Photo by Brandon Kopp

Despite the resplendent weather, today may be one of those days to hole up indoors, shut the windows and wait until Monday morning rolls around. On top of the many events taking place around town this weekend, closing many roadways around the city — not forgetting Metro closures as well — a 60 percent spike in suspicious activity reports this weekend could cause more problems. In an announcement made today, police chief Cathy Lanier noted an increase of 60 percent in incoming reports related to the recent elevated terror threat.

On the other hand, it may not take the threat of a bomb to force citizens inside this weekend, after all, tomorrow is the start of football season. As the assistant director of the FBI Washington field office put it to the AP, “we expect the public is going to be out enjoying what it means to be an American.”