This morning in Shaw began early today. The neighborhood was awake by 3:45am because of someone parked on the street, honking their horn every 30 seconds until one of my neighbors went out to the car. I'm not sure what the obviously critical problem was, because the important 3:45am meeting went on for more time than I stayed awake watching it. I woke back up about 10 minutes later and they had left and the streets were quiet again.

This experience makes me appreciate the folks at the fire station New Jersey Ave. and N St. for their attempts at being courteous. During the day, when many cars are on the road, they use their sirens to assure they can safely get to the scene, I have noticed that as evening progresses and traffic subsides, so does their use of the siren. In the evening we often hear a quick burst of a siren but the use is obviously metered with the need to notify traffic of their presence. I haven't yet woken up to the sound of the siren late at night, not that someday this won't happen but obviously the folks at Fire Station 6 are being conscientious of the neighborhood. So instead of only remembering to complain, I would like to extend my thanks for your efforts.

In closing, I hope the remanants of Hurricane Ida move out of the area soon as I have traded in my walking shoes for car keys today due to the downpour...