Hitlers Bunker

[Guest guest]

I got mold slammed in a interesting place.

It was in Hitlers Bunker in Giessen, Germany.

In 1975 I was in the Army, stationed in the bunker that Hitler

ordered

built for his command and control structure for Operation Sea Lion,

the invasion of Britain. This was a reinforced bunker with 5 levels

below ground that were flooded at the end of World War Two.

We used the buildings above the bunker.

The Germans called it Verdun Kaserne but it was renamed " Rivers

Barracks " in honor of Sgt Rubin Rivers. We called it " the Zoo " .

I have pictures of myself trying to prepare a Lance Tactical

Battlefield Nuclear Missile for launch with toilet paper plugging up

my inexplicable constant bloody nose.

At the time I could never understand the fatigue and inability to

tolerate cold that was progressively getting worse.

Now I know.

I also know that this isn't just an indoor air problem.

I was doing my daily two mile run around the Kaserne when I would run

into a spore plume and get knocked flat. I would suddenly become

unable to continue with a run that normally wouldn't even raise a

sweat. I didn't know what it was that stopped me in my tracks then.

Now I know.

Why do I swear that it is Stachy above all other molds?

As I said to Dr Marinkovich, " There's no comparison, these

other molds are less than a mosquito bite on my ass " .

It's because I hired a mycologist to accompany me while I disturbed

different colonies of mold. I disturbed each one and assessed my

response while he identified the mold.

" Penicillium, big deal " .

" Cladosporium, no sweat " .

" Aspergillus, I'll eat that for lunch " .

Then we got to the colony where he found some Stachy.

I was standing 10 feet behind him on this one and I hit the ground.

" That's it! " .

I don't give a damn about my response to other molds.

Stachy damn near kills me.

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