Approaching the vault, notice the appropriate graffiti on the side: “SOLID”
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Once I parked (blue Camry hybrid on the back left) it was all on foot. The beach road still is destroyed nearly 4 years later.
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There was one little patch of pavement, then more road construction. Note the free-standing bank vault to the right. That’s where we’re going!
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Approaching the vault, notice the appropriate graffiti on the side: “SOLID”
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Imagine this vault being surrounded by a big bank until the morning of August 29, 2005.
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Heading to the back. . . .
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Not much there but the remains of a linoleum floor, and another “SOLID” from an urban artist with a sense of humor.
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Now, to get past the timelock movement.
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A little rewiring. . . .
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Done.
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A twist of the magic level. . . .
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And bada bing, we’re in as the iron door slowly squeaks open. Actually, it’s been frozen in this position since Hurricane Katrina.
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A huge door. . . .
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. . . takes huge hinges.
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View of the Mississippi Gulf Coast as I enter.
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Past the threshold. . . .
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. . . and the security gate.
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And not much inside this former Merchants Bank vault. To the right, an old safe and some lumber. (Now I know how Geraldo felt when he opened Capone’s secret vault. At least it contained a couple empty gin bottles.)
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Looks like the safe had a timelock movement as well. (See the inside of the door.)
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A larger room to the left had even more debris—some filing cabinets and lumber.
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I have no idea what this could have been. Air holes in case you get locked in the vault?