Fortaleza

I'm from Portland, Oregon.

Um, I served a mission in Fortaleza, Brazil.

I got back last June, so coming up on a year.

Um, I'm a freshman at UVU.

The TikTok data center, in terms of impact, I think the m- biggest concern in that area is water.

So we're speaking of, um, this town that is right next to Fortaleza.

Fortaleza is the capital of Ceará, and this town is a very, in terms of, yeah, area, it's a very big s- town, city, or whatever it's called.

Caucaia is the name of it, where you have the coastal area, this middle area that is, um, like the urbanized area, and you already have an area that is, um, in the countryside, and that's very dry.

But still, right next to data center, you have communities that don't have access to clean, potable water because the water never reached them.

It's a bit different than...

Like the place maybe I've been to that compares the most, I would say is Fortaleza in Brazil.

But then maybe not many listeners have been there to that race.

But that's a very hot and humid race as well.

So let's start our podcast.

Monday morning, August 8, 2005, employees arrived at a branch of Brazil's Central Bank in Fortaleza and discovered something extraordinary.

There had been no dramatic armed takeover, no smashed front entrance, no getaway cars racing from the building while alarms screamed.

Instead, there was a hole in the vault floor, and approximately 156 million riaz in cash was gone.

The thieves were excavating an approximately 80-meter tunnel toward the bank.

The passage was reinforced and equipped with lighting and ventilation.

For roughly three months, the crew gradually worked its way beneath the Fortaleza toward the vault.

Then came the weekend.