Team being sent into DC Metro tunnels to do sudden but completely normal emergency 'inspections' #DCMetroShutdown pic.twitter.com/7vjNVZUNht
— Justin George (@justingeorge) March 15, 2016
New WMATA motto: We have to shut down the Metro to save it.
— Matthew Continetti (@continetti) March 15, 2016
"MAKE WMATA GREAT AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME"
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) March 15, 2016
https://twitter.com/owillis/status/709833003283914752
This WMATA shutdown needs a snappy name. How about Metropocalypse?
— Byron Tau (@ByronTau) March 15, 2016
Oh, hey. No big deal or anything:
All Metrorail service will be suspended Wed., March 16, for emergency inspections: https://t.co/OPr8Ia6Vgt #wmata pic.twitter.com/YEXPL1cm2s
— Metro (@wmata) March 15, 2016
Tomorrow, the entire Metrorail system will be CLOSED for a critical safety inspection. Full #WMATA press release: pic.twitter.com/mUHIgCLzJP
— Jack Evans (@JackEvansWard2) March 15, 2016
This is the cable that caught on fire Monday. #WMATA will inspect each of the ~600 "jumper cables". pic.twitter.com/J4sOabtFzZ
— Jack Evans (@JackEvansWard2) March 15, 2016
“Bus system as normal” says Metro.
— Ted Severson (@Ted) March 15, 2016
What could go wrong? Well, for anyone remotely familiar with the D.C. public transit system, a whole lot. Just about everything, in fact.
So it should come as no surprise that people are kinda freaking out:
So in other words, totally unprepared to take on the huge load of extra riders who would otherwise Metro? https://t.co/TxCCAdR1JX
— Emily Crockett (@emilycrockett) March 15, 2016
Recommended
BREAKING: @wmata
— Matt Viser (@mviser) March 15, 2016
#BREAKING: @WMATA map for tomorrow, March 16, 2016 https://t.co/rouEVu2P8W #DC #metro pic.twitter.com/V3KLqhDbsL
— Eric Hian-Cheong (@erhiancheong) March 15, 2016
"Yes, let's schedule a 4:30 presser to let everyone know that their 5 p.m. commute home is a GOD DAMNED DEATHTRAP." –@wmata
— Kim Cragg (@KimLynCragg) March 15, 2016
https://twitter.com/ImBrandonBoyd/status/709847885807013889
lol omg metro is going to be shut down the one day I have significant business downtown thx wmata!!!!
— rijaab (@rijaables) March 15, 2016
Why wouldn't #wmata make this #MetroShutdown announcement earlier? Allowing riders to bring laptops home to telework before leaving work.
— Chris Rossi (@ivomitus) March 15, 2016
<No words>
And we're all afraid to go home today. #WMATA https://t.co/0pe3Y8dUig
— KCG PR (@KCGPR) March 15, 2016
https://twitter.com/hunt_collin/status/709846931548344320
“Time for some traffic problems…everywhere!” -WMATA making Christie seem like a great Trump transportation secretary https://t.co/4MbhfuB6Gd
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) March 15, 2016
WMATA makes the GOP primary process look like a well oiled machine
— john r stanton (@dcbigjohn) March 15, 2016
https://twitter.com/harlow_jack/status/709847656256950272
All of DC looking at the @wmata announcement in disbelief. pic.twitter.com/K7dWBxkLgJ
— Lívia Labate (@livlab) March 15, 2016
Seriously you asshats couldn't have announced this earlier in the day to give people more notice? #wmata
— Sarah. (@LadyRobeson) March 15, 2016
How I'm feeling about my ability to survive my commute home post-#wmata announcement. pic.twitter.com/MOZMJm2a5E
— Katie Byron (@TheKatieByron) March 15, 2016
Watching the @wmata press conference live from my desk pic.twitter.com/P3wYgQ3rM8
— Shoshana Weissmann, Sloth Committee Chair ? (@senatorshoshana) March 15, 2016
[METRO STATION, INT. NIGHT: Faint organ music can be heard drifting up from a disused tunnel system.] https://t.co/hq2CFNC1jL
— Julian Sanchez (@normative) March 15, 2016
https://twitter.com/AlexJamesFitz/status/709833670480285696
https://twitter.com/EJCThatsMe/status/709847182984290305
https://twitter.com/graykimbrough/status/709847278052384768
https://twitter.com/woodruffbets/status/709841224081887232
Beware the Rides of March, @wmata#MetroShutdown
— Simon (@dcxso) March 15, 2016
That’s good advice.
Meantime, here’s something to think about:
To recap: #WMATA is safe for the next few hours, but not safe starting at midnight tonight. Got it.
— Michael Hendrix (@michael_hendrix) March 15, 2016
What's so serious that it requires 24hr shutdown of metro, but allows 8 more hours of operation first?
— Nick Juliano (@nickjuliano) March 15, 2016
https://twitter.com/AlexJamesFitz/status/709841091399458817
If these are *emergency* safety checks, & metro may not be safe for use…why's it currently open? @wmata is all "good luck getting home!"
— Justin Barasky (@JustinBarasky) March 15, 2016
That is not an unreasonable question.
https://twitter.com/texasraley/status/709844795124875264
#wmata on safety: I'll just think about that tomorrow! pic.twitter.com/INMFqmP44P
— Stacey Viera (@staceyviera) March 15, 2016
Yeesh.
#WMATA Closed for 29 Hours? pic.twitter.com/ZW4DdZGUH5
— mikeschaffer (@mikeschaffer) March 15, 2016
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Update:
At least the D.C. Police are having some fun with it:
Metro will be closed for 29 hrs beginning at midnight. Prepare for a longer commute in and around D.C. pic.twitter.com/ms9rtskH3D
— DC Police Department (@DCPoliceDept) March 15, 2016