Subj : Re: 4APRIL24 Solar Eclipse
To   : Nightfox
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Tue Apr 09 2024 06:45 am

-=> Nightfox wrote to niter3 <=-

 ni> I don't specifically understand what sets this eclipse out from the rest?
 ni> Why is the whole country shutting down things?

 Ni> I don't really understand that either, but it's going to be a total
 Ni> elipse in some areas, which is a rare thing.  There are people
 Ni> traveling to see it in totality.

 Having Arkansas declare a state of emergency for a tourist event and
 discouraging local tourism was, interesting to say the least -
 especially since they were one of a couple of states in the path of
 totality.



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