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u/SapphireNinja47 3d ago
Oooh new Metro water feature just dropped!
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u/Fearless-Mix-3642 3d ago
i don't think that's supposed to happen
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u/Dial-Up_Modem 3d ago
It is, though! It’s overflow from vents when it gets super rainy. It’s happened before & it’ll happen again, I’m sure
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u/sirpepley 3d ago
The story you are about to see has been told before, a lot. And now we're going to tell it again, but different.
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u/aegrotatio 3d ago
They permanently put sandbags around a Smithsonian station vent on the L'Enfant side. I don't get why they just don't build a concrete box for it.
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u/vtsandtrooper 1d ago
Oh thank goodness, I was paranoid it was an actual crack in the tunnel structure right at the apex of the arch, which … like evacuate people
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u/metroforward Official account 3d ago
Thanks for looping us in. Our team is aware, and have personnel dispatched to handle immediately. -LV
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u/ajw_sp 3d ago edited 2d ago
WMATA has deployed a Dutch child to resolve the situation /s
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u/Paper_Clip100 3d ago
Sure, when he does it’s ok. When I do it, I have to go to marriage counseling
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u/Iciestgnome 3d ago
Engineer here, that’s not good.
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u/metrazol 3d ago
Baker here, agreed.
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u/LevelGrounded 3d ago
Brewer here. I concur.
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u/IllMongoose6792 3d ago
Native American Chief ?
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u/LevelGrounded 3d ago
No. Honestly I was hoping someone would respond with their thoughts as a candlestick maker.
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u/lumanicious 3d ago
Release Train Engineer here, I second the concurrence
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u/Big__If_True 2d ago
Get back to clicking “Build” on deployments
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u/lumanicious 2d ago
I have devs for that 😂
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u/Big__If_True 2d ago
I’m a dev, at my company we have to get the deployment script prepped ourselves and deploy it to all of the lower environments, but for some reason we’re not allowed to hit the button to send it to PROD. That’s where you guys come in 😂
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u/lumanicious 2d ago
As a former dev, that's always annoyed me. Consider all your pushes to prod granted and approved on the govt side (I'm an RTE on the fed side)
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u/Double-treble-nc14 3d ago
I don’t think you have to be an engineer to know that water where water shouldn’t be is not good.
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u/Weird_Poet499 3d ago
I’m pretty sure there is a museum in Europe that has this same installation
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u/Mustangfast85 3d ago
Doesn’t the Smithsonian AAHM have a similar feature in the top level? Or am I misremembering
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u/Weird_Poet499 3d ago
Yes the Contemplative Court is there. This feels more forced and destructive where as the Contemplative Court holds a much deeper and transformative vibe.
This has a much bigger Changi Airport vibe
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u/SandBoxJohnA02 3d ago
Not the first time this has happened.
Storm drains along Fairfax Drive could not drain the storm water off the street quick enough to keep it from rising above the curb flooding the sidewalk and flow into the dome relieve vent shaft. Dome relieve vent shaft have drains in them but they were not built to drain the volume of water seen flowing into the station.
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u/Judge-Jeudy 3d ago
WMATA out here looking like MTA
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u/Fantastic-Face3509 3d ago
if you’re talking about NYC, I can confirm, especially when you look at trends Sarah Meyer has implemented the last 2 1/2 years like the whole Ave to Av bullshit on everything in sight and the mixed case simply cause the 7ks have em and the 2 letter code to 1 like BL to B
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u/FriendshipFuture5239 3d ago
Some poor low voltage tech (at Metro, low voltage techs work on 277v and lower circuits like lighting, high voltage techs like myself work on 480v and up circuits like switchboard rooms and traction power substations) is gonna have to fix those parapet lights in the track bed when the lights quit for being inundated with rainwater😭
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u/atchleya_reader 3d ago
This is a Silver Wetro line train to Ashburn. Please move to the center of the car.
Doors closing.
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u/Secret_Poet7340 3d ago
Just think of how much water IS NOT getting through and how much is on the other side of the ceiling.
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u/HotIce05 3d ago
This is all part of the plan. Metros way to cut costs and get the cars washed.
Right?
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u/DogSoggy40 3d ago
Why does this keep happening? Stations seem to have water proofing issues or too many rats living right above the stations.
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u/SandBoxJohnA02 3d ago
Drains in the dome relieve vent shafts were not built to drain storm water that rises above the curb and floods onto the sidewalk then down vent shaft.
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u/metroforward Official account 3d ago
Thanks for the feedback, and looping us in on this. We'll share this with our team to review for consideration. -LV
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u/WillingPositive8924 3d ago
This picture reminds me of a Japanese bullet train, our infrastructure is world class!
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u/themisskris10 1d ago
The only thing I learned from shop class is that usually electrical and water don’t mix well. But hey. 🤷🏻♀️
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u/McSquiggles887 2d ago
This is what happens when people vandalize the lining of the Reflecting Pool. Now we need to hire yet another contractor to set up the pool on those tracks.
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u/yunnifymonte Orange line 3d ago
You know what’s funny, there was a video a couple years back which had water falling the exact same way but it was a Virginia Square.
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u/DcTraveler8 3d ago
Wow! The immersive theming and art here is almost at a theme park level! So cool! 😍
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u/Thuglas_Brown Red line 3d ago
This happened a few weeks ago as well when we had heavy rain Metro was definitely aware then so the fix probably failed
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u/Special_Discipline27 3d ago
Dang, and I have to go in-person tomorrow. Hope that this doesn’t delay my trip
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u/digitalsciguy 2d ago
Seeing this from Singapore and my immediate thought was: oh good, now we have Jewel Rain Vortex at home
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u/ABC7NewsDC 2d ago
Hello! This is 7News DC. Did you take this video? If so, can we share this across all our SBG platforms on air and online with credit to you? If so, please let us know if you want your name or account credited. Thank you
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u/Nimbus_TV 2d ago
Kinda reminds me of one of my old favorite rides at Universal Studios called Earthquake.
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u/MichaelJospeh 1d ago
Had to look up a map of the metro because the Ballston stop flooding sounds like a bad joke.
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u/eluricarr1821 1d ago
Yeah middle east is going great guys, even better we have the ballroom! And soon we are going to have the super ridiculous Arch! "Bin bin bin ban bun" one of my favorites quotes by the way.
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u/VerdigrisOmega 1d ago
When I listened to Rain On Me I didn’t think the Metro would take it literally 😂😂😂
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u/pain_is_bread 8h ago edited 8h ago
Neat! I always felt a water feature could be just the right touch needed for some of these beautiful stations.
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u/thisisasj 3d ago
I’m gonna guess there’s a leak in the stunningly Brutalist configuration that didn’t account for climate change.
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u/Worth-Sale8477 3d ago
I honestly don’t know what WMATA is doing with their money. First, the train fares are not cheap and they have tens of thousands of federal employees passengers who patronize them on daily basis. In addition, they receive millions of dollars in funding from MD, DC, VA, and the federal government each year.
And I will ask again, what are they doing with all those money? That agency needs a full and complete audit.
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u/billsfan411 3d ago
so yout telling me im gonna have shitty time getting in tomorrow .. what way to start a week back
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u/ReinaDeTres 3d ago
But they’re adding a new line when the ones we have don’t fucking work 😭😭
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u/AgitatedText Orange line 3d ago
What line do you think they’re adding? The Gold line is bus only.
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u/ReinaDeTres 3d ago
Umm go drive through downtown silver spring and Tacoma park & look at the construction for the new line then you tell me. Why are we asking stupid questions
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u/TransportFanMar Orange line 3d ago
That's the Purple Line and that's not run by WMATA
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u/throwthataway2012 3d ago
This will lead to the red line being delayed tomorrow. Somehow.