Speculation: How long would it have taken....
How long do you think it would have taken for the Zeds to get to Ft Irwin if the chopper never went back to LA?
The precipitous event that triggered Red Winter was the Advanced Little One (ALO) hitching the ride with the returning chopper. That got one to Boulder and the evac of Boulder got them to Irwin.
Given the location of Irwin and the time that had elapsed (about 3 months since Zday when Michael & crew arrived and then 5 more months before Red Winter), was it a foregone conclusion that the Zeds would have gotten there eventually? Or not?
The question popped in my head thinking about some out of the way places in this country that aren't near the big cities at all. How many of them are basically Zed free at this point in the story? Or is Irwin/Boulder an anomaly in the WA universe?
What say you?