Poor AlertDC. Even when it’s actually providing District residents with somewhat valuable information potentially affecting more than six people, it has to use the subject which probably made a whole bunch of recipients chuckle and say “that’s what she said.”

Alert DC sent out an email blast this morning, notifying Washington residents about the following vital piece of information: “National Weather Service reports light snow flurries coming from the west and heading to the District of Columbia; arrival time is between 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM.” Please try to limit your panic, dear readers….

Despite what Alert DC told us all this morning, WASA says the power outage in Columbia Heights was not caused by a water main break. We weren’t the only ones who reported a main break at 13th and Florida this morning, but it also wouldn’t be the first time Alert DC oversimplified something that was more nuanced. “It was not a water main break on 13th street. The corporation stop (or plug) that is put…