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re: Lake Charles peeps have you ever noticed these bomb shelter looking buildings by Chennault
Posted on 3/14/21 at 9:37 pm to stout
Posted on 3/14/21 at 9:37 pm to stout
The Palma’s (Alfred Palama construction) own at least some of them and the sheriff used them during the recent storms to store assets out of harms way. They’re way bigger than they appear from the satellite view. Google maps actually has street view of the entrances. Some good dove fields right in the immediate area.
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Posted on 3/14/21 at 9:40 pm to DiamondDog
NG is very active there. I live close to the runway approach path and always see fighters and bombers taking off and landing.
The original runway was actually longer. Broad street passes through the old runway now.
The original runway was actually longer. Broad street passes through the old runway now.
Posted on 3/14/21 at 9:46 pm to stout
Indian mounds
Posted on 3/14/21 at 9:52 pm to stout
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This is the backside of Chennault
Posted on 3/14/21 at 9:54 pm to stout
Who owns that land and what are the odds they would want to sell it?
Scruffy would buy.
Assuming the government, so, no dice?
Scruffy would buy.
Assuming the government, so, no dice?
This post was edited on 3/14/21 at 9:55 pm
Posted on 3/14/21 at 9:57 pm to Scruffy
Stexas just informed Scruffy what Scruffy inquired about 3 posts above Scruffy.
Posted on 3/14/21 at 9:58 pm to redstick13
I had a look at an old picture of Gerstner field and Google maps. So the cement slabs you can now see were obviously the old hangers on the south side of Old Camp road. This old pic is looking west to east. Pretty wild that all this stuff from WWI is still visible on google maps.
Posted on 3/14/21 at 10:02 pm to stout
Those are ammunition magazines. Chennault used to be a military airfield, remember?
Posted on 3/14/21 at 10:48 pm to stout
Pretty cool find stout.
For a second i thought you actually drove there to see what it was until i noticed the streetview arrow
For a second i thought you actually drove there to see what it was until i noticed the streetview arrow
This post was edited on 3/14/21 at 10:50 pm
Posted on 3/14/21 at 11:06 pm to stout
Lake Charles looks like a bomb went off. It’s probably a shelter.
Posted on 3/14/21 at 11:10 pm to stout
FWIW those look exactly like the “bunkers” at Camp Minden that they used to store propellant years ago and blew up
Posted on 3/14/21 at 11:51 pm to redstick13
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Pretty wild that all this stuff from WWI is still visible on google maps.
Might be a good spot to go metal detecting
Posted on 3/15/21 at 12:14 am to stout
Funny you post this, I just noticed them Friday when I was over there. Assume they were something left over from wwII or along those lines. Guess they are more visible bc trees are gone or leaves off trees etc
Posted on 3/15/21 at 2:23 am to stout
It was a SAC Base, so I am going to guess munitions storage.
Posted on 3/15/21 at 4:08 am to stout
Back in the 80's I worked for a company that used explosives in oilfield related work and we used to store our c-4 in one of those.
Posted on 3/15/21 at 6:24 am to Rawdawgs
It’s where the atomic bombs were stored
Posted on 3/15/21 at 6:29 am to stout
I know the owner’s family really well. They’re old ammo bunkers from when it was a military base.
Posted on 3/15/21 at 6:32 am to stout
Matter/anti-matter reactor and weapons research facilities.
It's left over from the late 70's to mid 80's back when they thought they could deal with that shite.
It's amazing that any of that area still exists.
It's left over from the late 70's to mid 80's back when they thought they could deal with that shite.
It's amazing that any of that area still exists.
Posted on 3/15/21 at 7:04 am to redstick13
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My dad took me out here probably 15-20 years ago. Could still walk the slabs and there was still metal debris on the slabs and in adjacent fields.
This post was edited on 3/15/21 at 7:05 am
Posted on 3/15/21 at 7:21 am to redstick13
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round top hangers
quonset huts??
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