Posted on 02/06/2010 3:44:00 PM PST by lovesdogs
Take the snowball fight at DuPont Circle this afternoon. With over 5,600 fans of the event and reports that more than 2,000 people showed up, it uniquely demonstrates once again the power of the new media.
So newsworthy was it that the mainstream media was there to cover the event. One local reporter was pelted by snowballs throughout his broadcast. But, he remained standing.
That's something you can't say about this participant. Armed with her iPhone, she successfully forged her way through the battle zone before getting clobbered and knocked to the ground.
"Came SO close to losing my iPhone. Phew," she tweets.
Want more video footage? Check out these clips from one guy who was live streaming the event.
Stay away
How big is the snowball fight? Big enough to snarl traffic (as if the weather wasn't doing that anyway). One radio station says keep away.
"WTOP radio: Drivers are advised to stay away from Dupont Circle due to the snowball fight in progress," tweets one DC resident.
(Excerpt) Read more at csmonitor.com ...
Hope nobody hits an off-duty detective with a snowball - might get a gun pulled on them!
We must pass a law to stop such foolishness, lest anyone should get injured or have their feeeeeelllings hurt.
My nephew said on Facebook that he was there.
Thanks for the laugh! Looked like a lot of fun!
Avoiding that would be impossible in that neighborhood.
Good for him. I hope he had a blast.
When my husband and I were in the early stages of dating, we were walking up P St during one of those perfect late spring days. Guys in a bar were holding up "ratings" cards out the windows with 9's and 10's. My sweetheart turned to me and said "look honey they are giving you 10's!". I said "No sweetie, those are for you". He never set foot on that part of P St again.
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Fun. Thanks.
They don't call it "Bouffant Circle" for nothin'. ;-)
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