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District of Columbia

elleng

(136,053 posts) Tue Jul 12, 2022, 09:58 PM Jul 2022

Upwards of 88,000 people are without power after a storm ran through D.C., Maryland and Virginia Tuesday evening.

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Updates: Thousands without power following DMV storms (Original Post) elleng Jul 2022 OP

DMV? Department of Motor Vehicles? tblue37 Jul 2022 #1

Who's Responsible for Naming Greater Washington the "DMV?" elleng Jul 2022 #2

I'd never heard it before. tblue37 Jul 2022 #3

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1. DMV? Department of Motor Vehicles?

Tue Jul 12, 2022, 10:01 PM

Jul 2022

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2. Who's Responsible for Naming Greater Washington the "DMV?"

Tue Jul 12, 2022, 10:05 PM

Jul 2022

Explaining an annoying abbreviation.

https://www.washingtonian.com/2015/07/06/whos-responsible-for-naming-greater-washington-the-dmv/#:~:text=(In%20Maryland%2C%20it's%20the%20Motor,Vehicle%20Administration%2C%20or%20MVA.)

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3. I'd never heard it before.

Tue Jul 12, 2022, 10:10 PM

Jul 2022