Though it’s an easy walk from my home in D.C. to the Capitol building, I thought I’d take the Metro down being that it’s a balmy 19 degrees right now. Just traveling one stop took forever, as they came to screeching halt underground between stations and announced over my train’s public-address system that someone had been struck by a train at the Gallery Place stop. This of course is not what you want to hear, and I certainly hope that the person in question is all right. This is just one of many emergencies the city has and will encounter with this many people in town. So far things seem to be holding up — including the cell phone networks — though it’s not much of an exaggeration to say that I’ve heard sirens almost nonstop in my Capitol Hill neighborhood since Sunday night. Here’s to hoping everyone stays safe.