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BumRushDaShow

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10. Up and down 355 and occasionally 270

Reply to 50 Shades Of Blue (Reply #9)

Thu Aug 4, 2022, 09:48 PM

Aug 2022

Rockville Pike (with the hours-long lights) was always "under construction"!

Traffic on the beltway was always a given though so whenever I was leaving from down there to come home, I told my boss that I needed to be out of there and on the road NLT 2 pm or I was screwed!

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4 Critically Hurt During Apparent Lightning Strike Near White House [View all] BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 OP

Holy fuck! 50 Shades Of Blue Aug 2022 #1

It's always stormy down there in summer BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #2

I know! 50 Shades Of Blue Aug 2022 #5

Stuff just rolls across that Gaithersburg, Rockville, and Bethesda area BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #8

And I'll bet your car was reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeal sick of all the traffic! 50 Shades Of Blue Aug 2022 #9

Up and down 355 and occasionally 270 BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #10

Oh, I hear that! Ain't retirement wonderful?! 50 Shades Of Blue Aug 2022 #11

Well oddly enough, the gas prices down there were cheaper than up here BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #14

That is odd - maybe that evened things out! Either way, I'm soooo grateful 50 Shades Of Blue Aug 2022 #19

Whenever I visited DC for fun (vs marches & demonstrations) I'd always be checking the forecast.... electric_blue68 Aug 2022 #21

The past few years, D.C. metro has been getting more snow than even here in Philly BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #23

More snow there than Philadelphia?! Ha, that's pretty wild. ... electric_blue68 Aug 2022 #24

Weather is one of my 50+ year hobbies BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #25

Those trollies in front of your house! ... electric_blue68 Aug 2022 #26

This past winter was a bit wild BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #27

Oh, look at that....not much of anything, then one big Whomp... electric_blue68 Aug 2022 #30

What's great about the Caribbean water BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #32

You're probably right about the water temperature, I don't quite remember... electric_blue68 Aug 2022 #33

You know, Lord, there is this weather potential in Florida.... TigressDem Aug 2022 #3

+1 dalton99a Aug 2022 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author PortTack Aug 2022 #16

Did it get one of the Secret Service agents that Major bit? LiberalFighter Aug 2022 #4

A local news links ZERTErYNOthe Aug 2022 #6

Dear Lord: You're two years late not fooled Aug 2022 #7

Somebody tell Zeus that Trump doesn't live there anymore. LudwigPastorius Aug 2022 #13

There was intense lightning here downtown IronLionZion Aug 2022 #15

Wow. Karma13612 Aug 2022 #17

It was close to the statue of Andrew Jackson. God is pissed off raccoon Aug 2022 #22

My first thought too ;o) - too bad they were near when it happened Hestia Aug 2022 #29

Dammit! For four years I prayed for someone at the White House to get hit by lightning. tclambert Aug 2022 #18

Yikes! 😮 Hopefully these poor people will recover. Good luck to them, and their people! electric_blue68 Aug 2022 #20

Never Ever Ever stand under a tree or be in water when you hear thunder rumbles, no matter how Hestia Aug 2022 #28

Locking. GP6971 Aug 2022 #31