Storm aftermath — DC is AWOL

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:“Did the Bowser admin decide to take the weekend off and just worry it about on Monday?”

Basically. Bowser had an 11am meeting with Pepco on Monday morning and toured the city just before that. Only 36 hours after the storm!

With Bowser it is all about going through the motions ... and the platitudes. She is eager to have an inclusive conversation at which everyone can have a seat at the table on the most equitable way to restore electricity and remove the obstructions. The mayor is so keen on slogans. So then how about "Power to the People"?!

Can we paint that on a street and paint it?

[Anonymous]

Why do some DC neighborhoods (not just the newest ones) have underground power lines and cables and other neighborhoods have above-ground wires that are so vulnerable to storms? In some places, Pepco has even strung lines down both sides of the street. Seems unfair.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Did the Bowser admin decide to take the weekend off and just worry it about on Monday?”

Basically. Bowser had an 11am meeting with Pepco on Monday morning and toured the city just before that. Only 36 hours after the storm!

With Bowser it is all about going through the motions ... and the platitudes. She is eager to have an inclusive conversation at which everyone can have a seat at the table on the most equitable way to restore electricity and remove the obstructions. The mayor is so keen on slogans. So then how about "Power to the People"?!

Can we paint that on a street and paint it?

Only if it's in a designated bike lane.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:Here is an interactive map of roads impacted by the storm:

https://dcgis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=336a93123020405bb4169c1e465be3f2

I think this map shows that the upper Northwest folks have a legitimate case. There are hardly any issues outside of that area.

I guess I don't understand how this is somewhat a failure of DC government. This was the biggest weather event since the Derecho. Trees down everywhere in NW. And the city can't remove trees until Pepco confirms that the surrounding lines are off.

The GW Parkway is going to be closed for days longer. This was a huge storm and takes a long time to clean up.

So the city isn’t directing resources to more affected areas as PPs were saying? They are just waiting on Pepco?

Actually, the PPs were saying that people in NW were whining and didn't need the resources as much as other areas did. In reality, though, Cleveland Park and the Palisades seem to have been hit the hardest out of the entire city. So everyone was wrong about that part.

It looked like they were doing a decent job clearing trees, but the city doesn't really have the ability to restore power or make Pepco move faster. It would be easier if there was only one entity involved in cleaning up from a storm like this, but unfortunately, that isn't how things are organized.

I agree they were wrong. Not that they would admit it.

From reports, it looks like a microburst cut a path from GW Pkwy almost straight east to Palisades to Wesley Hgts to the Cathedral to the zoo (all with trees down) but dissipated before reaching the other side of RCP.

[Anonymous]

Microbursts aren't tornadoes. They don't have directional paths.

[Anonymous]

This one did.

[Anonymous]

Day 3 of Palisades being a complete disaster. How can you keep major thoroughfares like Loughboro, Arizona, Canal, not to mention the GW PARKWAY unusable for this long?? They don’t even have good signage! It’s insane!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Day 3 of Palisades being a complete disaster. How can you keep major thoroughfares like Loughboro, Arizona, Canal, not to mention the GW PARKWAY unusable for this long?? They don’t even have good signage! It’s insane!

Aren't you all working from home?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Day 3 of Palisades being a complete disaster. How can you keep major thoroughfares like Loughboro, Arizona, Canal, not to mention the GW PARKWAY unusable for this long?? They don’t even have good signage! It’s insane!

Aren't you all working from home?

No… Are you aware essential workers exist?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Day 3 of Palisades being a complete disaster. How can you keep major thoroughfares like Loughboro, Arizona, Canal, not to mention the GW PARKWAY unusable for this long?? They don’t even have good signage! It’s insane!

There was a big storm. It will take a while to clean up from.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Day 3 of Palisades being a complete disaster. How can you keep major thoroughfares like Loughboro, Arizona, Canal, not to mention the GW PARKWAY unusable for this long?? They don’t even have good signage! It’s insane!

There was a big storm. It will take a while to clean up from.

The GW weather station recorded 86 MPH winds. That category 1 hurricane territory.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Day 3 of Palisades being a complete disaster. How can you keep major thoroughfares like Loughboro, Arizona, Canal, not to mention the GW PARKWAY unusable for this long?? They don’t even have good signage! It’s insane!

There was a big storm. It will take a while to clean up from.

The GW weather station recorded 86 MPH winds. That category 1 hurricane territory.

Only if sustained at that level.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Day 3 of Palisades being a complete disaster. How can you keep major thoroughfares like Loughboro, Arizona, Canal, not to mention the GW PARKWAY unusable for this long?? They don’t even have good signage! It’s insane!

There was a big storm. It will take a while to clean up from.

Ok, but no excuse for zero signage and zero traffic police directing people around the area. So many people got cars in a 5 block radius looping around and around.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Day 3 of Palisades being a complete disaster. How can you keep major thoroughfares like Loughboro, Arizona, Canal, not to mention the GW PARKWAY unusable for this long?? They don’t even have good signage! It’s insane!

There was a big storm. It will take a while to clean up from.

Ok, but no excuse for zero signage and zero traffic police directing people around the area. So many people got cars in a 5 block radius looping around and around.

There are not enough police for traffic enforcement, especially during a crime wave. Voters in Ward 3 voted for a Council that made sure of that. Do better next time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Day 3 of Palisades being a complete disaster. How can you keep major thoroughfares like Loughboro, Arizona, Canal, not to mention the GW PARKWAY unusable for this long?? They don’t even have good signage! It’s insane!

There was a big storm. It will take a while to clean up from.

Ok, but no excuse for zero signage and zero traffic police directing people around the area. So many people got cars in a 5 block radius looping around and around.

There are not enough police for traffic enforcement, especially during a crime wave. Voters in Ward 3 voted for a Council that made sure of that. Do better next time.

Yes vote republicans. If you complain they will send the cop out to arrest you. No thanks. I like the constitution..