D.C. Airport Flooded: Some Gates Closed, Terminal Evacuated

[NewLIfeArea]

Source: AP

WASHINGTON — Officials at Reagan National Airport have evacuated part of a terminal and closed a baggage claim area after a broken pipe caused flooding.

A spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority the flooding Saturday was ankle deep in the terminal C baggage claim area. Spokeswoman Tara Hamilton says a dozen gates in terminal C were also closed.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/26/reagan-airport-flooded-an_n_404086.html

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It's not Terrorist attack... H20 Attack

[virgogal]

1. More great news for holiday travelers.

[DarthDem]

2. Obviously Someone Didn't . . .

. . . obey the TSA-mandated liquid limit. See what a 12-ounce soda can do, people???

[BunkerHill24]

13. Duzy

:rofl:

[happy_liberal]

36. ...

:rofl:

[Lasher]

3. It's Washington National Airport.

It was already named after a much better president.

[rwheeler31]

9. What are you talking about?

[NewLIfeArea]

10. rename

before Washington Nation Airport

Republicans and Bush passed law to rename: Reagan Nation Airport, after honor crook president Ron Reagan.

[buddysmellgood]

14. Yep. It was already named for a President. It'll always be Washington National to me.

[MaineDem]

24. Me, too.

I refuse to call it Reagan.

[Lasher]

25. I was having a conversation with a lady in a waiting room a month ago.

She kept calling it Ronald Reagan and I would call it Washington National when I replied. It became obvious as the back and forth ensued. I will never call it Dufus Airport.

[MurrayDelph]

32. Actually, I think that I am

more likely to call it "Dufus Airport" than I am ever going to call it "Reagan Airport."

Similarly, in Los Angeles, the attempts to re-brand the "Marina freeway" into the "Richard M Nixon" freeway failed, and
the attempts to change "The Simi Valley Freeway" into "The Ronald Reagan Freeway" have lost to people just calling it "The One-Eighteen"

[Lasher]

34. The Ronald Reagan Legacy Project

The Ronald Reagan Legacy Project is an organization founded by Americans for Tax Reform president Grover Norquist that seeks to name at least one notable public landmark in each U.S. state and all 3067 counties after the 40th president.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_honors_named_for_Ronald_Reagan

[KamaAina]

37. Lots of landfills, sewage treatment plants, etc. out there

:P

[DebbieCDC]

43. I'll never use that name

I lived in DC 20 plus years. No native or even long-term resident calls it "Ray-gun". It's always just "National" and that's how it will stay as far as I'm concerned.

[bikebloke]

26. I always call it National.

Then if someone tries to correct me with Bonzo's name, I re-correct them.

[MaineDem]

27. I was flying out of BWI and my flight was cancelled

The gate agent told me he could get me on a flight out of "National." I smiled and thanked him for calling it that. He said he could never ever call it anything else. I liked him.

[SpiralHawk]

23. That's right. The Republicons pushed George Washington into the crapper

To make a hero out of Chickenhawk Reagan, their phony Hollywood "Save the Rich" clown.

[Ian David]

38. Just rename it The Ronald Reagan, Jr. International Airport.

[dflprincess]

16. Air traffic controllers and a lot of airline personel

still call it National Airport.

[DebbieCDC]

44. I'm sure the air traffic controllers spit on Ray-gun's name

He busted their union at the beginning of his "glorious" presidency.

[Wilms]

4. Ankle deep as a result of a broken pipe in a airport re-named after Reagan.

Just sayin'.

[marasinghe]

41. you spoke my mind, dude. named after the depends'able president. (n/t)

[FrenchieCat]

5. I would suggest that Pres. Obama get in his plane,

and get to DC to part the waters ASAP! :patriot:

[LeftyMom]

6. National, goddamn it.

Except when I'm telling the story about the fundamentalist Christian teenager who was hitting on me while waiting for his flight home to Texas after attending an anti-abortion rally. Then it's definitely Reagan airport.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

7. Not the ice caps melting... thank gawd.... n/t

[NewLIfeArea]

8. Found out who's responsible this......

it's Aquaman

[femmocrat]

11. Not melting snow?

Al Gore predicted this would happen!

[rwheeler31]

12. It is winter is this unusual?

[Gormy Cuss]

15. Predictable consequence of having all passengers hold their water for the last hour of flights.

The lines for the restrooms were just too long.

[Lasher]

35. Ha ha ha!!!

I am so glad I haven't had to fly anywhere for years.

[boppers]

17. How 'bout that infrastructure, 'eh?

Maybe it'll hit home more as DC mirrors the rest of the country, and there will be less spent on toy projects, military gizmos, and speculative propaganda, and more will be spent on basic needs.

[rd_kent]

18. Mods. please give this guy his pizza, he is spamming the board with this story

Some two dozen OP's with the same story in 6 hours......

[Paladin]

28. My, My. Aren't You The Little Enforcer Wanna-be These Days.... (n/t)

FYI, this is the first mention I've encountered about the D.C. airport situation, and as it happens, it impacts a family member. So I'm grateful for this thread, even if you aren't......

[rd_kent]

29. Gimme a break, pal.

A simple search shows this sockpuppet posting the same three posts dozens of times, with the same links and the same fake bad english.

[MaineDem]

30. I did a search and this was the only post about this topic I could find.

:shrug:

[rd_kent]

31. Maybe they are getting deleted?

:shrug:

[Paladin]

33. Honestly, It's The First I'd Heard Of It.

I'll trust the designated forum administrators to take care of the corrective work---here, and even in the Guns forum.....

[havocmom]

19. Cool, travelers on my Fly Naked Airlines can skinny dip

while waiting for their luggage so they can get dressed and leave the airport

[Hulk]

20. Close the whole place down!!

Then rebuild it and give it a new name...maybe one NOT named after the ass hole who single-handedly began the cork screw to the middle class in this country. B-rated movie actor. Shallow sack of horse shit.

[Bette Noir]

21. If the senators can't get to work, can we disband the Senate and start over?

[defendandprotect]

22. Wow . . . all areas where we've gotten heavy snow are worried about flooding ....

[krabigirl]

39. TSA to ban floods! lol

[regnaD kciN]

40. Damn terraist water pipe...

:rofl:

[damntexdem]

42. See, that's why they need to ban taking liquid on flights!

What if an airliner got flooded? ;-)

Ah, the horrible scourge of dihydrogen monoxide.

[Capn Sunshine]

45. Al Quaeda has gotten to the plumbers!

They should all be rounded up immediately!!!