I'm still around.

EDIT: Dracs - everything is fine, but Thorne was supposed to pretty much get your people north towards Goldendale. More or less an evacuation northward since there is no way 600 NCR troopers can be held back at the bridge. I don't know if it makes as much sense for them to wait for you [i]at[/i] Goldendale, since that's where they were going to drop you off. Just a heads up. You can fix it by just saying Thorne is waiting nearby, not just south of Goldendale. Or don't, I don't care. I'm just making sure we're on the same page.

Goldendale is also not yet lost. There are a few 1st Mechanized guys there still, who Thorne was charged with picking up once he got there.