Bethesda Nearly Drowns

Not actually Bethesda but same idea

Many people equate Bethesda with high scale living and big business. As of today people may also think of Bethesda’s rivers… A water main broke along River Road today turning the road into a roaring river. Daring helicopter rescues, CNN Breaking News headlines and the faces of cursing commuters were all seen coming from the scene of the new water way.

From the Post:
“Trapped motorists described rushing brown, muddy water full of tree limbs, rocks and chunks of pavement banging into their cars and causing their vehicles to slide into each other. One woman said she cried and prayed, while others said they called loved ones from cell phones until rescuers arrived. One driver said he kept his foot pressed to the brake pedal, even as freezing water began filling his car and climbing up his leg as his engine conked out along with his car’s heater.“

The water has since subsided but the road is, how do you say, f*%#ed. The irony of  this is that it all happened on River Road. The river that the road is named after is a creek which is nothing compared to what was roaring down the road today. Id rename the street and name the river after the road as opposed to the overhyped opposite it is now. Just throwing it out there.