The Richter Scale^®

I’m in Washington DC at the present, and as I was wandering back to my hotel about 30 minutes ago, a motorcade with about a half dozen motorcycle cops, a couple of limos, and several Suburbans with lots of antennae and a bullet-proof-vested military guy in one open window, drive by. One of the limos looks like it has the Presidential Seal flying on one of its flags (the other being an American flag). All vehicles that had flashing lights and sirens had them going.

Here’s the odd thing - second to last in the entourage was an ambulance, also with lights flashing.

Anyone know if this is normal?

On a footnote to the previous blog entry, my camera was tucked away too deep in my backpack, and I couldn’t get it out in time to snap pictures - but I did get intensly stared at by the military-type person looking out of one of the giant SUVs. I fear he might have yelled at me that photos were not allowed due to heightened security concerns, although I doubt they would have stopped the motorcade just for that.