Government officials and their scare tactics have people in our area believing there will be an ADDITIONAL 100-150K people in our area (less than 50k even live in the county) , stand still traffic for 12-18 hours, phone/internet outages, and food and gas shortages and some are even contemplating cancelling the next day already.
It's already going to start getting darker by 1. No reason to put kids who drive or busses out on the roads at that time if they don't need to be. It would be complete darkness by the time some of the bus routes end around 3. Also, traffic in a lot of places is expected to be much higher than normal in the hours leading up to the eclipse
For what it’s worth, this may explain why.
Why would you close anything? It's not like the power is going to go out or it's unsafe to be at school or playing a sport. It's not even going to get fully dark, even in the path of totality! It will be like dawn or dusk. It's going to hit Ohio between 3:10 and 3:15 and that's it. Maybe don't be actively throwing BP in this window? What are we even doing here?
Hotels in a lot of areas along the line are completely sold out. Campgrounds are full and fairgrounds are already expecting to be packed with campers and parking. Once it ends at 3:15 it's not like it's going to be sunny at 3:20 lol. In the places closest to the line traffic is expected to be a nightmare once the eclipse ends as people pack up and head home. Nobody knows for sure....so I guess everyone is just playing it safe
Liability.
There's going to be a reasonable amount of daylight even in the path of totality, which, again, ends at 3:15. First pitch typically isn't until 4:30 for high school games, so there should literally be no issues.
There was a total solar eclipse in the US in 2017 and everything they're saying will happen here happened to cities and counties in the 2017 path. Ohio sent a delegation to Kentucky in 2017 to view events. It took them 5 hours to get there and 17 hours to get back.
Thank You! I was just about to post something similar. Not that I EXACTLY knew what will happen, but the fact that thete was a total eclipse in 2017. All one has to do is look back at communities that were in totality and either read or call officials to experience what they went through. This is not the equivalent of Y2K where it never happened before. Plemty of documentation on planet Earth that went through totality. Traffic will be a nightmare, big cities and smalll towns.
Franklin County Indiana has been making similar preparations for the last year............all Govt. agencies involved/schools-activities closed/FEMA on notice/etc.etc.
1. There are some very real transportation/traffic issues.
44 million people live in the path of totality no way another 44 million people are going to travel to see it. So not even going to double the number of people in towns. And it is not like all the people are going to one spot in town many will just stop out on a country road so any traffic will be spread out. Add in the only 30% in Ohio of no clouds many will travel to places less likely to be cloudy.
I left my house north of Cincinnati at 3 am. Traffic on I-65 south of Louisville was an absolute standstill. Made it to Bowling Green, KY (not my original destination) with about 10 minutes to spare.
But it is ok to have buses driving in the snow at night and teenagers on the road (snowing) for bball games. Have to keep our priorities in order.
I think they are going by what happened down in TENN, back in 2017..... at least that is what i have heard over and over as the reason.
It’s not about weather, it’s about the thousands of other drivers who will be on the road. Standstill traffic. People who are going to pull off the road and park to watch the eclipse.
Travel programs have games on Monday?
