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<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Carl Pierre · Storify]]></title><description><![CDATA[A writer in the pursuit of life, liberty, and the perfect old fashioned.]]></description><link>http://storify.com/carlpierre</link><generator>NodeJS RSS Module</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 10:19:47 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://storify.com/rss/carlpierre" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[#WMATA Tweets of the Week: Haikus, Zombie Weed, and Fools Who Start Fires]]></title><description><![CDATA[<html><body><div id="storify-minimal" style="font-family: Museo Sans,Helvetica Neue,sans-serif; color: #333;"><p id="description" style="font-size: 14px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666; margin-bottom: 5px;"></p><p id="meta" style="font-size: 12px; margin: 0; color: #999; padding-bottom: 20px; border-bottom: 1px dashed #ddd; margin-bottom: 20px;">Storified by <a href="http://storify.com/carlpierre" style="color: #429ec6;">Carl Pierre</a> · 
<span>Fri, May 17 2013 13:21:15</span></p><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">If I got $1 for every time a #wmata bus pulled up as a train pulled out (+vice versa), I'd be too rich to fuck with them</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/soulamami" style="color: #429ec6;">Fulana de Tal</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/soulamami/status/335021410294575106" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Thu, May 16 2013 06:18:23</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">They were once like us. Then they started working for #WMATA. I believe Weber wrote a book about them.</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/ArminRosen" style="color: #429ec6;">Armin Rosen</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/ArminRosen/status/334432631791951872" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Tue, May 14 2013 15:18:47</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">I saw 6 escalator techs at McPherson working on 3 broken escalators this morning. That might be the entire #wmata escalator tech crew</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/dcmetrosucks" style="color: #429ec6;">dcmetrosucks</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/dcmetrosucks/status/335385463273697280" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Fri, May 17 2013 06:25:00</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">A #haiku to #wmata:
Stupid red line train,
You are ever so shitty.
Always with #delays.</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/beccaschmehcca" style="color: #429ec6;">beccaschmehcca</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/beccaschmehcca/status/334465082958430208" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Tue, May 14 2013 17:27:44</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">ICYMI: The #WMATA Board had a "Safety and Security Committee" meeting last week where they were briefed on Mother's Day BBQ safety. No joke.</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/FixWMATA" style="color: #429ec6;">FixWMATA</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/FixWMATA/status/334467236486057985" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Tue, May 14 2013 17:36:17</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">There was just a dangerous sich on @wmata red line to Glenmont and wasn't sure what to do. Fools lit a fire. #wmata</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/lkcrouch" style="color: #429ec6;">Lori Crouch</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/lkcrouch/status/332982821167722496" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Fri, May 10 2013 15:17:45</a></div></blockquote><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/wfpman/status/334673361017921538" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BKT_phBCYAEGC5K.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>Metro car explodes? - We apologize for the inconvenience of hell fire #wmata via @unsuckdcmetro pic.twitter.com/4fe8Ow3vdw</span> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/wfpman" style="color: #429ec6;">Jason Gooljar</a></div></div><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">I'm gettin' real tired of your shit, #WMATA. $2.10 to walk to work from Union Station - again.</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/iamgeorge" style="color: #429ec6;">George Missett</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/iamgeorge/status/334296406082854914" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Tue, May 14 2013 06:17:28</a></div></blockquote><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/damadalpha/status/335387443001978880" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="//instagram.com/p/ZaiNh-PgfL/media" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>Ummmmm. This is not a good marketing campaign. Seen on #wmata instagram.com/p/ZaiNh-PgfL/</span> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/damadalpha" style="color: #429ec6;">Mike Andrews</a></div></div><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/Saschakeet/status/335344443404189696" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BKdh_psCAAIa-m0.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>Heartwarming to know that #wmata reserves rush hour priority seating for elderly, disabled gentlemen such as these. pic.twitter.com/2g8otwJpo1</span> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/Saschakeet" style="color: #429ec6;">DianaDC</a></div></div><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/dcmetrosucks/status/334860319371452417" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="//instagram.com/p/ZWp2-Ouhh1/media" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>RT@NLuVWFashion: Things on #dc metro #wmata .... instagram.com/p/ZWp2-Ouhh1/</span> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/dcmetrosucks" style="color: #429ec6;">dcmetrosucks</a></div></div><div class="footer"><img src="http://storify.com/public/img/logo.blue.small.png" alt="Powered by Storify" /></div></div><img src="http://stats.storify.com/record/view.gif?sid=519691330541e6160e04ff8b&amp;referer=%2F%2Fstorify.com%2Frss%2Fcarlpierre" width="1" height="1" /></body></html>]]></description><link>http://storify.com/carlpierre/wmata-tweets-of-the-week-haikus-zombie-weed-and-f</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storify.com/carlpierre/wmata-tweets-of-the-week-haikus-zombie-weed-and-f</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Carl Pierre]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 20:21:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Twitter Reactions to The Office Series Finale]]></title><description><![CDATA[<html><body><div id="storify-minimal" style="font-family: Museo Sans,Helvetica Neue,sans-serif; color: #333;"><p id="description" style="font-size: 14px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666; margin-bottom: 5px;"></p><p id="meta" style="font-size: 12px; margin: 0; color: #999; padding-bottom: 20px; border-bottom: 1px dashed #ddd; margin-bottom: 20px;">Storified by <a href="http://storify.com/carlpierre" style="color: #429ec6;">Carl Pierre</a> · 
<span>Fri, May 17 2013 11:19:07</span></p><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Got teary-eyed at The Office finale. It's been on since I met my husband, got married, and had two kids. @theofficenbc</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/KELLYOLIVERpr" style="color: #429ec6;">Kelly Oliver</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/KELLYOLIVERpr/status/335381647040077824" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Fri, May 17 2013 06:09:50</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">watching the series finale of the office probably wasn't a good decision during this week. #butididntcry</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/glaserface" style="color: #429ec6;">Liz Glaser</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/glaserface/status/335374225361731584" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Fri, May 17 2013 05:40:20</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">The Office Finale was pretty great. I will miss that show. Its' amazing how time flies. Also, they nailed the final "That's what she said"</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/CMickey67" style="color: #429ec6;">Chris Mickey</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/CMickey67/status/335372288985812992" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Fri, May 17 2013 05:32:39</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Near perfect series finale with The Office last night. Sure, it was on for 2 more seasons than it should have, but it'll be missed</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/tim_mik" style="color: #429ec6;">Tim Mikulski</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/tim_mik/status/335371795672727553" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Fri, May 17 2013 05:30:41</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Pretty much just lost my sh*t during the Office finale. Perfect for the start of this life-changing weekend. #byebyeScranton</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/katiebreslin" style="color: #429ec6;">Katie Breslin</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/katiebreslin/status/335356472475127808" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Fri, May 17 2013 04:29:48</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">The Office finale was beautiful.</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/jhseher" style="color: #429ec6;">Jason Seher</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/jhseher/status/335354048431665155" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Fri, May 17 2013 04:20:10</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Series finales are not really for the fans, like graduations are not for the students, but The Office finale was better than most. #seinfeld</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/salsakid03" style="color: #429ec6;">Kyo Freeman</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/salsakid03/status/335333457003675648" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Fri, May 17 2013 02:58:21</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Sad to see The Office finale, but they went out very well. Great cameo by Michael Scott. For once TV satiated desire. #thatswhatshesaid</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/salsakid03" style="color: #429ec6;">Kyo Freeman</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/salsakid03/status/335331239563251713" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Fri, May 17 2013 02:49:32</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Totally teared up during The Office finale. Can't believe it's over. This show has been a part of my life for 8 years. Amazing last episode.</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/T_Swaggerty" style="color: #429ec6;">Tyler Haggerty</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/T_Swaggerty/status/335301209818812416" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Fri, May 17 2013 00:50:12</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">The Office finale was perfect. It was a fitting end to the show at its best, as if the subpar last few seasons never happened.</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/mattdizwhitlock" style="color: #429ec6;">matt whitlock</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/mattdizwhitlock/status/335288678538682368" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Fri, May 17 2013 00:00:24</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Series finale of #theoffice. Good wrap-up, I'm glad Michael Scott made an appearance. The Office ended it right, great show!</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/AndrewLow321" style="color: #429ec6;">Andrew Low</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/AndrewLow321/status/335287032039489536" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Thu, May 16 2013 23:53:52</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Watching The Office season finale in the morning. First college ends &amp; now The Office? This is too much for my fragile heart.</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/stacymichelle4" style="color: #429ec6;">stacy</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/stacymichelle4/status/335277816360882176" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Thu, May 16 2013 23:17:15</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">The office finale.... Best ever... I'll have to think on it, but it's close. That's what she said!</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/DexterBartowski" style="color: #429ec6;">Corey Brannon</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/DexterBartowski/status/335274434782965760" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Thu, May 16 2013 23:03:49</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">So The Office finale was nice.I legit got emotional during certain moments. #THEOFFICEFINALE</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/OrlandoNunez56" style="color: #429ec6;">Orson Clooney Nunez</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/OrlandoNunez56/status/335294792663719936" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Fri, May 17 2013 00:24:42</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Typing my paper, while watching series finale of The Office. Double crying.</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/ICash1229" style="color: #429ec6;">Isiah Cash</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/ICash1229/status/335260762673139712" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Thu, May 16 2013 22:09:29</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Need to recover from the emotional roller coaster that was watching the Vampire Diaries season finale followed by The Office series finale.</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/gretchenpowell" style="color: #429ec6;">Gretchen Powell</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/gretchenpowell/status/335255079915511808" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Thu, May 16 2013 21:46:54</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">I've only seen my husband cry a handful of times, which now includes The Office series finale. #TheOffice</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/thedesignski" style="color: #429ec6;">Chandra Wroblewski</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/thedesignski/status/335251081342877697" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Thu, May 16 2013 21:31:01</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Downloaded The Office Series Finale and thought about watching it, but I'm already going through enough emotions tonight.</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/HipsterKassius" style="color: #429ec6;">Shakil</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/HipsterKassius/status/335240606945263616" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Thu, May 16 2013 20:49:23</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Time to watch the office finale and fill my living room with tears wish me luck</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/Fossphate" style="color: #429ec6;">Michael Foss</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/Fossphate/status/335237614422589440" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Thu, May 16 2013 20:37:30</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Time to watch The Office series finale. Commence tears.</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/JPScannell" style="color: #429ec6;">Joe Scannell</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/JPScannell/status/335235139191832576" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Thu, May 16 2013 20:27:40</a></div></blockquote><div class="footer"><img src="http://storify.com/public/img/logo.blue.small.png" alt="Powered by Storify" /></div></div><img src="http://stats.storify.com/record/view.gif?sid=51963e8f8b2bcb4374006199&amp;referer=%2F%2Fstorify.com%2Frss%2Fcarlpierre" width="1" height="1" /></body></html>]]></description><link>http://storify.com/carlpierre/twitter-reactions-to-the-office-series-finale-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storify.com/carlpierre/twitter-reactions-to-the-office-series-finale-1</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Carl Pierre]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 18:19:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photos of the Silver Spring Metro Fire]]></title><description><![CDATA[<html><body><div id="storify-minimal" style="font-family: Museo Sans,Helvetica Neue,sans-serif; color: #333;"><p id="description" style="font-size: 14px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666; margin-bottom: 5px;"></p><p id="meta" style="font-size: 12px; margin: 0; color: #999; padding-bottom: 20px; border-bottom: 1px dashed #ddd; margin-bottom: 20px;">Storified by <a href="http://storify.com/carlpierre" style="color: #429ec6;">Carl Pierre</a> · 
<span>Tue, May 14 2013 16:16:35</span></p><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/KathrynGaab/status/334441742478757890" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BKQs_irCUAARe_t.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>On fire! #silverspring #wmata pic.twitter.com/DDMGjxCSsp</span> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/KathrynGaab" style="color: #429ec6;">Katie Gaab</a></div></div><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/charlienbc/status/334435960337096704" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BKQnu-iCYAAUWM3.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>BREAKING #WMATA #metro train fire, #chopper4 on scene, #SilverSpring station. @nbcwashington pic.twitter.com/9AYx8o6ZAz</span> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/charlienbc" style="color: #429ec6;">Charlie Bragale</a></div></div><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/BigMike529/status/334440752698515456" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BKQsF7dCYAAU3zB.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>This is why I would rather drive to work #wmata pic.twitter.com/Szt7e7FjfS</span> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/BigMike529" style="color: #429ec6;">Mike </a></div></div><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/kurtraschke/status/334440437895016450" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BKQrzmvCMAAUXao.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>On scene at B08. #WMATA pic.twitter.com/ZrIMTB7TOW</span> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/kurtraschke" style="color: #429ec6;">Kurt Raschke</a></div></div><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/lizessley/status/334438086761140224" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BKQpXwKCQAE9E1r.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>Crazy photo MT @NewToYouInc: Red Line Photo credit: Catherine Merwitz #redline #wmata #silverspring pic.twitter.com/HZbXcKKbIH</span> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/lizessley" style="color: #429ec6;">Liz Essley</a></div></div><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/TeeKampia/status/334440216418996225" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BKQrmtrCUAAmfD4.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>@DCist picture of #wmata #silverspring #fire and response from NOAA building. pic.twitter.com/w6PZoNLDIE</span> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/TeeKampia" style="color: #429ec6;">Taylor Erwin Kampia</a></div></div><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/SullivanTraffic/status/334440362317852672" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BKQrvNMCMAEir0a.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>#wmata Birds eye view of #SilverSpring Red Line explosion @NewsChannel8 @kathyparknews pic.twitter.com/riPqvqDnzL</span> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/SullivanTraffic" style="color: #429ec6;">Jamie Sullivan</a></div></div><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/drgridlock/status/334432849086275585" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BKQiPbjCIAAcGZl.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>Another photo of a smoking Red Line train at Silver Spring. #wmata RT @megminer: The metro is on fire #silverspring pic.twitter.com/KAPkqG9JaL</span> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/drgridlock" style="color: #429ec6;">Dr. Gridlock</a></div></div><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/ryanreed/status/334439189380755456" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BKQkruCCAAEfcfd.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>RT @BuzzFeedNews: Train on fire at Silver Spring Metro in Maryland. @justupthepike reports pic.twitter.com/LMRAb29SJu #wmata</span> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/ryanreed" style="color: #429ec6;">Ryan R. Reed</a></div></div><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/KirkYuhnke/status/334438516991856640" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BKQp8ulCMAAyPWF.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>The train, the train, the train is o fire. We don't.... RT @hatzelvela: @ABC7News all over this metro fire. #wmata pic.twitter.com/XAHTsbKKgl</span> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/KirkYuhnke" style="color: #429ec6;">Kirk Yuhnke</a></div></div><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/ImaUpTownNiqqa/status/334435748705079296" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="//instagram.com/p/ZTxj8Ug786/media" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>Silver spring train on fire. More problems for #wmata instagram.com/p/ZTxj8Ug786/</span> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/ImaUpTownNiqqa" style="color: #429ec6;">Young Meezy</a></div></div><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/angelialevy/status/334436106974162946" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BKQn3gzCcAAy7LW.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>Photo: Smoke from train &amp; track fire at silver spring metro. #wmata pic.twitter.com/1IMBEbNYTW</span> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/angelialevy" style="color: #429ec6;">Angelia N. Levy</a></div></div><div class="footer"><img src="http://storify.com/public/img/logo.blue.small.png" alt="Powered by Storify" /></div></div><img src="http://stats.storify.com/record/view.gif?sid=5192c1fbed8c1782770a4a67&amp;referer=%2F%2Fstorify.com%2Frss%2Fcarlpierre" width="1" height="1" /></body></html>]]></description><link>http://storify.com/carlpierre/photos-of-the-silver-spring-metro-fire</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storify.com/carlpierre/photos-of-the-silver-spring-metro-fire</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Carl Pierre]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 23:16:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[#WMATA Tweets of the Week: Photos of Odd Things on the Metro]]></title><description><![CDATA[<html><body><div id="storify-minimal" style="font-family: Museo Sans,Helvetica Neue,sans-serif; color: #333;"><p id="description" style="font-size: 14px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666; margin-bottom: 5px;"></p><p id="meta" style="font-size: 12px; margin: 0; color: #999; padding-bottom: 20px; border-bottom: 1px dashed #ddd; margin-bottom: 20px;">Storified by <a href="http://storify.com/carlpierre" style="color: #429ec6;">Carl Pierre</a> · 
<span>Fri, May 10 2013 13:51:25</span></p><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/katiemoore20/status/330423721846272000" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="//instagram.com/p/Y3RExkFCF_/media" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>Questionable things happen on the metro. #wmata #lipstick instagram.com/p/Y3RExkFCF_/</span> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/katiemoore20" style="color: #429ec6;">Katie Moore</a></div></div><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/itsJayLa/status/332614646118875136" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BJ2vQiVCAAEllJv.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>PSA: Its not ok to floss your teeth while on the metro. #WMATA pic.twitter.com/2gFOdIQwlK</span> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/itsJayLa" style="color: #429ec6;">Jason L</a></div></div><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/Littlecat96/status/332569316715266049" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BJ2GCBLCAAAoO3V.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>@unsuckdcmetro just saw this on @myfoxdc's facebook page. (this was outside #wmata's hq) pic.twitter.com/31x3C5zFlt</span> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/Littlecat96" style="color: #429ec6;">Kevin</a></div></div><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/markalves/status/332470626512146432" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BJ0sRffCEAEDd-4.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>All 8 reading print on my end of Metro.  Must be #ThrowbackThursday. #wmata pic.twitter.com/C7UexunpF9</span> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/markalves" style="color: #429ec6;">Mark Alves</a></div></div><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/_anngeewhiz_/status/332241512941383681" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BJxb5U9CcAAEQju.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>Cause when it's 5pm you have to eat where ever you are. #wmata #hunger @unsuckdcmetro @FixWMATA pic.twitter.com/C2nRlVPLje</span> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/_anngeewhiz_" style="color: #429ec6;">Ann </a></div></div><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/onemorethingto/status/332135741629014016" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BJv7soFCIAIsKLE.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>Stay classy, #wmata. pic.twitter.com/1YgmI1a3Vh</span> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/onemorethingto" style="color: #429ec6;">David Thomas</a></div></div><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/p1z4T/status/331759768651833345" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BJqlwHmCIAAJuXt.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>Someone didn't want to hand out papers in the rain eh? Car#1004 #WMATA @unsuckdcmetro #blueline pic.twitter.com/MqLQMFRj7W</span> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/p1z4T" style="color: #429ec6;">Nigerian Rice God</a></div></div><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/mikekap3/status/331484739808677888" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BJmrnVUCUAAtBLn.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>blows my mind that a guy in front of a metro car ON the track. Police still haven't shown, 15 minutes later. #wmata pic.twitter.com/6U0XtMLxDm</span> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/mikekap3" style="color: #429ec6;">Mike Kap</a></div></div><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/sethpo/status/331539079143510017" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="//yfrog.com/mm6u8caj:iphone" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>yfrog.com/mm6u8caj dude walked on to metro car and sat down... on floor #wmata #ok</span> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/sethpo" style="color: #429ec6;">Seth Pollack</a></div></div><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/SerenaKF/status/331783212915367936" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="//instagram.com/p/ZA7TMziejk/media" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>New #WMATA decor? instagram.com/p/ZA7TMziejk/</span> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/SerenaKF" style="color: #429ec6;">Serena Kefayeh</a></div></div><div class="footer"><img src="http://storify.com/public/img/logo.blue.small.png" alt="Powered by Storify" /></div></div><img src="http://stats.storify.com/record/view.gif?sid=518d58fd362341777b07e0dd&amp;referer=%2F%2Fstorify.com%2Frss%2Fcarlpierre" width="1" height="1" /></body></html>]]></description><link>http://storify.com/carlpierre/wmata-tweets-of-the-week-photos-of-odd-things-on</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storify.com/carlpierre/wmata-tweets-of-the-week-photos-of-odd-things-on</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Carl Pierre]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 20:51:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[All D.C. Cabs Are Officially Accepting Credit Cards by August 31st, District Residents Rejoice]]></title><description><![CDATA[<html><body><div id="storify-minimal" style="font-family: Museo Sans,Helvetica Neue,sans-serif; color: #333;"><p id="description" style="font-size: 14px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666; margin-bottom: 5px;"></p><p id="meta" style="font-size: 12px; margin: 0; color: #999; padding-bottom: 20px; border-bottom: 1px dashed #ddd; margin-bottom: 20px;">Storified by <a href="http://storify.com/carlpierre" style="color: #429ec6;">Carl Pierre</a> · 
<span>Thu, May 09 2013 07:05:39</span></p><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Taxi Commission makes it official: Credit cards in all #DC cabs by Aug. 31. (via @mikedebonis @postlocal)</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/Mcely" style="color: #429ec6;">Margaret Ely</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/Mcely/status/332195974241976321" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, May 08 2013 11:11:06</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Credit card machines in all DC cabs? Win. Return of $1 surcharge for each passenger? Loss. Still looking for reliable cab service in DC.</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/TruxtonCircle" style="color: #429ec6;">Truxton Circle, DC</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/TruxtonCircle/status/332256447276666880" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, May 08 2013 15:11:24</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Finally! #dc #taxi accepts credit cards aug 31!</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/TraceRuby" style="color: #429ec6;">Tracey Rubendall</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/TraceRuby/status/332256101263360000" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, May 08 2013 15:10:02</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">So today, it costs 2 people $8 to take a DC cab from my house to my workplace. Later this year, it will cost $9.50.</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/Goldfarb" style="color: #429ec6;">Zachary A. Goldfarb</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/Goldfarb/status/332202484007329793" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, May 08 2013 11:36:58</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">8 DC taxi cabs in a row that didn't take card. I actually almost cried.</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/arcDC" style="color: #429ec6;">Alison Crowley</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/arcDC/status/332287715485835264" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, May 08 2013 17:15:39</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Taxi Commission makes it official: Credit cards will be in all D.C. cabs by Aug. 31. My dreams are slowly coming true.</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/LaurenC_Lux" style="color: #429ec6;">Lauren Luxenburg</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/LaurenC_Lux/status/332197468378910721" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, May 08 2013 11:17:03</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">All #DC #Taxi cabs will accept credit cards (finally) by Aug 31 but a 25 cent surcharge will be added to every ride...</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/stevechenevey" style="color: #429ec6;">Steve Chenevey</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/stevechenevey/status/332175515383369728" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, May 08 2013 09:49:49</a></div></blockquote><div class="footer"><img src="http://storify.com/public/img/logo.blue.small.png" alt="Powered by Storify" /></div></div><img src="http://stats.storify.com/record/view.gif?sid=518bac38e0ee240b2402aa06&amp;referer=%2F%2Fstorify.com%2Frss%2Fcarlpierre" width="1" height="1" /></body></html>]]></description><link>http://storify.com/carlpierre/all-d-c-cabs-are-officially-accepting-credit-cards</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storify.com/carlpierre/all-d-c-cabs-are-officially-accepting-credit-cards</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Carl Pierre]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 14:05:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[DC Food Trucks Protest at Farragut Square]]></title><description><![CDATA[<html><body><div id="storify-minimal" style="font-family: Museo Sans,Helvetica Neue,sans-serif; color: #333;"><p id="description" style="font-size: 14px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666; margin-bottom: 5px;"></p><p id="meta" style="font-size: 12px; margin: 0; color: #999; padding-bottom: 20px; border-bottom: 1px dashed #ddd; margin-bottom: 20px;">Storified by <a href="http://storify.com/carlpierre" style="color: #429ec6;">Carl Pierre</a> · 
<span>Mon, May 06 2013 13:07:08</span></p><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/michael_hendrix/status/331449148282916866" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BJmLPokCUAAJ9PP.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>Food trucks everywhere, but not a bite to eat. #saveDCfoodtrucks pic.twitter.com/P02oodS40b</span> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/michael_hendrix" style="color: #429ec6;">Michael Hendrix</a></div></div><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/PhoWheels/status/331437258223796224" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BJmAbioCQAAzuE5.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>Media coverage at Farragut, a day without food trucks. pic.twitter.com/1USBYuWRlF</span> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/PhoWheels" style="color: #429ec6;">PhoWheels DC</a></div></div><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/YourAnonLive/status/331440242341072897" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BJmDJPVCUAEhICI.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>Food trucks refusing to sell food in protest of new vending regs. DC pic.twitter.com/XPttL6WFbp</span> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/YourAnonLive" style="color: #429ec6;">YourAnonLive</a></div></div><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/angelinacho/status/331446184256360448" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BJmIjGsCUAEWPh9.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>No lines because there's no food. These trucks are just parked trucks. We don't want this, #dc! #SaveDCFoodTrucks pic.twitter.com/rXOZOro0N3</span> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/angelinacho" style="color: #429ec6;">angelina lee cho!</a></div></div><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/stevechenevey/status/331446329026953216" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BJmIriACQAAEkAE.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>DC Food Trucks lined up but not serving today protesting proposed regulation changes #saveDCfoodtrucks pic.twitter.com/ykMdcGNvOJ</span> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/stevechenevey" style="color: #429ec6;">Steve Chenevey</a></div></div><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/Ramisms/status/331445337371852800" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BJmHxzzCQAI9WfX.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>Food trucks closed in DC today in protest so people know what it's like without them :( #saveDCfoodtrucks pic.twitter.com/C9hnARfJFD</span> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/Ramisms" style="color: #429ec6;">Rami</a></div></div><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/mpiccorossi/status/331458331212406785" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BJmTmJpCYAATC-w.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>In DC, Farragut Square food trucks go dark for today - to protest pending regulations bit.ly/16ca79U pic.twitter.com/ZUWttnP8zt</span> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/mpiccorossi" style="color: #429ec6;">Michael Piccorossi</a></div></div><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/TuneInfinity/status/331448736607780864" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BJmK3q8CQAEFXEB.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>#DCFoodTrucks protesting Mayors proposal #Daywithoutfoodtrucks pic.twitter.com/NDF68egp7L</span> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/TuneInfinity" style="color: #429ec6;">Kamz</a></div></div><div class="footer"><img src="http://storify.com/public/img/logo.blue.small.png" alt="Powered by Storify" /></div></div><img src="http://stats.storify.com/record/view.gif?sid=5187fcea6033d0e23f06d6fb&amp;referer=%2F%2Fstorify.com%2Frss%2Fcarlpierre" width="1" height="1" /></body></html>]]></description><link>http://storify.com/carlpierre/dc-food-trucks-protest-at-farragut-square</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storify.com/carlpierre/dc-food-trucks-protest-at-farragut-square</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Carl Pierre]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 20:07:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[#WMATA Tweets of the Week: Poor Metro Etiquette]]></title><description><![CDATA[<html><body><div id="storify-minimal" style="font-family: Museo Sans,Helvetica Neue,sans-serif; color: #333;"><p id="description" style="font-size: 14px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666; margin-bottom: 5px;"></p><p id="meta" style="font-size: 12px; margin: 0; color: #999; padding-bottom: 20px; border-bottom: 1px dashed #ddd; margin-bottom: 20px;">Storified by <a href="http://storify.com/carlpierre" style="color: #429ec6;">Carl Pierre</a> · 
<span>Fri, May 03 2013 05:45:17</span></p><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">No, muscle man, you can't shove me over to make room for your ridiculous shoulders and puny legs. #WMATA</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/redhotliberty" style="color: #429ec6;">Molly S</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/redhotliberty/status/330298054471188482" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Fri, May 03 2013 05:29:27</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">WTF are you standing up on the train with your ass in my face when there are plenty of open seats?!!? #wmata #fixmetro #RushMinus</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/staceypriceless" style="color: #429ec6;">*Stinkerbell*</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/staceypriceless/status/329558238142029824" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, May 01 2013 04:29:41</a></div></blockquote><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/kellyridings/status/329578686498091009" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="//instagram.com/p/YxQy8rNDTb/media" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>Dude, it is rush hour, but hey, I'm glad you're comfortable #wmata instagram.com/p/YxQy8rNDTb/</span> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/kellyridings" style="color: #429ec6;">Kelly Ridings</a></div></div><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Eating in #wmata is disgusting enough, but eating a Subway Tuna Salad sub in the subway should be illegal. The smell. The horror.</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/sotweets" style="color: #429ec6;">Sean</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/sotweets/status/329423849353519106" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Tue, Apr 30 2013 19:35:40</a></div></blockquote><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/DanCMahoney/status/329652543762362368" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BJMpPfKCcAA0OIE.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>A man using a #wmata bus stop as a pull-up bar. This not a drill @unsuckdcmetro pic.twitter.com/K9HyxGhitP</span> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/DanCMahoney" style="color: #429ec6;">Dan Mahoney</a></div></div><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Just stepped in goose shit at the Metro stop. #wmata @wmata Fuck you</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/MayaJeanne1" style="color: #429ec6;">Maya Jeanne</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/MayaJeanne1/status/329570064024088578" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, May 01 2013 05:16:41</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Green line is so damn ratchet #wmata</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/c_swinny" style="color: #429ec6;">imCR▲CK.t(-.-t)</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/c_swinny/status/330074696827666432" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Thu, May 02 2013 14:41:54</a></div></blockquote><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/CookJohnC/status/329725541609512960" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BJNrohVCIAIsgjA.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>how was the takeout? the empty bottle was top busy rolling around to get in pic. #classy. #wmata pic.twitter.com/5mKan7wrqH</span> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/CookJohnC" style="color: #429ec6;">John Cook</a></div></div><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Fuck your newspaper, buddy. Remove your elbow from my hip and stop picking your nose. #wmata</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/trashthunderbrd" style="color: #429ec6;">heather</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/trashthunderbrd/status/329555928938586113" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, May 01 2013 04:20:30</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">So many people sitting on outside Metro train seat next to empty, making others stand or ask to sit. C'mon people, that's rude. #wmata</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/charlcies" style="color: #429ec6;">charlcies</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/charlcies/status/330056760637403136" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Thu, May 02 2013 13:30:38</a></div></blockquote><div class="footer"><img src="http://storify.com/public/img/logo.blue.small.png" alt="Powered by Storify" /></div></div><img src="http://stats.storify.com/record/view.gif?sid=5183af6aad429e340d1c8600&amp;referer=%2F%2Fstorify.com%2Frss%2Fcarlpierre" width="1" height="1" /></body></html>]]></description><link>http://storify.com/carlpierre/wmata-tweets-of-the-week-poor-metro-etiquette</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storify.com/carlpierre/wmata-tweets-of-the-week-poor-metro-etiquette</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Carl Pierre]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 12:45:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heavy Metro Delays on the Red Line This Morning Due to Cracked Rail]]></title><description><![CDATA[<html><body><div id="storify-minimal" style="font-family: Museo Sans,Helvetica Neue,sans-serif; color: #333;"><p id="description" style="font-size: 14px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666; margin-bottom: 5px;"></p><p id="meta" style="font-size: 12px; margin: 0; color: #999; padding-bottom: 20px; border-bottom: 1px dashed #ddd; margin-bottom: 20px;">Storified by <a href="http://storify.com/carlpierre" style="color: #429ec6;">Carl Pierre</a> · 
<span>Wed, May 01 2013 05:44:24</span></p><div class="element text" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;">Earlier this morning around 7:00 am, Red Line trains between NoMa-Gallaudet and Rhode Island Avenue were forced to single-track due to a cracked rail third rail. This forced numerous trains to hold and single track between the two stations.</div><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Red Line alternates from Silver Spring: Metrobus 70, 79 to Georgia Ave or Gallery Pl &amp; S-Line to Columbia Heights or McPherson Sq. #wmata</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/wmata" style="color: #429ec6;">@wmata</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/wmata/status/329554526073937922" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, May 01 2013 04:14:56</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Two Shady Grove trains currently moving through single tracking, Fort Totten-NoMa. 7:39a #wmata</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/wmata" style="color: #429ec6;">@wmata</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/wmata/status/329560653180309504" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, May 01 2013 04:39:17</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Two more Shady Grove-bound trains moving through single tracking, Fort Totten-NoMa. 7:46a #wmata</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/wmata" style="color: #429ec6;">@wmata</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/wmata/status/329562559155957760" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, May 01 2013 04:46:51</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Red Line delays continue due to a cracked 3rd rail between NoMa-Gallaudet &amp; Rhode Island Ave. ow.ly/kBedf #wmata</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/wmata" style="color: #429ec6;">@wmata</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/wmata/status/329563808605560832" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, May 01 2013 04:51:49</a></div></blockquote><div class="element text" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;">Considering the Red Line is one of the busiest and most commuted rails on the entire WMATA Metro system, this caused considerable delays and very late mornings for thousands of people in the D.C. region.</div><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Avoid the red line at all costs. Call a cab. Take a bus. Take @bikeshare. Walk, you'll get there faster. #wmata</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/snazzzyredhead" style="color: #429ec6;">Alexandra</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/snazzzyredhead/status/329564535168053248" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, May 01 2013 04:54:42</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">I'm seeing people who are so tired of waiting for the train at Union Station leaving. #Wmata #redlinedelays</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/njagoda" style="color: #429ec6;">Naomi Jagoda</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/njagoda/status/329550082959613953" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, May 01 2013 03:57:17</a></div></blockquote><div class="element text" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;">Eventually the rail was fixed, and trains began to move again.</div><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">All Red Line trains that have been holding due to the cracked rail have been given permission to move. 7:53a #wmata</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/wmata" style="color: #429ec6;">@wmata</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/wmata/status/329564385985044480" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, May 01 2013 04:54:07</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">#Breaking: #Metro says Red Line service is now back to normal, but there are still residual delays. #wmata #rails</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/First4Traffic" style="color: #429ec6;">First4Traffic</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/First4Traffic/status/329566968938102784" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, May 01 2013 05:04:23</a></div></blockquote><div class="element text" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;">Even with service restored, there were heavy residual delays.</div><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Red Line trains no longer single tracking. Expect residual delays service returns to rush hour frequency. 8:19a #wmata</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/wmata" style="color: #429ec6;">@wmata</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/wmata/status/329570707728130048" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, May 01 2013 05:19:14</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Total time from Shady Grove to Bethesda: 1 hour and 20 minutes. #wmata @unsuckdcmetro</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/rr199300" style="color: #429ec6;">Ryan Roby</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/rr199300/status/329572180432146432" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, May 01 2013 05:25:05</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Apparently there is a delay on the red line #dcmetro I just got very intimate on all sides with many strangers #wmata</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/tre0808" style="color: #429ec6;">Trelynda Kerr</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/tre0808/status/329567130821459970" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, May 01 2013 05:05:01</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">20min wait so far for a train at Woodley Park.   And it *was* looking like a great day. #WMATA #redline</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/xand83" style="color: #429ec6;">Alex</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/xand83/status/329563166663143424" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, May 01 2013 04:49:16</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Trains too packed to board. Guess I'll wait some more. #wmata</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/PeterLougee" style="color: #429ec6;">Peter Lougee</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/PeterLougee/status/329566632517177345" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, May 01 2013 05:03:02</a></div></blockquote><div class="element text" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;">And of course, many people on Twitter couldn't help but point out the the almost comical&nbsp;lack of service WMATA has been struck with in terms of delayed morning commutes.</div><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Maybe Metro would benefit from a daily dose of Metamucil. #wmata #regularity</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/unsuckdcmetro" style="color: #429ec6;">Unsuck DC Metro</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/unsuckdcmetro/status/329565499572756480" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, May 01 2013 04:58:32</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Think I'll start selling candy and scented oils on #WMATA trains to start a campaign fund for anyone running for DC Mayor opposed to Bowser.</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/FixWMATA" style="color: #429ec6;">FixWMATA</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/FixWMATA/status/329568063613726720" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, May 01 2013 05:08:44</a></div></blockquote><div class="footer"><img src="http://storify.com/public/img/logo.blue.small.png" alt="Powered by Storify" /></div></div><img src="http://stats.storify.com/record/view.gif?sid=51810b1c5859ca6e6e269f21&amp;referer=%2F%2Fstorify.com%2Frss%2Fcarlpierre" width="1" height="1" /></body></html>]]></description><link>http://storify.com/carlpierre/heavy-metro-delays-on-the-red-line-this-morning-du</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storify.com/carlpierre/heavy-metro-delays-on-the-red-line-this-morning-du</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Carl Pierre]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 12:44:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[WMATA Experiences Morning Rush Hour Delays on Red Line Due to Malfunctioning Doors]]></title><description><![CDATA[<html><body><div id="storify-minimal" style="font-family: Museo Sans,Helvetica Neue,sans-serif; color: #333;"><p id="description" style="font-size: 14px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666; margin-bottom: 5px;"></p><p id="meta" style="font-size: 12px; margin: 0; color: #999; padding-bottom: 20px; border-bottom: 1px dashed #ddd; margin-bottom: 20px;">Storified by <a href="http://storify.com/carlpierre" style="color: #429ec6;">Carl Pierre</a> · 
<span>Mon, Apr 29 2013 06:58:32</span></p><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Red line holding. Great. #WMATA @FixWMATARed</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/Capierno" style="color: #429ec6;">Chris Pierno</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/Capierno/status/328854997146161153" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Mon, Apr 29 2013 05:55:15</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Shady Grove-bound Red Line train offloading at New York ave, door problem. Next RL trains directly behind. 8:56a #wmata</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/wmata" style="color: #429ec6;">@wmata</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/wmata/status/328855218571845632" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Mon, Apr 29 2013 05:56:08</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Red Line customers may experience trains holding at stations longer than normal due to a track problem outside Fort Totten. #wmata</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/wmata" style="color: #429ec6;">@wmata</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/wmata/status/328855675998441474" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Mon, Apr 29 2013 05:57:57</a></div></blockquote><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/HoneyBeeGuay/status/328855849109962752" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BJBUpwTCQAIhyd2.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>This has said boarding for 10 min with no train in sight and no trains seem to be coming... During rush hour #wmata pic.twitter.com/KufVw0BeVD</span> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/HoneyBeeGuay" style="color: #429ec6;">Melissa Guay</a></div></div><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Disabled Train AND switch problems. Oh I should just turn around. #WMATA @FixWMATA @unsuckdcmetro #redline</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/Capierno" style="color: #429ec6;">Chris Pierno</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/Capierno/status/328855682398965760" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Mon, Apr 29 2013 05:57:59</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">The Red Line has gone to sh!t. I repeat: The Red Line has gone to sh!t. #WMATA</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/FixWMATA" style="color: #429ec6;">FixWMATA</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/FixWMATA/status/328856307660632064" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Mon, Apr 29 2013 06:00:28</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">If you can get to Fort Totten take Green down to Gallery Place in stead of Red. #WMATA</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/FixWMATA" style="color: #429ec6;">FixWMATA</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/FixWMATA/status/328856055331315712" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Mon, Apr 29 2013 05:59:28</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Great start to Monday - offloading from the red line at NoMa. #wmata</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/bridgetpooley" style="color: #429ec6;">Bridget Pooley</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/bridgetpooley/status/328856447842664448" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Mon, Apr 29 2013 06:01:01</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Line on gallery place shady grove platform is our rows deep. Have been standing in first row for ten minutes. #wmata</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/karabara" style="color: #429ec6;">karabara</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/karabara/status/328856815314038786" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Mon, Apr 29 2013 06:02:29</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Hey, @wmata: I was supposed to be to work 2 minutes ago &amp; i haven't even gotten to Ft. Totten yet to transfer to Green. Thanks, Red! #wmata</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/CarmenTS" style="color: #429ec6;">CallMeSkillet</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/CarmenTS/status/328857134425063425" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Mon, Apr 29 2013 06:03:45</a></div></blockquote><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/leigh_dc/status/328858741950791681" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BJBXSI-CQAMhIC4.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>red line madness #wmata pic.twitter.com/qqvL0bZzIp</span> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/leigh_dc" style="color: #429ec6;">Leigh</a></div></div><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/igetso_ooc/status/328860434037886976" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BJBY0ogCUAAyVpy.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>Just another morning on #wmata. Rush hour and no trains. I expect a fight to the death to get on the next one pic.twitter.com/kLBLKdYjtd</span> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/igetso_ooc" style="color: #429ec6;">Santistevan</a></div></div><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Pretty sure I might accidentally get shoved into an oncoming train. We're packed in here like sardines. #wmata</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/kerikaeindc" style="color: #429ec6;">Keri Kae Nacin</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/kerikaeindc/status/328860494674939904" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Mon, Apr 29 2013 06:17:06</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Has taken 15 mins to get from Silver Spring to Tacoma, now train is at a dead stop. Today was the wrong day to quit sniffing glue. #wmata</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/ACostinett" style="color: #429ec6;">Andrew Costinett</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/ACostinett/status/328861897489264642" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Mon, Apr 29 2013 06:22:40</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Redline hell once again #wmata #redline</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/mcg_md" style="color: #429ec6;">John McGregor</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/mcg_md/status/328862475875393536" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Mon, Apr 29 2013 06:24:58</a></div></blockquote><div class="footer"><img src="http://storify.com/public/img/logo.blue.small.png" alt="Powered by Storify" /></div></div><img src="http://stats.storify.com/record/view.gif?sid=517e76af51afc09e2328833c&amp;referer=%2F%2Fstorify.com%2Frss%2Fcarlpierre" width="1" height="1" /></body></html>]]></description><link>http://storify.com/carlpierre/wmata-experiences-massive-delays-on-red-line-durin</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storify.com/carlpierre/wmata-experiences-massive-delays-on-red-line-durin</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Carl Pierre]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:58:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[BuzzFeed and Digg's Love Blossoms on Twitter, WashPo Was There Too]]></title><description><![CDATA[<html><body><div id="storify-minimal" style="font-family: Museo Sans,Helvetica Neue,sans-serif; color: #333;"><p id="description" style="font-size: 14px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666; margin-bottom: 5px;"></p><p id="meta" style="font-size: 12px; margin: 0; color: #999; padding-bottom: 20px; border-bottom: 1px dashed #ddd; margin-bottom: 20px;">Storified by <a href="http://storify.com/carlpierre" style="color: #429ec6;">Carl Pierre</a> · 
<span>Wed, Apr 24 2013 11:37:22</span></p><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Sandwiches</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/BuzzFeed" style="color: #429ec6;">BuzzFeed</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/BuzzFeed/status/327104168902934529" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, Apr 24 2013 09:58:05</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">@BuzzFeed Yes</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/digg" style="color: #429ec6;">Digg</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/digg/status/327104359538245632" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, Apr 24 2013 09:58:51</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">@digg You like?</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/BuzzFeed" style="color: #429ec6;">BuzzFeed</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/BuzzFeed/status/327104438487617537" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, Apr 24 2013 09:59:10</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">@BuzzFeed Occasionally. What kind?</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/digg" style="color: #429ec6;">Digg</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/digg/status/327104623250927616" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, Apr 24 2013 09:59:54</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">@digg All kinds</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/BuzzFeed" style="color: #429ec6;">BuzzFeed</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/BuzzFeed/status/327105183341506560" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, Apr 24 2013 10:02:07</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">@BuzzFeed We heard you guys are having wraps today, though</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/digg" style="color: #429ec6;">Digg</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/digg/status/327105825321652224" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, Apr 24 2013 10:04:40</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">@digg This is true</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/BuzzFeed" style="color: #429ec6;">BuzzFeed</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/BuzzFeed/status/327106527171330048" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, Apr 24 2013 10:07:28</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">@BuzzFeed Maybe one day we can have sandwiches together</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/digg" style="color: #429ec6;">Digg</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/digg/status/327106865320316928" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, Apr 24 2013 10:08:48</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">@digg That would be real nice</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/BuzzFeed" style="color: #429ec6;">BuzzFeed</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/BuzzFeed/status/327106982538530816" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, Apr 24 2013 10:09:16</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">@digg Wait, are you asking me out?</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/BuzzFeed" style="color: #429ec6;">BuzzFeed</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/BuzzFeed/status/327107320280649733" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, Apr 24 2013 10:10:37</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">@BuzzFeed Would that be weird?</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/digg" style="color: #429ec6;">Digg</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/digg/status/327107420381933568" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, Apr 24 2013 10:11:01</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">@digg No (as long as you get me sandwiches)</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/BuzzFeed" style="color: #429ec6;">BuzzFeed</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/BuzzFeed/status/327108524469530625" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, Apr 24 2013 10:15:24</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">@BuzzFeed Maybe we can split a pizza instead? Seems easier to share.</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/digg" style="color: #429ec6;">Digg</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/digg/status/327108824509054978" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, Apr 24 2013 10:16:35</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">@digg I certainly do like pizza</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/BuzzFeed" style="color: #429ec6;">BuzzFeed</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/BuzzFeed/status/327109559204339712" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, Apr 24 2013 10:19:30</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">@BuzzFeed @digg Get a room.</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/washingtonpost" style="color: #429ec6;">The Washington Post</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/327110386832769024" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, Apr 24 2013 10:22:48</a></div></blockquote><div class="footer"><img src="http://storify.com/public/img/logo.blue.small.png" alt="Powered by Storify" /></div></div><img src="http://stats.storify.com/record/view.gif?sid=51782660870383e70b292e2d&amp;referer=%2F%2Fstorify.com%2Frss%2Fcarlpierre" width="1" height="1" /></body></html>]]></description><link>http://storify.com/carlpierre/buzzfeed-and-digg-s-love-blossoms-on-twitter-washp</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storify.com/carlpierre/buzzfeed-and-digg-s-love-blossoms-on-twitter-washp</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Carl Pierre]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:37:22 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>