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Tuesday, January 20, 2009

LIVE from D.C. - This is nuts

If you don't like massve crowds packed like crushed cereal, then you'd be wise if you made the decision to watch the inauguration festivites from home. Pandemonium is the order of the day at most Metrorail stations. The crowds are so big and so tight that floor and walls inside stations are barely visible in many places.

Park and ride lots are full, for the most part. Metro has had to take some trains out of service due to broken doors - people have been holding them open. The situation is no better on the roads. Many arterials into D.C. are simply closed. A nasty collision has shut down the Clara Barton Parkway, one of the few main roads that was supposed to be open.

Metro's Red Line is also experiencing delays due to a disabled train.

I got up before 4 AM and made it to a Metrorail station without difficulty. Now I'm just waiting with a gazillion other people to get on a train.

This is nuts. I've never seen anything like this and it's possible I never will again. The number of people heading downtown is colossal.

UPDATE: Finally made it onboard a Metrorail train. Took some patience and perserverance. Now heading south to Capitol Hill. Woohoo!

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