Georgetown Evacuates Dorms; Hyde-Addison Students Safe

Update, 3:09 p.m.: Metro reported that as of 1:59 p.m. all trains would be operating at 15 mph and employees are conducting inspections of tracks across the entire system. No injuries have been reported. 

Update, 3:01 p.m.: The P Street entrance to Rock Creek Parkway, usually closed at 3:45 p.m., was closed at 2:30 p.m. Traffic delays reported on routes leaving the District.

Anna Windsor, a Georgetown University freshman, texted: "There was no emergency siren and it wasn't clear in all buildings we were supposed to evacuate. Some were told to leave, others left on their own."

Later: "Some people are being held on the Georgetown football field and not allowed to leave. But many people are playing games and running around. Mood is good."

Update, 2:43 p.m.: Anna Windsor, a freshman, texted her father: 

"I was in my room on the ninth floor of village c east (dorm) and the building started rattling and shaking so I went downstairs. Some officials started yelling into buildings to evacuate, but I didn't hear anyone in my dorm. People just congregated outside. They're making some people stay on the football field. Seems pretty disorganized. Only just got the official text to evacuate. " 

Original: Patch received confirmation from Principal Dana Nerenberg that all students are safe following the that struck the Mid-Atlantic region on Tuesday afternoon.

"All of our students are safe," Nerenberg wrote in an emailed message. "We are on the playground reading, drawing and playing games."

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