Thanks to Brian and Chris for sending:
“What does it mean?!? The cloud has gone from black to white…maybe it’s the result of an epic battle between good and evil in middle earth, or maybe something deeper…”
What the Helen of Troy is This
Photo by Carla Plaza
Lots of folks have been messaging this morning about the giant balloon spotted over Columbia Heights.
This is the famed imaging balloon of course! Our last sighting was June 26, 2019.
Our first sighting of the imaging balloon was back in October 2009.
“Dear PoPville,
Was walking through Kalorama with my fiancée and our pug earlier today when we came across a structure I would love to know more about.
Located on Belmont Rd. NW just south of the intersection with Waterside Dr., it’s a big concrete slab with railings all around and a large “cover” of some sort over a big square section. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
This enormous moth passed on to the next life in between our patio sliding screen door and glass door two nights ago. This is just a few blocks from the Petworth Metro. Can one of your readers identify him?
Services are Sunday at the 6th and I Synagogue.”
If you spot a hawk or any interesting wildlife around town, lunching or otherwise, and get a good photo please send where you spotted it to [email protected] and I’ll add it to the queue. Hawks around Town is made possible by a generous grant from the Ben and Sylvia Gardner foundation.
I don’t know. I saw this in Adams Morgan/Lanier Heights, I believe this is in front of a Bed and Breakfast which is even stranger, anyway I have some thoughts. Dear God do I have some thoughts. But in the interim – caption contest – go!!
Thanks to John P. for sending this afternoon:
“Flying across the street from the Old Executive Office building. Not a baby trump.” (more…)
Photo by PoPville flickr user Tim Brown
From the Mayor’s Office:
“In anticipation of the District of Columbia’s Independence Day celebrations, the Bowser Administration will test the District’s Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) system on Saturday, June 22, 2019, between 11 and 11:30 a.m. The purpose of this test is to evaluate the District’s ability to send information during an emergency to a targeted geographic area – in this case, the National Mall, where most of the July 4 festivities take place. (more…)
Photo by PoPville flickr user Erin
“Dear PoPville,
Hi! I think I heard cannons go off in Eastern Market Thursday morning, 11 booms in a steady rhythm. It was around 7:45 or so. Do you know what it was? Maybe practice for the July 4 events? I’ve lived on the Hill for 10 years and I’ve never heard it.”
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Photo from 14th Street by S.J.
It was a flyover to demonstrate stealth F-35s for Trump and the President of Poland. Poland is buying some. I also wonder if the military planned the flyover to show Trump that the stealth fighters are not invisible, so that he stops saying that.
— Dave Barth (@davebarth) June 12, 2019
Thanks to all who emailed/messaged. Apparently I picked an inopportune time for a quick walkabout. All is well!!
BTW, this is the B variant of the F-35, which is particularly suited to make a loud noise over DC for a long time. That’s because it has a horizontal lift fan that allows it to land vertically, like a helicopter — or fly slowly and noisily over a city.
— Bradley Peniston (@navybook) June 12, 2019
Just reading on the roof deck and… #DC #flyover #F35 @PoPville @capitalweather @nbcwashington @WTOP @wusa9 @aCreativeDC @dcexaminer pic.twitter.com/nqB7HtpPHK
— Lynn Hoverman (@LAHoverman) June 12, 2019
Check out some more action: (more…)
Thanks to Elle for sending:
“Spotted outside of the Ronald Reagan Building at Federal Triangle for the Uber Elevate Summit — Uber Helicopter! Talking about safe operation of small aircrafts, delicery drones, and passenger vehicles in urban environments!
There’s been a lot of chatter over the years about helicopter noise…how will DC embrace this?”