Thanks to J. for sending – an entire engine?!?
What the Helen of Troy is This
“Dear PoPville,
I live up in upper northwest 3900 block of Harrison and I often see foxes at early in the morning, in my yard walking my dog, some are pretty surprisingly big, like 35ish pounds, which can be a little concerning with when walking my very petite golden retriever, she is only 60 pounds. But recently I have been seeing what is clearly (more…)
17th and S Street, NW
“Dear PoPville,
There must be a trunk of doubloons buried beneath 17th Street, NW, by the S Street dog park. I’ve been here 7 years and (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Was playing tennis by Nats park and at least 15 of these streaks across the sky appeared with tails lasting for 20 minutes, as many as 3 or 4 at a time and crashing down…have you heard from anyone else on this?”
Twitter/X tells us they are just contrails:
“The angle looks so strange but apparently it is just normal planes, I saw a bunch tonight around sunset from my rooftop.”
16th and Shepherd St, NW
Thanks to Emma and LB for sending over the weekend:
“Looks like a car hit it, there were black pieces of frame still scattered about.” (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
This is odd, for the past few months (at least since mid-summer) there have been 6 relatively new Toyota Camrys with Florida license plates parked in the alley that runs behind Zips and Bread Furst in Van Ness. 4 of the Camrys are in the former Burger King drive thru lot and 2 are in the larger parking lot where the car wash folks dry off customers cars. The Camrys all now have stickers indicating that they will be towed and impounded, and a couple have flat tires. (more…)
photo by Peter Freeman
“Dear PoPville,
Was woken up by a barrage of helicopters over Adam’s Morgan around 6am. Not sure if it was the same ones circling but at least 5 flyovers in 20 minutes. Any idea what’s going on? Thank you!”
and (more…)
This has been the scene on MacArthur Blvd in the Palisades for the last few weeks. (more…)
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Thanks to Joe for sending: “Any idea what this is in the bike lane on Florida Ave NW near the new Whole Foods? It’s on both sides of the street in the bike lanes on Florida Ave NW between the Rhapsody and the Floridian, one block south of the new Whole Foods.”
Update: “It’s a bus island. Allows the bus to stop in the lane instead of pulling to the curb and reduces mixing of buses and bikes.”
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photo by Eric P.
“Dear PoPville,
We’ve had a low flying helicopter circling Takoma DC for the last hour. Anyone have a good guess as to why? As far as I know we don’t have a manhunt situation here and I haven’t heard any additional sirens. But dear god, it IS annoying and disruptive.”
Update: “Searching for a young man carrying a long gun. Coolidge HS on lockdown and I just got a text notice that Capital City is also on lockdown. I’d assume all the many schools in the vicinity are.”
From MPD: “Alert: Sounds of Gunshots Investigation in the 6400 block of 5th Street NW. Schools in the area are on lockdown as a precautionary measure. No injuries have been reported.”
From AlertDC: “MPD reports the 6500 block of 5th St, NW, between Van Buren St, and Underwood St, is currently closed to traffic due to police activity. Please avoid the area.”
CM Lewis George wrote: “Initial reports indicate that the suspect fired shots in the air in a nearby alley and fled.”
“MPD reports the police activity has cleared and all associated lockdowns and road closures have been lifted.“