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A guy working in this building told me they had showers to clean off radioactive fallout as the building itself could stand up to a bomb. Guy said “you’d be fuc
by nr2x 6y ago
A guy working in this building told me they had showers to clean off radioactive fallout as the building itself could stand up to a bomb. Guy said “you’d be fucked either way” and laughed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33_Thomas_Street https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33_Thomas_Street
- graderjs 6y agoIt's probably not in this case but i wonder if this ATT was a special surveillance nexus... I think it's most likely the bomb wasn't meant to target anything, but was just some person's outlet Edit: i wasn't saying, "nuclear protection probably wasn't the case", i was saying, "the comment I'm about to make probably isn't the case but"... I know it's unclear
- jacoblambda 6y agoThis is a relic of the cold war. Most of AT&T's telecom buildings were designed to be able to withstand just about everything except a direct nuclear strike. While services were impacted, none of the actual infrastructure was really damaged and they likely just need to repair the lines running up to the building. TLDR: AT&T's telecom infra is a relic of the cold war and is designed to withstand almost any type of attack.
- Throwaway1771 6y agoUnderrated comment. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A
- nr2x 6y agoIt’s a collection point of domestic VOIP for the FAIRVIEW program.
- graderjs 6y agoNice find!
- nr2x 6y agoI stayed up late looking at network maps/etc trying to figure out any special features of the location, this was the only thing I could find. Likely coincidence, possibly not, but very high chance many people at 3-letter orgs have had a busy 24 hours as they also need to rule out some of the more exotic motives.