- It’s been a crazy afternoon for D.C. emergency personnel. First, a tour bus caught on fire at the intersection of H Street and North Capitol Street NE, closing off that intersection for a couple of hours. (Reader Zane Reynolds sent over this image of the bus.) Then a suspicious package shut down traffic near the 600 block of Pennsylvania Avenue NW — that’s been totally cleared. Finally, some Amtrak and MARC trains are experiencing delays due to police activity at Union Station — a person was threatening to jump off a building. Oh, and while we’re at it, we’ve gotten word that the Red Line is a complete mess right now, with long waits and offloading trains galore.
- All that said, we are one of the least “miserable” cities in the country. (Maybe not after this evening’s commute.)
- An update at New Columbia Heights from Ellwood Thompson’s spokesperson: “As far as we know, everything is moving ahead as scheduled.”
- Remember that story about Haydee’s Restaurant owner Haydee Vanegas getting fined for cutting down a public tree in front of the restaurant in Mount Pleasant? Well, a member of the WardOneDC listserv claims that Ward 1 Councilmember Jim Graham not only told Vanegas that she could cut the tree down, but he then lobbied DDOT hard to rescind the fines levied against her. Upset the Setup has the accusatory email.
- So what exactly caused last week’s earthquake? Capital Weather Gang investigates.
- Police found a dead body inside a car at the Blue Plains Impound Lot in Southwest this afternoon; so far they have been unable to identify the gender or cause of death due to the decomposition.
- Tim Carman tries to one-up us all on the new food truck cart beat with this scoop on Fry Captain, a new truck which will serve streetside fries and milkshakes. Well played, sir.
- Don’t bring a nail gun to a road rage dispute.
Photo by DC Metro People.
