WASHINGTON MONUMENT CLOSED FOR ELEVATOR REPAIR

The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. is closing indefinitely because of ongoing problems with its elevator. The National Park Service announced Monday that the monument, which draws 600,000 visitors a year, will remain closed until its elevator control system can be modernized, a process expected to take up to nine months once work begins. The lone elevator carrying visitors to the top of the 555-foot obelisk has broken down frequently over the past two years, roughly since the monument reopened after being damaged in an earthquake. Park service officials have said they don’t believe the 2011 earthquake caused the elevator problems, yet they don’t know exactly what’s wrong with it.
* In other words, “Duuuhhhhhh!”
* It’s probably from those jerks who keep pushing all the buttons so the elevator has to stop at every floor.
* Of course, Americans could take the stairs all the way to the top, but … come on, we’re Americans. We don’t do stairs.
* THAT’S what keeps breaking the elevator. The loads are getting too heavy.
* Just one elevator. That right there is some smart thinkin’.
* Here’s a suggestion to make the Washington Monument more fun: A zipline from the top, ending up in Abe Lincoln’s lap at the Lincoln Memorial.
* Water slide into the Reflecting Pool?
* Better yet, Disney is closing it’s Tower of Terror ride. How about buying and installing that?
* Would it kill them to just put a camera at the top and connect it to the internet?