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womanofthehills

(10,947 posts)
Fri Mar 13, 2026, 07:15 PM 23 hrs ago

🚨BREAKING🚨 GROUND STOP CURRENTLY AT THE FOLLOWING AIRPORTS:

⚠️ Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)
⚠️ Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)
⚠️ Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)
⚠️ Richmond International Airport (RIC)

@FAANews is working  to address the source of a strong odor coming from Potomac TRACON that is impacting operations at the three airports.

For the most up to date information on your flight status, visit ⬇️
nasstatus.faa.gov


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🚨BREAKING🚨 GROUND STOP CURRENTLY AT THE FOLLOWING AIRPORTS: (Original Post) womanofthehills 23 hrs ago OP
A new stinky something? questionseverything 23 hrs ago #1
Can we not have one peaceful week? RandySF 23 hrs ago #2
And can we please stop putting "BREAKING" alarms on every piece of news? Initech 23 hrs ago #6
but the world is breaking cynical_idealist 23 hrs ago #10
I didn't put breaking - Secretary Duffy did in his X post womanofthehills 22 hrs ago #13
Hells bells, can we have one peaceful minute. sheshe2 23 hrs ago #12
Strong smell at air traffic control center in Warranton, VA. Richmond is controlled by them. Onthefly 22 hrs ago #14
I guess not. raccoon 1 hr ago #18
The Donvict swamp malaise 23 hrs ago #3
I thought maybe he let loose a big load in his diaper. SheltieLover 22 hrs ago #15
Richmond isn't all that close to DC dsc 23 hrs ago #4
I read that it's the control tower. nt Nittersing 23 hrs ago #5
Strong Odor? Is he on a yacht or something? tinrobot 23 hrs ago #7
The smell of mendacity? Walleye 23 hrs ago #8
Certainly not the Odor of Sanctity... MineralMan 1 hr ago #17
Feb 18 - Massive sewage spill in Potomac River? Donkees 23 hrs ago #9
Jan had pork tamales again!!!! WarGamer 23 hrs ago #11
Did Trump have stops at all four airports? OLDMDDEM 4 hrs ago #16

womanofthehills

(10,947 posts)
13. I didn't put breaking - Secretary Duffy did in his X post
Fri Mar 13, 2026, 08:05 PM
22 hrs ago

Just copied his post on X as he posted it. Sounds like hundreds of planes delayed- over 600.

Secretary Shawn Dufy @SecDuffy
🚨BREAKING🚨 GROUND STOP CURRENTLY AT THE FOLLOWING AIRPORTS:

⚠️ Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)
⚠️ Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)
⚠️ Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)
⚠️ Richmond International Airport (RIC)

@FAANews is working  to address the source of a strong odor coming from Potomac TRACON that is impacting operations at the three airports.

For the most up to date information on your flight status, visit ⬇️
nasstatus.faa.gov

Onthefly

(1,257 posts)
14. Strong smell at air traffic control center in Warranton, VA. Richmond is controlled by them.
Fri Mar 13, 2026, 08:17 PM
22 hrs ago

Donkees

(33,646 posts)
9. Feb 18 - Massive sewage spill in Potomac River?
Fri Mar 13, 2026, 07:45 PM
23 hrs ago
An historic sewage spill along the Potomac River and the struggle to contain it are raising alarms after a major sewer line collapsed late last month, sending over 240 million gallons of waste into the water.

For nearly a week, raw sewage flowed directly into the river, before it could be diverted to a treatment facility. Yet reports of intermittent spills have continued into February, and repairs are expected to take more than a month. Public health experts say it could be one of the largest sewage spills in American history. ... But it also raises another interesting point, which is, this is a 54-mile-long pipe full of sewage that starts out near Dulles Airport.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/massive-sewage-spill-in-potomac-river-becomes-a-political-flashpoint
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