hvacker
Bronze Member
Just to add some things I find interesting. In the Manzano Mountains the military has made very long tunnels.
They are a nuke stockpile. I worked for a mechanical contractor that would do work all over the base and the tunnels
would, on occasion, be contracted. Super secure to the point a guard can only go so far before passing to another.
There is even a morgue in the Mountain.
I stopped bidding work on base as after 911 access was too much of a hassle. Frustrating when I'm loaded up and can't
access the base because of a shutdown.
Sonic booms haven't been allowed over resi areas for awhile. The news will announce when an explosion is scheduled.
That's ok if one watches the news.
If you have real soil it was most likely a transplant as the West side is a sand box.
Before Intel there was Amrep. They built RR initially by heavy advertising back East. The people that bought plots sight
unseen were shown their land by a guy carrying a side arm. If someone asked why he'd say coyotes or something. Some
thought it was more likely to settle down Easterners when they saw what they had bought. Much had no utilities or good roads.
I can still find signs West of here saying For Sale with the same problems. No water, electric etc.
Amrep was later successfully sued for fraud.
RR has changed a bunch since then.
I have some fears about more development West. I once listened to a scientist who talked about West side water. He said RR water
doesn't come from Abq aquifer as was previously thought but from the Jemez aquifer North and West. He felt development could dry
it up. At that time it was thought Abq aquifer was the size of Lake Superior. That's no longer the consensus.
There are a number of books on placer gold here. A short drive to my favorite mineral place, Moma's Minerals carries them. Her store
is now by the Natural History Museum.
They are a nuke stockpile. I worked for a mechanical contractor that would do work all over the base and the tunnels
would, on occasion, be contracted. Super secure to the point a guard can only go so far before passing to another.
There is even a morgue in the Mountain.
I stopped bidding work on base as after 911 access was too much of a hassle. Frustrating when I'm loaded up and can't
access the base because of a shutdown.
Sonic booms haven't been allowed over resi areas for awhile. The news will announce when an explosion is scheduled.
That's ok if one watches the news.
If you have real soil it was most likely a transplant as the West side is a sand box.
Before Intel there was Amrep. They built RR initially by heavy advertising back East. The people that bought plots sight
unseen were shown their land by a guy carrying a side arm. If someone asked why he'd say coyotes or something. Some
thought it was more likely to settle down Easterners when they saw what they had bought. Much had no utilities or good roads.
I can still find signs West of here saying For Sale with the same problems. No water, electric etc.
Amrep was later successfully sued for fraud.
RR has changed a bunch since then.
I have some fears about more development West. I once listened to a scientist who talked about West side water. He said RR water
doesn't come from Abq aquifer as was previously thought but from the Jemez aquifer North and West. He felt development could dry
it up. At that time it was thought Abq aquifer was the size of Lake Superior. That's no longer the consensus.
There are a number of books on placer gold here. A short drive to my favorite mineral place, Moma's Minerals carries them. Her store
is now by the Natural History Museum.
