here we go...

At 7:00AM the Mall is already a sea of people, the major roads are gridlocked. We're grinding to a quick halt here. There has been a near constant buzz of helicopters passing over the Manor for the past hour. Reading between the lines, I can tell that all the parking from the center of town out to Franconia and Greenbelt is now taken up (that's about 8-12 miles for you outlanders). Shirley Highway is supposedly backed up to Occoquan, (which is better than I'd of thought. I figured by now Richmond would be snarled). But I'd also point out that most of the reports are probably woefully behind on timing. The reporters are either stuck in traffic, or covering the heart of the action in DC.
My main concern would be Wilson Bridge, it's been made the epicenter of all traffic in the mid-Atlantic region by today's Inaugural. If there's an accident there, even a fender bender, or a flat tire, or someone just slows down to look at the Potomac, it's going to be the ripple effect from hell. We'll simply have to give up, abandon the city (by walking), and start up a new Capital somewhere else...