If you had sandbagging plans in Old Town Alexandria later, you might want to find other options. According to tipsters, the free sandbags the City of Alexandria was passing out, went fast. h/t Mike Garrett

There are power outages in DC if a squirrel walks on the power line, so this news should surprise nobody. Pepco is already warning customers that they could be without power for some time in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene. In a news release on Thursday, Pepco Region President Thomas …