Sinkhole Opens Near White House, Twitter Goes Nuts

WASHINGTON, DC -- Police have reported a sinkhole in the road just a block from the White House -- the second time in less than a year that one has been reported in the vicinity.

D.C. police tweeted at 4:40 p.m. on Tuesday that a "Large Sinkhole" had formed in the roadway on 17th Street NW between C and E street, and the area was closed in both directions.

A staffer for Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) tweeted a photo of the sinkhole, which appears to be a few feet wide and is directly in the center of a lane of traffic on D Street.

Sinkhole just opened up on 17th street NW, one block away from the White House! pic.twitter.com/JjSMA1gm1I
— Sergio Gor (@SergioGor) January 22, 2019

Last summer, a sinkhole formed on the White House lawn near the press briefing room, which required workers to spend about a week repairing it.

This week I’ve been observing a sinkhole on the @WhiteHouse North Lawn, just outside the press briefing room, growing larger by the day. pic.twitter.com/BsFUtxFqpB
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) May 22, 2018

Not surprisingly, jokes about the situation were easy to find on Twitter.

WASHINGTON -- A spokesperson for Satan says Hell will be filing suit against sinkhole contractors, Abandon All Hope LLC, who failed to construct a high-priority portal to Hell within the residence of "a top client," as instructed. https://t.co/pv2TUGZYv9
— Gary M. Sarli (@GMSarli) January 22, 2019

2017: Sinkhole opens up at Mar-a-Lago.

2018: Sinkhole opens up on White House lawn.

2019: Today, a sinkhole opened up a block away from the White House.

Hell wants their demon back.
— Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) January 23, 2019

The portal has opened.
More are coming.
We. Are. Doomed. https://t.co/8HLnjjGY2R
— Sunjeev Bery (@SunjeevBery) January 23, 2019

Image via White House