That was very interesting, she is either very brave, or very dumb, I haven't decided which. That said, I wish I could go with her, once. I got to experience something similar, on the Island of Adak, in the Aluetian chain west of mainland Alaska. There used to be a large Navy base there, but with downsizing, it is now basically a gas station for military planes crossing the pacific. Once it was quite populated, with Navy folks and their families, now it just has a relative handfull of people, operating the bare bones operation. We were flying our C-130 from Elmendorf AFB to Yokota, outside of Tokyo, and landed for gas. We found a serious problem with one of our engines, and had to wait for a replacement part, for 8 days. They put us up in two houses, in the old base housing neighborhood. Probably a neighborhood of 100 houses or so. We were the only occupants, of the community! Quite eirie to say the least! We had plenty of time to walk all over the island, and beaches (though not too close to the water, those killer whales beach themselves to eat seals!) and you could be gone hours without seeing anyone. Buildings, stores, schools, but no people (or, radiation thankfully) I'ts an experience I will never forget!
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