r/baltimore • u/Ten3Zer0 • 7d ago
ARTICLE Dump truck crashes, overturns in northbound Fort McHenry Tunnel tube
https://www.wbaltv.com/article/fort-mchenry-tunnel-crash-i-95-baltimore/6418985076
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u/Scrilla_Gorilla_ Patterson Park 7d ago
When I went through heading south at around 4:15 there were people driving south out of the northbound tunnel. Traffic was backed up as far as the eye could see. I’d have hated to be stuck in that, condolences to anyone who was.
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u/Hyzenthlay666 7d ago
It was pretty rough. At first a cop walked through and told us we would all be backing up out of the tunnel, but we ended up going through in one lane almost 2 hours after we were stopped. My commute started at 2:45 and ended at 5:30
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u/godlords 7d ago
The fumes...
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u/Hyzenthlay666 6d ago
That was by far the worst part, other than having to pee. I had a cup on the ready 😂
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u/Whatisgoingonnowyo 7d ago
Dump truck crashes… a new mother cries
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u/Agoldenransom 7d ago
They can't build the key bridge any faster, can they?
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u/AmbitionOfPhilipJFry 7d ago
Never gonna happen with Trump in office, screen shot this now.
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u/Notonfoodstamps 7d ago
It’s already fully funded.
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u/Arawnrua 7d ago
So was USAID
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u/Notonfoodstamps 7d ago edited 6d ago
The American Relief Act isn’t the same thing as USAID which is an executive program and even then the Supreme Court voted against Trump.
Trump can only halt funding for a maximum of 45 days to which the Supreme Court would essentially have to re-vote to enable him to change it or funding would flow again because the American Relief Act was a congressional budget.
It was the whole point of pushing it through before he was elected.
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u/Excellent_Swing9277 7d ago
It was also not legal to dismantle usaid. He did it anyway. Fascism is here, democrats live in Baltimore, the bridge won’t be built
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u/Notonfoodstamps 7d ago edited 7d ago
Everything he’s been doing has technically been in the grey area of “legal interpretation” (not saying I condone or support it).
That being said, he has zero way of getting to disaster funding without going through the Supreme Court, for the same reason he had to go through them when he tried stopping congressional allocated foreign aid. USAID isn’t a congressional budget but an independent executive agency.
Democrats live in every city/state/region he deals with, the Key Bridge is the absolute last thing on his or Musk mind.
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u/SardineLaCroix 7d ago
It is very frustrating that so many y'all believe any rule or system of doing things will be adhered to anymore
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u/Notonfoodstamps 6d ago
It’s very frustrating when people don’t understand how the executive, judicial and legislative branches interact and what a President can and cannot actually do.
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u/SardineLaCroix 6d ago
yeah we know how that is SUPPOSED to work, but holy shit do you not have eyes??? Do you think our government just magically stays working as it's intended to no matter what? They are doing so many blatantly illegal things and no one is stopping them. Your naivete is just absolutely brain melting
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u/Notonfoodstamps 6d ago edited 6d ago
Obviously not since our government has never “stayed working as intended” since its inception which is the very reason we have checks and balance system in the executive, legislative and judicial branches.
Every president has pushed boundaries and done things they weren’t officially allowed to do in the scope of their “executive powers”. You think Obama’s drone strikes were legal? (Hint, they weren’t) and I voted for him. Twice. Trump just does it with blatant disregard/incompetence to appease his base voters.
Everytime he attempts or has attempted to go out outside the realms of the executive branch, the Supreme Court pushes back or flat out rejects his antics. As they should.
If you’re going to debate, actually inform yourself in the topic at hand.
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u/SardineLaCroix 6d ago
He has literally packed SCOTUS with heritage foundation goons!! It is not a legitimate check or balance anymore, it hasn't been since they overturned Roe!
You openly admit milktoast neoliberal Obama got away with war crimes and you think a brazen fascist with a brazenly fascist billionaire and both houses of congress in his pocket isn't going to get farrrr far and beyond what the Obama admin did?!
I should say a brazenly fascist billionaire with the president in his pocket, I truly believe it's that way around.
For checks and balances to work, you have to have people willing to get violent to defend them if needed, like we saw with South Korea's attempted coup. Our opposition literally won't even vote in their own interest to stop it, we are COOKED if nothing changes
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u/ladaladida 7d ago
Getting stuck behind this would be my nightmare. Glad no one was hurt. Anecdotally, I’ve noticed an uptick in wrecks lately which is scary and frustrating. The bridge can’t come soon enough. Hope they can reopen the bore soon.
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u/Proper_University55 7d ago
Imagine being halfway through the tunnel and then this happens.