elizaIO: ~4:30am: Patty, John, Jennifer + Steph
elizaIO: On the Red Line heading to DC: early 1/20/09
elizaIO: 1/20/09, Red Line: lookin' ? (it was early)
elizaIO: 1/20/09, Red Line: The train filling up
elizaIO: 1/20/09, Red Line: The birthday girl
elizaIO: 1/20/09, DC: In the shadows, Steph w/ the first Port-o-Potty
elizaIO: 1/20/09, DC: The Capitol before sunrise
elizaIO: 1/20/09, DC: Getting closer
elizaIO: 1/20/09, DC: this was somewhere near the front of the Purple line that eventually led to the tunnel - predawn - and one of the very few security sightings apart from at road closures
elizaIO: 1/20/09, DC: Welcome to the Purple Ticket Tunnel (PTT) ~6am
elizaIO: 1/20/09, DC: Fellow citizens of the PTT ~6am
elizaIO: 1/20/09, DC: Me, Jennifer, Steph and John in the PTT ~6-7am
elizaIO: 1/20/09, DC: Purple Ticket Tunnel Peeps (PTTP) ~6-7am
elizaIO: 1/20/09, DC: PTTP ~7-9am, it must be getting later as people are starting to sit down and lean up against the side
elizaIO: 1/20/09, DC: PTTP ~7-9am
elizaIO: 1/20/09, DC: PTTP ~7-9am, the crew. still standing.
elizaIO: 1/20/09, DC: PTTP ~7-9am. At some point, sirened vehicles (ambulance, police, others with no apparent authority) starting pushing through the crowd making their way through the tunnel. They weren't there for anything happening in the tunnel
elizaIO: 1/20/09, DC: Red, White and Blue in the Purple Ticket Tunnel ~7-9am.
elizaIO: 1/20/09, DC: Red, White and Blue in the Purple Ticket Tunnel ~7-9am.
elizaIO: 1/20/09, DC: Red, White and Blue in the Purple Ticket Tunnel ~7-9am.
elizaIO: 1/20/09, DC: Red, White and Blue in the Purple Ticket Tunnel ~8-10am.
elizaIO: 1/20/09, DC: Me ~8-10am.
elizaIO: 1/20/09, DC: Red, White and Blue in the Purple Ticket Tunnel ~8-10am.
elizaIO: 1/20/09, DC: Red, White and Blue in the Purple Ticket Tunnel ~8-10am.
elizaIO: 1/20/09, DC: PTTP, the line had started moving and we're approaching our exit well below the speed limit... ~8-10am.
elizaIO: 1/20/09, DC: PTTP, we're moving and the sirened vehicles continue... ~8-10am.
elizaIO: 1/20/09, DC: PTTP, people continue streaming through in the opposite direction. By this time, I've thinking they're not checking tickets anymore - just using the tunnel to get to the other side. ~8-10am.
elizaIO: 1/20/09, DC: PTTP. People moving in both directions. No clue. No information.~8-10am.
elizaIO: 1/20/09, DC: PTTP - Red, White and Blue. ~9-10:30am.
elizaIO: 1/20/09, DC: Ironic. ~9-10:30am.