oh Metro SO sucks today...

[acroyear]

My officemate's wife just took 3 1/2 hours to get from Ballston to downtown (a mere 6 stops down the Orange line).  There are trains loaded with hundreds to thousands of passengers that are suddenly stopping and saying "that's it, this train is closing down", leading all the passengers (who waited 20 minutes to an hour just to get on that train which was stuffed even by the time it got from Vienna to Ballston) to get off and wait 20 min for the next already fully loaded train.  And of course, if you head for the surface, unlike western Fairfax, its already started a total downpour out there.  Then there's still the issue of several stations just plain being out as it is

Trust me, the news online isn't coming close to describing the hell that downtown DC is right now, and Metro's alert status page isn't coming close either.

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[meapet.livejournal.com]

i waited 45 minutes to get on a train at vienna this morning- it took me almost 2 hours to get towork.
We're hoping everything will get shut down early here.
its plain ridiculus.

[mizjawnson.livejournal.com]

As if I needed to feel even more justified in my decision to telework today. My mom (in McPherson Square) said her office is also a ghost town - one employee's bus simply turned around, another got stuck on a train and decided to go home at the next stop. My parents made it from Southern MD to DC in 2 hours - which is sadly a normal commute for a rainy day - without relying on mass transit.

[voltbang.livejournal.com]

We had about 50% attendance at work today. I think this is the worst commute day I've seen, and not even any snow. Wierd. The metro has two problems, one is that stations and tracks are out and their ability to transport people is reduced. The other is that the people in question have no concept of how to deal with the situation and make it worse. The main reasons they unload the trains are that they can't close the doors, or that people break the door sensor pushing against the closing doors. If they can't get a clear indication that the door is closed, they can't leave the station with passengers.

[vvalkyri.livejournal.com]

sounds like a great day to have been flying home. eesh.