Winter Weather Causes More Than a Dozen Military Bases to Close

Glad to report Ellsworth AFB is still open and running. Just watched a B-1B take off.

Climate change affecting military readiness

Having been born & raised in Northern New York State, I am just bit astonished to learn of Ft. Drum being "closed" due to harsh weather conditions. As I recall, the Tenth Mountain Division was stationed at Drum for precisely that kind of weather. As a boy, the marine Corps also maintained a presence there during the winter weather (Operation SNOWFLEX) for accommodating troops to harsh weather conditions. I understand civilian employees commuting, but for goodness sake, THEY LIVE THERE and are (or should be) USED TO THE WEATHER. As for the other military bases, I will not comment.