WASHINGTON (WUSA) -- The big storms we had back in late summer and fall --- Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee -- literally drowned out a lot of the stink bug population.
The bad news is there are the survivors: they are already out and about because the winter has been so...more remarkably warm.
Nobody wants to see stink bugs back early less than Doug Inkle of Rockville or Polly Lowe of Urbana. Both have been plagued in seasons past with overwhelming numbers of stink bugs.
It was so bad in 2011, 9News Now's Bruce Leshan found a guy with a stink bug recipe. So bad that Topper Shutt got talked into actually eating the bug burrito. And now, the bugs are out early, according to University of Maryland Entomologist Mike Raupp.
This is a disappointing development, after the good news that the bug population appeared to have been badly beaten back by, or flooded out by, the 16 inches of rain brought by Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee last
WASHINGTON (WUSA) -- Tens of thousands of people are hoping their evening commute goes better than their morning ride in. A cracked rail on the Red Line forced all the trains on to a single track from the beginning to the end of the early rush.
This has been happening all to...more frequently for a lot of riders. And it could be years before it gets better.
Metro workers used a shopping cart to haul a big chunk of cracked rail to their truck. It's a disturbing reminder that much of the metal that carries millions of riders on the system is now more than one-third of a century old.
Packed trains left scores of riders behind in the morning, as Metro struggled to carry everyone in and out of the city on a single track. "One word: horrific," said one rider.
Crews waited at the edge of the platform to get in and start repairs. Metro had to bring in a crane to replace of cracked 40 foot section of rail. But by 12:30, it was fixed and trains were back on