[TheForge] Frosty, Got a question

[Jerry Frost]

I'm pretty sure it's still a US gvt. installation so removing anything would 
be a federal crime but I could be wrong. Of course if there weren't 
penalties I doubt there'd be anything left. Still, those tube computers sure 
look inviting. I'm thinking this project predated the aurora generating 
program of a few years back. It ended a few years, maybe a decade back. The 
missle launch facility near Fairbanks launched various rockets with 
different payloads of metals and minerals into the auroral bands to see what 
kinds of light shows resulted. Not just for pretty lights but to analyze 
various effects including on ground bound power grids.
Strong aurora were the cause of the great blackout on the east coast and 
Canada back when.

If you can't resist some of that stuff and want to make the drive, stop by, 
we're only about 360 miles south, it'll only be a couple days out of your 
way. The Alcan takes you pretty directly to Fairbanks, Anchorage and Wasilla 
are south, turn left at Tok and follow the signs. When you get to Palmer 
turn left at the Palmer Wasilla highway, second light. Keep on going till it 
ends at Knik Goose Bay rd. (known here abouts as the KGB) go about 6 miles 
and watch for Vine Rd. turn right. We're about 1.3 miles on the left, some 
500' after you pass Bonaparte rd. Don't hesitate to give a call for 
directions.

Oh yeah, please don't stope by with a load of "salvaged" stuff please. 
<grin>

Jer
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Fertner" <rfertner at cox.net>
To: "'Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA'" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2012 3:31 PM
Subject: [TheForge] Frosty, Got a question


> Frosty,
> I came across this link and it got me wondering about the laws about
> salvage/scavenging in Alaska.
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/fairbanksmike/sets/72157623703765753/with/45099
> 08824/
>
> The high tech ghost town left by the HIgh Power Auroral Stimulation 
> (HIPAS)
> Observatory in Two Rivers, AK, about 30 miles northeast of Fairbanks.
>
> Rob
>