[Skwidd]

It's pretty easy to do this sort of thing in Charleston and then go crazy when there is a "failure."

I'm in the Navy and I work here at the Nuke school in Charleston. There is the old main base, which shut down in the early 90's, and the Weapons Station, which houses the Nuke school and various other small commands. Save for the occasional supply ship (AO or AE), there are no ships here. The Coast Guard has a post near here, but I have no idea what they do.

Interesting factoid--shortly after 9/11, 20/20 wanted to do an expose on the "faulty security of the nation's military bases." They picked Charleston (an easy target, I admit) and tried to hire a boat to get them as close to the Weapon Station as possible. The locals they were trying to hire alerted the military, who sent people out to question them. Oddly enough, this "report" never aired.

[dixie sass]

Amazing isn't it. They forgot that we have guarded our bases and service personnel for so many decades that it is ingrained. They protect us and we protect them. It's worked well.

One thing that bothers me, is that on the way to the Wpnsta, there is one or two tank farms (fuel) I can't remember how close to the river they are, but North Charleston just wouldn't be the same if they went up. Goose Creek either with the lng place. Or the chemical factories up river and close by.

The above is all public knowledge.