DCist: Electricity is Back, Metro Stations Reopen

whatrocks

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:22:28 -0500

Damn you Wellington Yueh, you and your trickery, betraying House WMATA! For once.... MARC trains are outperforming Metro this week. Waiting for my ride from Odenton to Union Station, the track manager proudly stated over the speakers: "Only 4 minutes late today! Happy Friday!" How far we've fallen.

MikeB

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:00:18 -0500

Metro just issued this e-mail alert: "Customers who exited unprocessed due to this morning's delays may re-enter the system with their SmarTrip/farecards during PM rush. The faregates are reprogrammed and only the afternoon trip will be charged."

monkeyrotica

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:10:14 -0500

Cool. Now I can go back to using "riding the Red Line" as a euphemism for that "monthly visit from Aunt Flo."

angrypenguin

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:27 -0500

I, for one, welcome our new metro-saboteur pyromaniac, Frank-Herbert-reading CHUD overlords.

angrypenguin

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:38:45 -0500

@connie dobbs: Sandworms look for parking in Adams Morgan. However, they don't have hands, so instead of videotaping illegal parkers they get very frustrated and destroy anything that vibrates. I think a certain store on Connecticut should be very afraid. (TinyURL link is to a google maps page. Safer for work than DCist posts about nude biking.)

teddy

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:38:42 -0500

Robert, from the WaPo article: "During the outage, commuters at the affected stations were allowed to pass through the turnstiles without paying. Those who entered the Metro system through a working turnstile and exited through one that was out of service may need to have their Farecards adjusted by a station manager when they return for the trip home, Metro spokesman Steven Taubenkibel said, creating the potential for long lines during the evening commute." In the words of the immortal Steve Buckhantz: "DAGGER!"

robertcostic

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:04:54 -0500

So, for the thousands of us who couldn't use our smartcards when exiting the stations this morning, what are we going to do when we have to get back on the Metro? If we all have to go to the Station Managers to get our cards cleared, it's going to cause havoc during Rush Hour.

sumergocognito

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:50:28 -0500

WMATA should shackle those sandworms into the construction of new metro rail tunnels.

stinkeye

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:40:52 -0500

Dear Metro, I want my money back today please. Fuck you very much, Stinkeye

connie dobbs

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:32:27 -0500

Actually I have no idea what sandworms look for, but they create a lot of damage while they're doing it.

connie dobbs

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:27:38 -0500

It was a sand worm that lost its way looking for spiiiiiice.

Dauragon

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:18:45 -0500

AWW maan! *takes off his hocky mask*

guest33

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:14:32 -0500

Let the hangover begin. I loved how my bus tore through the traffic lights this morning. She would do her "hollywood stop" at the broken light, then plow through the intersection, honking at all the other cars. It worked. Everyone got out of the way and we cruised to work.

MikeB

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:04:25 -0500

I'm gonna keep drinking. But I need to clear up something. Do I focus my drunken ranting on Metro or Pepco? And would the other be the not-so-hot girl I hook up with at the end of the night?

DC1

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:57:07 -0500

Do we have to stop drinking now?

flapjack

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:52:20 -0500

nevermind, I don't read closely enough

flapjack

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:51:23 -0500

why was the power out? was that written somewhere and I missed it?

IMGoph

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:49:40 -0500

a harkonnen, i'd wager

TimmyTucker

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:48:08 -0500

Actually, it was Jason's mother.

apz

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:47:09 -0500

Jason Voorhees

headhot

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:42:10 -0500

So who set the 2 fires?