Photo by cruffo Organizers for the Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial announced yesterday plans for a much smaller dedication ceremony on October 16. The rescheduled ceremony, nearly two months after the original planned date was postponed due to the still resonating Hurricane Irene, will take place at 9 a.m. to a small group of dignitaries, while the non-ticketed viewing public will be allowed to gather on the adjacent West Potomac Park. Still slated on…

In what is easily the clubhouse leader for the story most representative of the fact that today is a Friday before a long weekend, the Post’s Paul Farhi confirms that the disgusting sea foam which covered WTTG meterologist Tucker Barnes last weekend and spawned an internet sensation was, in fact, not toxic.

As we noted yesterday, it was the District’s trees which took the brunt of Hurricane Irene’s force over the weekend — in fact, the city has announced that they’ve collected more than 267 tons of tree debris in the days since the storm.

The District’s tree canopy has always been something of a point of pride for the city, but as this weekend’s tropical storm proved, trees can and do come down in extreme weather.

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Now, look — I know that most of you probably had plans to jump into a local waterway real soon. But it seems an especially silly idea in the wake of Hurricane Irene, which may have dumped as much as “200 million gallons of rain mixed with raw sewage” around the region.

If you’re reading this from your office, a library or a coffee shop because you don’t have any power, do note that Pepco is currently estimating that you might have to wait a few more days until it comes back on.

Can anyone honestly tell me that they wouldn’t pay good money to see people lay into NBC4 reporter Pat Collins like NBC News anchor Brian Williams did on the air Saturday night? Because I know I would. Jim Vance could MC, it’d be the social event of the year — seriously, make this happen, NBC4.

Then you better get ready for some challenges, like having sea foam and sewage blown all over you. Or, as the New York Times’ Brian Stelter notes, never having time to pee and having to use prophylactics to keep your gear in proper working condition.

It might not be as dramatic as similar videos captured during snowmaggedons of yore, but time lapse again appears to be the method of choice for documenting last weekend’s storm.