Why Not to Ride a Bus
Today we were evacuated from work at our off-campus location of Georgetown University. About 11:15am or so we were told that a bus hit the building, and we had to evacuate. While I didn't feel it - I'm on the opposite side of the building, several others said they felt the building move. The rumor right now is that the driver left the bus unattended, forgot to set the parking brake, and it rolled down the hill, plowing through a van and then into the building.
Now, all of the news stations are reporting on the accident. I'm sitting at the helpdesk on main campus now, waiting for a 1pm meeting on main campus. Apparently, the building is closed until they can determine it is structurally sound. This is a problem, seeing as how my car is parked in the parking structure under the building, and I can't get it out until the building is deemed safe.
Mickey, co-worker of mine, took some photos of the accident right after it happened, before most of the emergency response and TV cameras got rolling.
Nice. Hope I can get my car in time to make it to my softball game at 6:30pm...