To The Poor Schmuck Whose Car Blew Up Last Night:
Sorry.
That was the scene last night around 11 after a manhole exploded on 14th and Clifton St. in Columbia Heights. The explosion knocked out power in the neighborhood--even the emergency lights were down in my building--and beat the hell out of an unfortunately parked Jeep.
I waited around to see if anyone would claim the car, but nobody had come forward by the time I decided to navigate the pitch black stairwell by the light of my cellphone. Which means there's a remote chance that someone walked outside this morning ready to drive to work and found this:
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11:30 am
DC is missing a big opportunity by not marketing manhole explosions as a tourist attraction:
http://notionscapital.wordpress.com/2007/09/27/new-tourist-attraction/
8:41 am
Add it to the Urban Trek guide.
9:57 am
Screw going to Yellowstone to see Ol Faithful....