On Apr 16, 2:56=A0pm, Phillip Thorne <petho...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Consider the gold vault of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
>
> It's 80 feet below street level (but also 50 feet below sea level,
> which may mean it's vulnerable to flooding), and rests on Manhattan's
> bedrock because it's so heavy. =A0How heavy? =A0It contains around 8000
> tons of gold. =A0The three-story bunker is made of steel-reinforced
> concrete. =A0The entrance is a 90-ton steel cylinder (airtight and
> watertight when closed) set in a 140-ton steel and concrete frame.
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> Thoughts?
I'm pretty sure that in a few thousand years, a party of adventurers
would completly remove all the gold, after disposing of whatever nasty
critters are sitting around on it. Whether this will involve the
incidental destruction of the vault will seriously depend on the
overeagerness of the adventurers.
;')
Eric
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