Holcomb declare emergency ahead of eclipse

[Mottie]

I can see the headlines now. "Indiana man shoots at Eclipse; tells it to get off his lawn."

Although jokes aside, my smooth brain would actually like to see a video of tracers going to the blacked out sun. Just sounds cool.

Nasa plans to shoot rockets towards the eclipse for study and observation.

 

[ljk]

Departmental head sent out an email to the full staff telling us to "Work from home" on Monday.

 

[tsm]

Some Karen on Nextdoor app warned everyone to close your house’s curtains between 2 and 4pm Monday “for the safety of your pets.” If your pet doesn’t go blind on a normal day staring at the Sun when the Moon isn’t covering any of it, can’t figure out how it suddenly becomes more dangerous when some or all of the Sun’s disk is occulted by the Moon during an eclipse.

 

[mark40sw]

 

[Hawkeye]

Does anyone have actual insight on state/regional mobilization related to this event?

Locally, we're just seeing the routine fair and festival preparations by people looking to cash in on transient stupidity.
(Food, t-shirt, farmers market vendors setup in random locations)

A few small town parades and amateur concerts announced.

No increased patrols or resource staging observed.

Just curious.

Yes.

An example of preparation is the emergency declaration. Its a formal step that allows Indiana to call on assistance, if needed, form various agencies - State, Federal and some agenices in other States.

The State Emergency Operations Center will be staffed from 10:00 Saturday morning until 10:00 pm Tuesday evening. Certain County EOCs will eihter be open or on standby.

County Emergency Management Agencies have developed plans appropriate to their Counties and Communities.

The Indiana Region of the American Red Cross has made preparations in advance of the event to carryout its mission to alleviate human suffering. As a Red Cross Volunteer we anticipate that our normal, day-to-day activities will be needed. Our planning includes our ability to respond to, for example, home fires on a timely basis. We have put 17 Shelter Teams on Standby across the Indiana Region in case of a larger disaster.

As part of the Red Cross planning them, the conditions that we have planned for include, among other things, volunteer availability, traffic delays impacting our service delivery and post disaster sheltering for ur disaster clients. On the latter point we expect housing our home fire clients more challenging this weekend due to the occupancy rates and room charges for Hotels/motels in the path of the eclipse.

Hope this helps your understanding.

 

[Timjoebillybob]

Some Karen on Nextdoor app warned everyone to close your house’s curtains between 2 and 4pm Monday “for the safety of your pets.” If your pet doesn’t go blind on a normal day staring at the Sun when the Moon isn’t covering any of it, can’t figure out how it suddenly becomes more dangerous when some or all of the Sun’s disk is occulted by the Moon during an eclipse.

Seen several posts on the book of faces about it as well.

 

[Denny347]

I CANNOT wait until tomorrow is over...........

 

[Ingomike]

I CANNOT wait until tomorrow is over...........

Yep, the solar eclipse, then a Purdue NCAA championship, followed by hell freezing over will be quite a day…

 

[BigMoose]

So in effect tomorrow, we’re all gonna get mooned.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

So in effect tomorrow, we’re all gonna get mooned.

In my one brief stint in a fraternity, our initiation night ended by "mooning the sun and peeing off the veranda".

 

[greg]

Some are getting ready early.……

j/k

 

[indiucky]

 

[BigMoose]

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Ahh hell.

Its a trap!

 

[J Galt]

Can anyone clarify what it is, exactly, that we're all supposed to be afraid of today? Scared to the point of declaring an emergency and telling people to stay home (restricting the ability to move about freely).

Or is this just playing on the fear of what could possibly happen and the fear of the unknown?

Wait. This sounds familiar. #CovidResponse

 

[Cameramonkey]

Can anyone clarify what it is, exactly, that we're all supposed to be afraid of today? Scared to the point of declaring an emergency and telling people to stay home (restricting the ability to move about freely).

Or is this just playing on the fear of what could possibly happen and the fear of the unknown?

Wait. This sounds familiar. #CovidResponse

Traffic, busy restaurants.

It’s only an emergency so he can tap into funds for overtime, request mutual aid support, etc. it’s not really an emergency per se.

 

[1nderbeard]

drove along all sides of 465 yesterday afternoon. I did see a moon hippie from TN, but did not notice increased traffic patterns.
I imagine there will be traffic leaving the area today. Notice people camping out at Hendricks CO fairgrounds Saturday morning.

 

[Cameramonkey]

drove along all sides of 465 yesterday afternoon. I did see a moon hippie from TN, but did not notice increased traffic patterns.
I imagine there will be traffic leaving the area today. Notice people camping out at Hendricks CO fairgrounds Saturday morning.

Apparently a lot came in last night?

One of the news stations posted that they were seeing heavier than normal traffic on the highways inbound.

 

[bobzilla]

Apparently a lot came in last night?

One of the news stations posted that they were seeing heavier than normal traffic on the highways inbound.

and that is why I don't use interstates or main roads. All my driving to and from work is side roads.

 

[Mgderf]

I used to be more like that. I didn't want to travel any distance for anything if it wasn't super easy and hassle free.

Then the kids moved away. The daughter gave us three grandsons. Suddenly I didn't bat an eye about a 10 hour drive to Virginia or KC, or a flight to California. Even a drive from Cali to Indiana and back wasn't such a big deal.

This led me to the shocking discovery that this country, especially out west, is downright spectacular. I mean, there are two holer, pit toilet, no running water, rest areas on I-70 in Utah with some of the most amazing views in North America.

There are things, places, and events that no pics or video will ever do justice.

Ansel Adams

 

[Hawkeye]

Can anyone clarify what it is, exactly, that we're all supposed to be afraid of today? Scared to the point of declaring an emergency and telling people to stay home (restricting the ability to move about freely).

Or is this just playing on the fear of what could possibly happen and the fear of the unknown?

Wait. This sounds familiar. #CovidResponse

Who says anyone is afraid or scared? Seems like normal preparedness to me. No conspiracy.