06:51 pm - Water Main Break
I didn't mean to be sleeping so late, but I'm still fighting off the tail end of a cold. In any case, I showered successfully, then noticed a steep reduction in water pressure while I was making breakfast. Zephyr gave some varied reports on the water main break, so I biked off to sight-see.
Vassar and Broadway was passable in all directions by bike, but the police were blocking cars from heading down Broadway; I weaved through the intersection, and came along the West side of Broadway.
This is taken at the intersection of Sixth and Broadway, standing in front of the Seattle's Best Coffee. Pedestrians were picking their way over the fence to my left, but I came though a few inches of water on my bike.
A pickup truck sloshing through didn't have water over the middle of his wheels, but I didn't like the look of crossing Sixth Street, so I went down along Main Street and worked my way over to the hissing-ball to see what Broadway and Third Streets looked like.
The water seemed only slightly deeper here, but I only saw big vehicles venture through it. Pedestrians were managing to cross by jumping the little fence over where the red line goes underground. 
A few guys showed up with the obvious plan of wading in it, and crossed Broadway.
Rumors later claimed that the red line was not running, but I heard trains as I was heading home. It turns out that busses are more disrupted.
I live at East Campus, which isn't too far from the broken water main, so I was keeping tabs on things all night; the T's web site indicated that the trains kept running, but busses were boarding at Main and Vassar to avoid the worst of the flooding.
I am doing laundry right now. This may have perhaps been a bad idea, although I have been told that the water is safe to use here (but let it run if you're going to drink it); we'll see what happens.
There was no obvious rust stir-up here when the water came back, but EC's always been more prone to that.
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