Darkside (2002)
“He’d asked the manager to bring along the keys to the Fort Severn tunnels. Above them, the sky was darkening fast with the approach of a spring thunderstorm. They hurried down the concrete steps and into the main tunnel just as the rain began. When they got down to the descending alcove leading to the big oak doors, Jim found a small crew already there. They had the left-hand door open. A battery of portable air handlers was doing a fresh-air exchange into the normally sealed tunnels.
“Gas-free... engineering,” Carrick shouted above the roar of the Red Devil blowers. “No telling how much oxygen’s down there. Or how little.”
“How much longer?” Jim said.
As if they’d heard him, the crews switched off the blowers and began retrieving several feet of bulky air hose from the tunnels.
“They’ve given it thirty minutes of air exchange,” Carrick said. “Let them do their tests, and then you can go in.”
“Not coming with me?”
“Not on your life,” Carrick said. He stepped forward and tapped the top of the brick arch nearest to the doorway.MoreLess
“Gas-free... engineering,” Carrick shouted above the roar of the Red Devil blowers. “No telling how much oxygen’s down there. Or how little.”
“How much longer?” Jim said.
As if they’d heard him, the crews switched off the blowers and began retrieving several feet of bulky air hose from the tunnels.
“They’ve given it thirty minutes of air exchange,” Carrick said. “Let them do their tests, and then you can go in.”
“Not coming with me?”
“Not on your life,” Carrick said. He stepped forward and tapped the top of the brick arch nearest to the doorway.MoreLess
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