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Elessar
07-07-2019, 12:04 AM
..shuts down following the 'Quake in CA.

Not only are they a weapons and research station, they also
lend a hand to inland Search and Rescue along the Sierra Nevada Range
and into Lake Tahoe.

CG helicopters would take 3+ hours to get to Tahoe. China Lakes is
closer, plus they use H-60's which have a greater range that the MH-65's have:

https://www.foxnews.com/us/naval-weapons-base-near-quakes-epicenter-closed-for-safety-inspections