazing how far I had to scroll through the comments before I found someone mentioning this. They had that top opened almost twice as wide as the bottom and they couldn’t figure out that it was binding. SMH

[@brixtonburke5413]

Very cool. Thanks for sharing.

[@AgnarBurnsAll]

probably just the door buckling under the change of pressure from trying to open it

[@pawpawtx]

I worked Titans at Davis Monthan and McConnell AFB's ....... so sad to see the current condition of a once beautiful facility ......understandable with the facility being decommissioned and basically abandoned yet still sad. Thanks for the film.....

[@OADINC]

Watch out with entering confined spaces that have been locked up for a while, the air in side gets filled up with trace amounts of toxic chemicals, normally it would just go away but because there is no ventilation they build up, there have been multiple cases of people dying and people going after them to save them and then dying as well. The real dangerous part is that you can't see the danger.

[@motolifealways]

I agree, perfect confined space problem that takes many lives across the world. Need to have an LEL

[@tgrzadziel1975]

Three gass meter for sure 👍

[@briantheminer]

I only just came across this by accident, amazing!! I’m in the U.K. you want a hand? 😂

[@bomberdog5543]

That "BANG" could've been as the pressure changed it possibly created a vacuum and caused some of the structure to buckle. Not saying that's what it was, it just seems logical.

[@justlookin20101]

would the Air vent valve have reacted to a pressure drop from the water dropping causing a suction effect

[@Wolfspirit50]

This is cool. I can only dream of owning one of these. Can't wait to see what it will be like when it's complete.

[@Adam-xg7dw]

No shit I think my dad was stationed here at one point. He was missile fuels on the titan 2

[@robschaffer2189]

It's a good thing you're not actually having to escape... :)

[@Nighthawke70]

Could you take on a few safety suggestions? Ventilate, I know Radon is a thing in the midwest, so keeping air moving in there helps mitigate that and it also keeps any methane from building up. Hard hats thick leather gloves and safety gear. Do not trust anything in there to support you! Also keep your shots up to date, especially tetanus shots. Headband lights, another flashlight and a fire extinguisher for personal carry. The chalk mine turned storage complex up in NW Kansas mandates each person wear PPE and carry a fire extinguisher at all times. It only makes sense. That thud you heard was most likely steel expanding or shifting a bit. You had water draining from the tunnel, so something shifted on you guys. Put some lighting strings up in there and keep them connected to a strong UPS, so any power outage on the surface won't turn the place into a tomb.

[@atomicunderground9971]

We have flashlights. We did ventilate but not where we weren't working (we do now). Remember the Titan II sites are 8' thick concrete encased in 2" steel plate. Saying we would have radon gas is like saying that's an issue on a submarine. With the exception of two tiny water leaks there is nothing in the ground that is going to get in. With that said, we do ventilate.

[@mfree80286]

@@atomicunderground9971 .... if it's that airtight then your bang may not have been methane, it may have been hydrogen. Not sure if the gas meter you have would have picked up on that at all, AND, there would have been little to no flash. If you note any of the rusty steel around is darker red to black, that's anaerobic corrosion and it'll produce hydrogen. Corroding aluminum will produce it as well, if the conditions are right. As light as hydrogen is it'll collect in the highest point of the area and the 'danger range' is.... wide.

[@Nighthawke70]

@@atomicunderground9971 I didn't want to intimidate or scare you guys regarding Radon, but well-sealed homes get Radon ventilation systems to exchange the air in them, even well-sealed basements. Just being mindful of you and your team's safety. So far, so good!

[@seanpeacock4290]

What kind of ventilation do you have in that hole? I would set something to circulate some air through that room while working because that looks like an enclosed space where you can run out of oxygen real quick especially with several people working.

[@atomicunderground9971]

The building is designed to have enough oxygen for 30 days but yes we run constant ventilation

[@mr.h.7586]

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