Compared to this evening, what I called chaos in my last post was the bathroom routine of an obsessive-compulsive hypochondriac. Tonight all of Riverdale Park was immersed in total darkness. It made for a dank sweaty armpit of a Wednesday evening, but like an armpit, hairs of excitement did their best to escape the razorblade of banality.
Among the tumultuous state of affairs in Riverdale Park...
1. A car heading east on Queensbury Road turned right on to the railroad tracks and if that weren't enough, THERE WAS A TRAIN COMING. While that was sure to be entertaining, this bjournalist moved on.
2. The 4900 block of Queensbury was marked off with yellow tape. No trees appeared to be down. Curious.
3. Dumm's Corner was closed.
4. This bjournalist discovered (3) when she made a U-turn at Riverdale Elementary to drive back west to ogle the person who tried to drive down the train tracks in a Camry. By that time, there were three police cars pulled across the tracks directing people to other routes, and a tow truck was coming across the parking lot. On the whole, a pretty undramatic scene.
If anyone has any other stories to share, or anything else you want to email me, please feel free to do so at riverdaleparkette@gmail.com.
6:42 pm - The power goes out due to the brief high winds of a thunderstorm. The citizens of Riverdale Park collectively fan themselves and start saying, "Fiddle dee dee."
7:46 pm - The mediocre thunder and wimpy lighning are done. Dogs feeling sheepish emerge from under their masters' and mistresses' beds.
9:21 pm - Your favorite bjournalist ventures out into in the darkness to evaluate the state of the town. Full report of the pandemonium follows this section.
9:28 pm - Riverdaleparkette heads into the land of rail drink specials and sticky floors, College Park, to procure a mechanical alarm clock.
9:35 pm - The lights at Taylor Road and East West, and the lights at Queensbury and Route 1 appear to be the only two affected by the storm. Perhaps not surprisingly, traffic at these intersections runs more smoothly than it ever has before.
11:55 pm - The power east of the Rhode Island Ave is restored. Citizens put down their fans and kiss the air conditioner vents.
12:25 pm - The power west of Rhode Island Ave is restored. Citizens put their corsets back on. Also, they drink some whiskey.
Among the tumultuous state of affairs in Riverdale Park...
1. A car heading east on Queensbury Road turned right on to the railroad tracks and if that weren't enough, THERE WAS A TRAIN COMING. While that was sure to be entertaining, this bjournalist moved on.
2. The 4900 block of Queensbury was marked off with yellow tape. No trees appeared to be down. Curious.
3. Dumm's Corner was closed.
4. This bjournalist discovered (3) when she made a U-turn at Riverdale Elementary to drive back west to ogle the person who tried to drive down the train tracks in a Camry. By that time, there were three police cars pulled across the tracks directing people to other routes, and a tow truck was coming across the parking lot. On the whole, a pretty undramatic scene.
If anyone has any other stories to share, or anything else you want to email me, please feel free to do so at riverdaleparkette@gmail.com.
posted by Maureen at 2:39 AM
5 Comments:
Once upon a time, as I'm sure you recall, there were no lights at East West Highway and Taylor Road. Heady days those were, for the Riverdale Park motorist! There was a twilight before the signals were hung, in which a ridiculous, sinuous line was painted through the intersection, directing traffic to follow a course the opposite of sensible. While the line was impossible to ignore, there was great, rebellious joy to be found in defying it. The grim, authoritarian finality of The Day the Lights Came was tragedy inestimable magnitude. I blame Ward 2 - the selfish wishes of its residents to enter eastbound traffic in timely manner, specifically.
I remember those days. In my mind, those days are here again with the red light cameras not being active at the moment.
Dumm's was closed? bizzare. hmmm. are they the cause of storms?
shannon
shannon - perhaps they were, or maybe they used the blackout time for their real nefarious purpose: something evil.
Best description of a summer in MD without AC. Beautifully written. Happy Blogging.
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