It’s no secret I am a huge fan of Twitter. I use it to pass time while I wait for metro, to keep up with current events, and sometimes just plain silliness.
I’ve been following DC Fire and EMS for a few months and they provide a wealth of info and sometimes humor 
all in 140 chars or less!
If you use metro to get around DC and are just relying on WMATA’s updates you are lucky if you are getting the real story from WMATA (or even a timely alert). Nothing drove that point home more than last week’s #rainpocalypse
I left my house around 7am, but knew a bad storm was on the way…. but not really had bad it was about to get.
I arrived in SW just as it was starting to rain, grabbed my Starbucks and hoped I didn’t get struck by lightening as I walked to my office. Once I got settled I pulled out the phone and saw via Twitter that apparently all hell had broken loose in MoCo and it was headed my way!
Massive problems started appearing on the red line….
@metroopensdoors was quiet………Their first update about the situation didn’t appear until after 9am!!
DCFireEMS updated all day long about downed trees, the fire in DuPont and other problems around the area in a effort to inform the people. (and have some fun too! Really you can’t downplay the awesomeness of having a good sense of humor 
)
Back to WMATA…. sometimes they send their vague alerts and you are left to wonder what the heck is going on ….
Like this gem…. Sorry but how exactly is the Red line affected by a train malfunction at Deanwood???
If you follow DCFIREEMS too, if they get called (ie when its serious) you will get a better picture of what’s happening, be more informed, and actually able to determine if you need to find a Plan B in order to get around town.
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