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Blackbird
    
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<Reply # 140 on 5/11/2008 4:37 PM >
|  | | | Can you drive it to the ops building? I thought they put concrete blockades across the road at the gate.
If you do want to drive up at night you should think about a good muffler (which would help in other UE situations) and making your vehicle able to run dark (no lights on the display, no taillights, no headlights; nothing with the flip of a switch).
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nootz
 
location:
Lake Echo, NS
Gender: Male
Many will always go where only one is needed
| |  | Re: Beaverbank radar station closed for good
<Reply # 141 on 5/11/2008 5:50 PM >
| | | | Posted by Blackbird
Can you drive it to the ops building? I thought they put concrete blockades across the road at the gate.
If you do want to drive up at night you should think about a good muffler (which would help in other UE situations) and making your vehicle able to run dark (no lights on the display, no taillights, no headlights; nothing with the flip of a switch).
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You can't get all the way up there, just park in one of the driveways where the PMQ's used to be. As for muffler/lights, I don't have an ass rocket on my car, and I use my running lights (headlights only) when I go up there at night. And doing conversions like what you just described isn't cheap. But most cars have the option of running lights, running/display lights and full lights (heads, tails, display).
Have faith only in those who you trust. And hold who you trust close to you for you have no idea when you will need them most.
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Plague
location:
Halifax, N.S
Gender: Male
trolololo
| | Re: Beaverbank radar station closed for good
<Reply # 142 on 5/12/2008 7:36 PM >
| | | | well were going to find out tonight i suppose, but i guess the villa, the actual villa, the one thats still open and functional had/has a basement where back in the good ol' days they used to throw the mentally handicapped for some most excellent shock therapy! (my grandmother used to work at the radar in the day >.>) thought i might throw out that little piece of info
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Plague
location:
Halifax, N.S
Gender: Male
trolololo
| | Re: Beaverbank radar station closed for good
<Reply # 143 on 5/15/2008 5:42 PM >
| | | | radars still open!, thought id let ya'll know
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nootz
location:
Lake Echo, NS
Gender: Male
Many will always go where only one is needed
| | | Re: Beaverbank radar station closed for good
<Reply # 144 on 5/15/2008 9:01 PM >
| | | | I was talking to one of the guys at work today, he was up at the Villa Tuesday night, and apparently the basement is dried up. We didn't go down that far on Monday due to lack of sunlight, so I'm going back up on Saturday to confirm his statement.
Have faith only in those who you trust. And hold who you trust close to you for you have no idea when you will need them most.
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tribeachpunk
   
location:
Halifax, NS
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Beaverbank radar station closed for good
<Reply # 145 on 5/15/2008 10:59 PM >
| | | | I hope to be in the area sometime this weekend.
I can make up for the lack of sunlight with the abundance of spotlight. 
I'd love to see the basement but I'm guessing its pretty rancid down there.
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Blackbird
location:
Nova Scotia, Canada
Gender: Male
| | Re: Beaverbank radar station closed for good
<Reply # 146 on 5/16/2008 8:00 PM >
| | | | Is the only way in still through the upper vent to the left of the hole?
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tribeachpunk
location:
Halifax, NS
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Beaverbank radar station closed for good
<Reply # 147 on 5/16/2008 8:17 PM >
| | | | I'm not sure.
I'm not too worried though. The big sitcking point for me crawling through the vent hole was that it was slippery on the otherside throughout the winter. Hopefully, the ice has melted.
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Blackbird
location:
Nova Scotia, Canada
Gender: Male
| | Re: Beaverbank radar station closed for good
<Reply # 148 on 5/16/2008 8:58 PM >
| | | | The big sticking point for me is that I'm short and if by some chance I get in but can't pull myself out I'm absolutely buggered.
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nootz
location:
Lake Echo, NS
Gender: Male
Many will always go where only one is needed
| | | Re: Beaverbank radar station closed for good
<Reply # 149 on 5/16/2008 9:59 PM >
| | | | Posted by Blackbird
Is the only way in still through the upper vent to the left of the hole?
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Yeah, that's still the only "safe" way in. Somebody tied a rope onto a bent girter to climb into one of the windows, I say screw that.
| Posted by tribeachpunkI'm not too worried though. The big sitcking point for me crawling through the vent hole was that it was slippery on the otherside throughout the winter. Hopefully, the ice has melted. |
And yes, the ice has melted, it's just that damned piece of metal in the middle that I hate.
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Blackbird
location:
Nova Scotia, Canada
Gender: Male
| | Re: Beaverbank radar station closed for good
<Reply # 150 on 5/16/2008 11:27 PM >
| | | | If its a smaller section of sheet metal from one of the old ducts you could move it out of the way, but its not is it? Is it a large section or part of the frame that held up the ducts?
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N250cc
location:
Halifax, NS
Gender: Male
| |  | Re: Beaverbank radar station closed for good
<Reply # 151 on 5/17/2008 2:12 AM >
| | | | Posted by Blackbird
If its a smaller section of sheet metal from one of the old ducts you could move it out of the way, but its not is it? Is it a large section or part of the frame that held up the ducts?
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Yep, its a pretty solid piece of steel. I went about half way down the stairs and in pretty sure the basement is still very much so flooded, theres still ice on it. The ground level may not be flooded but below ground level still has water I think.
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Blackbird
location:
Nova Scotia, Canada
Gender: Male
| | Re: Beaverbank radar station closed for good
<Reply # 153 on 5/17/2008 11:42 AM >
| | | | Its still flooded? That place is like an old ice house; it wouldn't surprise me if there was some ice in the middle of August, the last time I went up (in August) I could see my breath while in the building.
Well thats thick concrete for ya.
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Plague
location:
Halifax, N.S
Gender: Male
trolololo
| | Re: Beaverbank radar station closed for good
<Reply # 154 on 5/17/2008 8:20 PM >
| | | | yup, friend of mine went there today, and a few days ago, its still flooded, and i guess there was a fight up there, so we should all be careful and cautious in the future when we go there
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darbycrashin
Noble Donor
location:
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Gender: Female
| | Re: Beaverbank radar station closed for good
<Reply # 155 on 5/17/2008 8:24 PM >
| | | | if anyone talks to nootz or plague.. tell them to not pick me up at work because im no longer there.
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Plague
location:
Halifax, N.S
Gender: Male
trolololo
| | Re: Beaverbank radar station closed for good
<Reply # 156 on 5/20/2008 5:28 PM >
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heli55
location:
Halifax
Gender: Male
| | Re: Beaverbank radar station closed for good
<Reply # 157 on 5/21/2008 7:04 PM >
| | | | | If you do want to drive up at night you should think about a good muffler (which would help in other UE situations) and making your vehicle able to run dark (no lights on the display, no taillights, no headlights; nothing with the flip of a switch). |
Wouldn't driving around in a car with no lights get you in way more trouble than driving around in a normal car? I mean if you've modified your car for 'silent' then it kinda proves how much effort you've gone to for it. Otherwise you can just be some idiot who was looking around...
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Blackbird
location:
Nova Scotia, Canada
Gender: Male
| | Re: Beaverbank radar station closed for good
<Reply # 158 on 5/21/2008 7:14 PM >
| | | | True, but the point is that you don't want to be spotted from a distance in the first place.
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nootz
location:
Lake Echo, NS
Gender: Male
Many will always go where only one is needed
| | | Re: Beaverbank radar station closed for good
<Reply # 159 on 5/21/2008 8:56 PM >
| | | | Not that it actually matters, 'cause people go up there all the time, even older folks to walk their dogs. Not to mention kids drinking and screwing around on their ATV's.
Have faith only in those who you trust. And hold who you trust close to you for you have no idea when you will need them most.
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