Holcomb declare emergency ahead of eclipse

[bobzilla]

Gas at Costco was $3.19 same as before.

People go to see things to say “I was there”, to experience something different. Doesn’t make them bad people. As I rapidly approach the half century mark I can say I’ve been lucky to see and be a part of a lot of cool things that just don’t exist anymore.

 

[two70]

Just war gaming. National Guard for an eclipse...what have we come to?!

People couldn't even handle a little rain and thunderstorms under low traffic volume without driving like complete morons yesterday. Marines and Armor units might be a better choice than the NG given the volume of idiots expected for the eclipse.

 

[KellyinAvon]

I'm pairing a bourbon and a cigar for Eclipse Day. Sounds better than PANIC!!

 

[Leo]

Holcomb is not the only one, NASA and lots of states, including signs along highways. Network talk shows have had people talking about "being prepared". Make you wonder what kind of BS the deep state is going to pull and hide it behind the eclipse.

 

[Expat]

I'm pairing a bourbon and a cigar for Eclipse Day. Sounds better than PANIC!!

Don’t harsh my chill (I hope I got that right, I heard it on the TV once). I plan to put on body armor, carry an AK and an AR with a leg drop holster full of USP .45 goodness and got patrol the city streets.

 

[bobzilla]

I'm pairing a bourbon and a cigar for Eclipse Day. Sounds better than PANIC!!

and I'll be at work in a windowless box for it. You people suck. Wife's school is going to be closed.

 

[Hoosier Carry]

Y2k!!! There’s going to be mass blackouts!!! $6 gal gas!!

 

[Mark-DuCo]

Actual quote I overheard from an adult yesterday, "But what if the sun doesn't come back on?"

 

[Ingomike]

Actual quote I overheard from an adult yesterday, "But what if the sun doesn't come back on?"

I suspect as a society we are dumber than cavemen.

 

[Mij]

Actual quote I overheard from an adult yesterday, "But what if the sun doesn't come back on?"

Please define “adult”?

 

[bobzilla]

Please define “adult”?

full physical growth completed. Mental growth stunted at 4.

 

[JTKelly]

Ya suppose Jefferson ordered his special "eclipse" glasses from Walmart or was he blind the rest of his life?

 

[HoughMade]

I don't expect any panics, but I think a lot of people are going to be shocked at the number of people who will be coming from 3 or 4 states away for this. I predict a traffic nightmare anywhere serviced by interstate highways.

 

[cosermann]

I recall any crazy stuff in 2017. Went fine. I'm expecting a big nothing burger (other than the cool eclipse, of course if the weather cooperates).

 

[Leo]

I am told Hotel rooms are sold out in Kokomo. Sunday and Monday are not usually high census nights.

 

[HoughMade]

There's so much more hype about this one. I don't know why, but the people are coming....or going seeing as how I don't leave in a area of totality. My son and his wife are coming from Grand Rapids for this and my wife and other son will be joining them to chase the dark. I will be working.

 

[BeDome]

Actual quote I overheard from an adult yesterday, "But what if the sun doesn't come back on?"

Kind of reminds me of an Isaac Asimov story I read as a kid. "Nightfall"

On a planet with multiple suns, which never had darkness, EVER, until all the suns lined up every few thousand years. When this happened, the entire society went completely nuts and destroyed civilization.
There were warnings, one group of scientists had even discovered evidence of this having happened many times in the past millennia. Everyone still lost it and burned everything just to get some light.

Old story (1940s?), but maybe applicable in some ways to a lot of the arm waving these days.

 

[indyblue]

I have a relative that had a job in the IT industry leading up to Y2K. He spent two years traveling to corporations to insure that their computer systems wouldn't go down on New Years Day.

He made good money for what turned out to be a non-event. I'm proud of him.

I had to run upgrades for Netware, NT and Solaris servers back then. Ended up a non event for the most part. Only our Oracle servers had a minor hiccup in the DB's regarding transaction timestamps.

 

[Mij]

There's so much more hype about this one. I don't know why, but the people are coming....or going seeing as how I don't leave in an area of totality. My son and his wife are coming from Grand Rapids for this and my wife and other son will be joining them to chase the dark. I will be working.

I believe it is because of the position of the two main bodies. The moon will be very close while the sun will be very far from earth. Making the overall effect a more complete covering of the sun. This was not the case in the last total E. At least that’s what I’ve read.

 

[Cavman]

Kind of reminds me of an Isaac Asimaov story I read as a kid. "Nightfall"

On a planet with multiple suns, which never had darkness, EVER, until all the suns lined up every few thousand years, the entire society went completely nuts and destroyed civilization.
There were warnings, one scientist had even discovered evidence of this happening many times in the past millennia. Everyone still lost it and burned everything just to get some light.

Old story (1940s), but maybe applicable in some ways to a lot of the arm waving these days.

Gonna look this book up. Sounds good