[CPEO-MEF] Old missile sites

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Cool Real Estate From The Cold War
Former Missile Bases Becoming Homes, Schools - Even A Scuba Diving Center

By STEVE ROCK
McClatchy Newspapers
Hartford Courant (CT)
December 24 2006

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- As he descends more than 25 feet below the earth's 
surface, Gary Pipes steps into a forgotten world.

Remnants of the Cold War era abound, conjuring up a time of nuclear 
armament, international unrest and frosty relations with what was then 
the Soviet Union.

That's not what Pipes thinks about as he strolls through this missile 
silo near Pleasant Hill, Mo., however.

He sees a chance to make a few bucks. He's not exactly sure how that 
will happen, but he figures that the silo he bought for less than 
$200,000 was too good a deal to pass up.

...

A spokeswoman for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said many of them 
have environmental concerns that need to be addressed, such as 
contamination from substances such as trichloroethylene, a colorless 
liquid used to clean the metal parts of rocket motors.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.courant.com/business/hc-silos1224.artdec24,0,6672025.story?coll=hc-headlines-business

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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