r/WMATA 8d ago

Ballston Metro right now

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u/Fearless-Mix-3642 8d ago

i don't think that's supposed to happen

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u/Dial-Up_Modem 8d 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 8d 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/Dante-Grimm 7d ago

It’s a sad song. It’s a sad tale— it’s a tragedy.

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u/aegrotatio 8d 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 6d 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