sd reports: “Huge blast on Corcoran between 18th and 19th this morning at 9:00am. Still not sure what happened, but police are here now sorting through it.”
Update from another reader: “I talked to the parking enforcement person who was outside when it happened. A driver hit two parked cars then stopped and set off a firework and then drove off. From the sound, we were all guessing it was an M80. Thankfully no one was hurt.”
Not that these things work anyway, but what in the hell are they supposed to be protecting? The sewer? The curb? The sidewalk?!? Skinniest bike lane of all time?
Update from a reader: “The flex posts are called daylighting an intersection. It makes it easier for drivers to see pedestrians crossing the sidewalk when cars aren’t parked close to it. These concrete or flex post bulb outs are all over the city! Once you start looking for them, you’ll see them everywhere.” (more…)
8:22pm Sunday night.
Readers reported around 3:15pm: “at Rock Creek Park and just heard very heavy boom in the distance almost like a sonic boom.”
“anyone else in Arlington (south of Clarendon) hear a massive boom about 10 minutes ago?”
From US Capitol Police: “This afternoon, our officials were working closely with our federal partners to monitor an unresponsive pilot who was flying an airplane near the National Capital Region. The U.S. Capitol Complex was briefly placed on an elevated alert until the airplane left the area.”
Ed. Note: Possibly related to the 11:15am Navy Flyover at Arlington National Cemetery? Thanks to Renee for sending a photo of it:
J. reports around 11am: “In case people were wondering what the bangs at Navy Yard were. It was the navy seemingly firing a cannon this morning. Fortunately they waited to do it until I passed by in my kayak heading to Navy Yard.”
To the video: (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Any clue what was going on? Saw these knights on Sunday walking down military in front of St. John’s College High School maybe heading to rock creek?”
Thanks to K. for sending around 9:45pm last night.
From US Park Police:
“On May 22 at approximately 9:40 p.m., United States Park Police and United States Secret Service Uniform Division officers responded to the 1600 block of H Street NW for a truck that the preliminary investigation indicates intentionally crashed into the bollards on the outside of Lafayette Park. (more…)
“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…)
“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…)