 Luckily, someone came out pretty quickly and explained what was going on. I hadn't even looked at the news yet to hear about the global outage. She's been out here three hours so far and counting. She's glad she brought a book with her. You know, I paid for my parking. I'm like, I'm just going to hold out and hope for the best. In Northeast, Mike Murillo, WTOP News. Virginia DMV customer service centers are also closed today because of the outage. Maryland says its MVAs have not been affected, not interrupted by what's going on.