“Dear PoPville,
Columbia road NW (near 18th and Biltmore) have been under construction for what seems like months. Does anyone knows when this project might finally end and what is actually going on? (more…)
What the Helen of Troy is This
“Dear PoPville,
Suspicious package in Bethesda metro station — WMATA security called and told me to evacuate
Yesterday, around 7:30 p.m., I reported a highly suspicious package at the Bethesda metro station (above). The people on the platform noticed it but seemed non-pulsed. It was two boxes with wires coming out of the top, hooked up to a server board. It was on a platform with wheels.
I immediately called the Metro Transit Police to report it. They confirmed they would send officers to the station. A few minutes later, I boarded the red line and didn’t see the suspicious device enter the train.
A few minutes later, a WMATA officer called me and told me they had reports of this suspicious device on the red line heading to Metro Center. (more…)
807 V Street, NW
Will writes:
“I had some unexpected charges from Atlantic Plumbing on my credit card and they told me “there was an issue that delayed the credit card settlement” and so purchases from August and October 2022 are showing up as current transactions now. Crazy!” (more…)
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Thanks to JP for sending.
Update: “Embassy of the Netherlands. The Smurfs are Belgian and the Netherlands hosted their open house with Belgium and Luxembourg.”
Anyone check out the EU open houses Saturday?
photo by Kelly Cheung
Doug (and others) replied “it’s a train of recently launched SpaceX Starlink satellites before they’ve spread out”
Video: (more…)
Yesterday we learned that the Army’s Golden Knights parachutists would be participating in jumps for the “Commemoration of the Vietnam War”. E. sends the scene from 395 around 4pm: (more…)
Rebecca wrote last night:
“Car explosion/fire in lot between 306 Evarts and 315 Franklin tonight. Too shaken to get good footage. Huge boom (shook us up) followed by pops and billowing black smoke.
Saw someone walking down Evarts toward 3rd after the first boom with a gas can.”
Thanks to Colin for sharing: “I’m pretty sure it’s a sick coyote. Saw it at Rock Creek golf course.”
More photos and video: (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
There has been an eerie, flute-like sound happening near the Petworth metro since last night. One long note followed by two short. Timinf is inconsistent. Anyone know what’s causing it?!
Much louder today than yesterday, too! 24 hours of it has definitely removed any appreciation for it.”