Posted on 04/13/2006 10:42:55 AM PDT by piperpilot
Anybody know what is going on in NW DC on Calvert St. past the Omni Shoreham? I work near there and have been hearing sirens since 11:30 a.m. I walked up there a few minutes ago and saw a lot of fire trucks (but there is no fire or smoke that I could see), police cars, an ambulance and other first responder vehicles. I stopped when I saw a guy dressed in a white space suit with a mask and an oxygen tank strapped to his back standing next to one of the fire trucks. Also, even though the situation is on Calvert St., outbound traffic on Connecticut Ave. is all backed up. Maybe one of you has a police/fire scanner?
Marion Barry getting a massage?...........
That's not his part of town. ;)
Sounds series, I'm getting in the shower.
Cindy McKinney up to something again?
I don't hear any sirens here.
I went outside and stood on tiptoe, but I can't see that far east.
Wiseguy.
: )
Probably just looking for the DeLorean now that he's found the nuclear fuel. [Back to the Future]
Everybody's a comedian!
Any word yet?
No. The sirens subsided for a while but then started up again about a half hour ago. One of my office colleagues said that there was a helicopter involved now too. No word on the WaPo website, WMAL or WTOP. This has been going on now for almost 5 hours. We are used to sirens around this neighborhood, as we are close to the Naval Observatory and thus get the Veep's motorcade at least twice a day, so for people around here to take note of sirens, it has to be a lot of them.
Is the Supreme Court in there? I heard it was evacuated today due to smoke in the building.
You like?
Nope. Not even close.
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