Whoa: DC Metro to shutdown all day Wed 3/16

[fortnightlily]

wtop.com/sprawl-crawl/2016/03/sources-metrorail-to-shut-down-entirely-wednesday/

For emergency safety checks.

[aurora]

This seems likely to wreak havoc.

[laurenpetro]

this is my not shocked face.

[Vespasia]

Every once in a while I look at (much better paying) jobs in DC and think the commute from Baltimore can't be that bad. Then stuff like this happens. Nope!

[meshaliuknits]

Mar 15, 2016 15:27:26 GMT -5 aurora said:

This seems likely to wreak havoc.

That was my first thought.

[LeggsBenedict]

oh goody.

I just called my boss and told him I'm not fighting traffic for one meeting. maybe I'll go see a movie on my new day off.

[pixy0stix]

All of it? All at once? With one day's notice?

[KB]

This is exactly why I won't look for a job that requires a commute into the city. Metro is too much of a shitshow.

[fortnightlily]

Mar 15, 2016 15:56:48 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

All of it? All at once? With one day's notice?

Less than a day's notice.  They announced at 4pm.  It's shutting down at midnight.

[isabel]

Holy shit. Are they concerned the whole system is going to blow up overnight? What's with the urgency? Wouldn't it at least make sense to do this on a Sunday or something?

[LeggsBenedict]

at least we got those cool new stickers that tell you where the 6-car trains stop.

priorities.

[erbear]

This makes me feel....not great about bringing my students to dc for three days next week. Any chace this is a security thing?

[Awkward]

I texted my sister who lives on the outskirts of the city and works on capital hill to see what's going on. She said basically it is pandemonium in their office trying to figure out wtf to do. Luckily she's nonessential so she's crossing her fingers they decide her level of underling doesn't need to come in tomorrow.

But I want to know who ok'd this with so little notice? People have lives! Lol

[cattledogkisses]

Mar 15, 2016 15:56:48 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

All of it? All at once? With one day's notice?

This is making me wonder if there was a security threat.

[andwhat]

Mar 15, 2016 16:25:02 GMT -5 erbear said:

This makes me feel....not great about bringing my students to dc for three days next week. Any chace this is a security thing?

Nope. It is completely safety related. And they will be working around the clock to get this resolved. They know peak time is starting.

[earlgreyhot]

Mar 15, 2016 15:21:53 GMT -5 @mx said:

How fucked must it be to require this. I have ridden twice since the fire last year. I do not trust those assholes.

Seriously!

I still ride on occasion and we plan on using it for my son's upcoming field trip. I feel mostly safe, but damn.

How did it get so fucked??

[meshaliuknits]

Mar 15, 2016 16:33:28 GMT -5 @mx said:

Mar 15, 2016 16:11:14 GMT -5 isabel said:

Holy shit. Are they concerned the whole system is going to blow up overnight? What's with the urgency? Wouldn't it at least make sense to do this on a Sunday or something?

I believe they banned weekend work for the next 4 weeks or so because cherry blossoms.

Lots of things caught on fire yesterday and there is new management who seem to actually give a shit.

Literal or metaphorical fires?

[LeggsBenedict]

Mar 15, 2016 17:10:33 GMT -5 meshaliuknits said:

Mar 15, 2016 16:33:28 GMT -5 @mx said:

I believe they banned weekend work for the next 4 weeks or so because cherry blossoms.

Lots of things caught on fire yesterday and there is new management who seem to actually give a shit.

Literal or metaphorical fires?

literal. but I think it was just one fire. silver lining!

[meshaliuknits]

Mar 15, 2016 17:12:17 GMT -5 LeggsBenedict said:

Mar 15, 2016 17:10:33 GMT -5 meshaliuknits said:

Literal or metaphorical fires?

literal. but I think it was just one fire. silver lining!

Helluva silver lining!

Literal fires = bad

[threejs]

andwhat, are you here? I drive in and out every day, so it technically doesn't affect me. I just can't believe it's so bad that they literally need to impact this many federal and private workers in the middle of the week.

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Mar 15, 2016 17:18:06 GMT -5 threejs said:

andwhat, are you here? I drive in and out every day, so it technically doesn't affect me. I just can't believe it's so bad that they literally need to impact this many federal and private workers in the middle of the week.

Oh it affects you
Imagine the traffic tomorrow
Will they have shuttle buses? They are the worst

[tacoflavoredkisses]

I ride VRE in but take metro part of the way because I'm so far along in my pregnancy. I'll be walking tomorrow since I can't telework, which I'm not looking forward to, but I figure it could be worse since there are so many people (including school kids!) who rely solely on metro to get places.

[bellejar]

I have a friend who works at WMATA and even he only found out at 4 and they had nothing on their website until 4:30. This is crazy and I bet made everyone who was taking Metro home tonight feel really great.

I drive to work but will be telecommuting tomorrow. I can't even imagine what kind of shitshow traffic will be.

[carrotsmakemefat]

I don't metro but my H does. He's taking off. OPM gave us liberal leave

[threejs]

Mar 15, 2016 17:22:35 GMT -5 @hannymarren said:

Mar 15, 2016 17:18:06 GMT -5 threejs said:

andwhat, are you here? I drive in and out every day, so it technically doesn't affect me. I just can't believe it's so bad that they literally need to impact this many federal and private workers in the middle of the week.

Oh it affects you
Imagine the traffic tomorrow
Will they have shuttle buses? They are the worst

I'm hoping that with the Feds liberal leave many who drive will use the opportunity to stay home. Key word here is hope. 20 years driving in and out of this city, and I'm hopeful where traffic is concerned.

[cookiemdough]

Mar 15, 2016 17:18:06 GMT -5 threejs said:

andwhat, are you here? I drive in and out every day, so it technically doesn't affect me. I just can't believe it's so bad that they literally need to impact this many federal and private workers in the middle of the week.

Driving will be hell tomorrow.

[thebulldog]

Mar 15, 2016 16:01:09 GMT -5 icedcoffee said:

The only good thing about metro is that if you're running late you can blame metro and no one ever doubts you.

Metro or a motorcade always works!

Sent from my SM-G900P using proboards

[andwhat]

Mar 15, 2016 17:18:06 GMT -5 threejs said:

andwhat , are you here? I drive in and out every day, so it technically doesn't affect me. I just can't believe it's so bad that they literally need to impact this many federal and private workers in the middle of the week.

They are offering telework and they will probably do liberal leave. So I think many people will stay home.

Metro just got new upper management, so they are taking things seriously instead of brushing them aside like previous ones. This probably should have been done after the fire 2 years ago. But instead they were lining their pockets.

I drive too, but I work off hours and I live close so this isn't going to affect me.

[sushi]

Thank goodness I have nowhere essential to go tomorrow.

Can you imagine the uber multiplier? It was insane when Rosslyn (the station I used) had a fire. The whole metro?!

[tacoflavoredkisses]

Mar 15, 2016 18:12:53 GMT -5 sushi said:

Thank goodness I have nowhere essential to go tomorrow.

Can you imagine the uber multiplier? It was insane when Rosslyn (the station I used) had a fire. The whole metro?!

It was 1.8x normal price yesterday afternoon when they were single tracking. I can't even imagine what it'll be tomorrow.