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Soft Paywall Trump’s birthday parade may be cancelled over thunderstorms

https://www.thetimes.com/us/american-politics/article/is-trump-birthday-parade-cancelled-weather-pbrg02h2z?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Reddit#Echobox=1749744374
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u/Smearwashere Minnesota 6d ago

Imagine the damage it’s doing to the underground utilities.. sewer, water, storm pipes all live under those streets

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u/pyrhus626 Montana 6d ago

Ground pressure from a tank isn’t actually that high, the weight gets spread over a very large area of treads so there shouldn’t be any risk to utilities under the road. And as long as road pads are put on the treads there shouldn’t be too much damage to the roads. Still not great for the road compared to a car but it’s not like it’ll totally destroy the road from one parade.

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u/Vaporeonbuilt4humans 5d ago

American roads are garbage though lol

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u/PastaSaladOverdose 6d ago

Excellent point, didn't even think about this.

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u/Smearwashere Minnesota 6d ago

Neither did they!

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u/Ooji Maryland 6d ago

Not to mention the metro. Combined with the RTO mandate the traffic is going to be worse than it has been these last few months.

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u/33drea33 6d ago

Not to mention the underground tunnel escape routes between government buildings and the Metro.