Morning Roundup: Gone With the Wind Edition

Good morning, Washington. If you experienced a power outage at some point on Sunday, you were not alone. Strong winds averaging close to 40 mph knocked out power to as many as 100,000 customers across the metro area yesterday. While not much ice or snow ever materialized during the weekend's storm, Sunday's chilly wind made for an uncomfortable time walking through downtown D.C. for many holiday shoppers -- we spotted at least one woman near Chinatown whose skirt was blown up almost entirely over her head. Slightly less strong winds are expected to continue throughout the day today, so if you wore anything billowy or potentially revealing, we hope you picked out some nice underwear this morning.

D.C. Police Arrest 34 of Their Own: The Post has a big story on its front page detailing the number of MPD officers who have been arrested this year - the number currently stands at 34 - and the stories behind those arrests thanks to a partially-granted FOIA appeal. Many of the arrests were related to alcohol and/or domestic violence, but records indicate four officers have been fired for criminal misconduct that includes child abuse, drug charges and leaving the scene of an accident.

MoCo 911 Service Suffers Second Outage: Montgomery County’s 911 system was down for 2 1/2 hours Sunday afternoon, marking the second major outage of the service in the county this year. Callers experienced either non-stop ringing or a message saying the phone number was no longer in service. Verizon officials still don't know what caused the problem, but so far there are luckily no reports of anyone having been harmed by the outage.

Briefly Noted: Prosecutors ask for more time in tax fraud case ... Wells proposes new parking limits near Nationals stadium ... Building collapses on Belmont St. NW ... Two D.C. residents killed in hit-and-run in Howard County ... Police get 279 guns during amnesty program.

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