Why the Solar Eclipse Prepping?
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I agree with you, but what i find really strange is the "2 weeks worth of food and water" recos issued by city govs. Seems really odd, but maybe that's s.o.p.MonkeyKnifeFighter said:
I'm definitely on Team "This Will Be A ClusterF".
2 weeks should be standard bare minimun all the time, but people are stupid.boulderaggie said:I agree with you, but what i find really strange is the "2 weeks worth of food and water" recos issued by city govs. Seems really odd, but maybe that's s.o.p.MonkeyKnifeFighter said:
I'm definitely on Team "This Will Be A ClusterF".
I have 180 acres near Corsicana which should be pretty good, If anyone needs a place to view, hit me up
boulderaggie said:I agree with you, but what i find really strange is the "2 weeks worth of food and water" recos issued by city govs. Seems really odd, but maybe that's s.o.p.MonkeyKnifeFighter said:
I'm definitely on Team "This Will Be A ClusterF".
Here's the reasoning for that.
You go shopping on a Sunday. I'm this case the Sunday March 31. You but the week of groceries you'll need for the week. BUT this time around you're NOT going grocery shopping on Sunday the 7th. Your small town is halfway into the flustercluck. There's a good chance that your local grocery store isn't going to be fully restocked for another week.
I have to work, hopefully in Waco but my parents are taking my son out of school and taking him to a place in the path. They're excited!Tanya 93 said:
I will say if you are in the path, or visit a city in the path, of the total eclipse, it is one of the most amazing things ever
Seriously, other than becoming a mom, it is probably the best thing I have ever experienced
YouBet said:
People that own property in central texas are renting out their places for thousands of dollars per night. People are paying absurd money to see this.
Y'all have fun. Guess I won't see it here in south texas on the bay.
They bay is there every day
No, I don't care what CNN or MSNBC said this time
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OPAG said:
It's more than that.
Eclipse's cause some pretty serious gravitational anamolies and when they go right over major fault lines like the New Madrid fault line, (which this one does) they can cause some issues.
The last time we had this eclipse pattern was in 1804 and 1811. Three months after this eclipse we had the most powerful earthquakes in US history along this same New Madrid fault. Which rang church bells in Boston. There were three massive earthquakes. an 8.1 followed by an 7.8 and then a monster 8.8. The Mississippi river ran backwards for 2 two days!
Fortunately at that time there was little human development in area - (Still an entire tribe of Indians, 'disappeared') Now, if any such earthquakes occurred at this point in time it would be the greatest 'natural' disaster in US history. LOL
Here are a few links to both the gravitational effects of this sort of eclipse and a few historical facts about the last time we had this sort of eclipse pattern come through. Now add this event is to be one of the most watched events in US history as this eclipse goes within a 2 hour drive of large cities, there are some estimated 25 million people moving to see this event.
If I was an enemy of this nation and had placed 'sleeper cells' in the US to be activated to cause maximum trouble, April 8th would be a pretty good day to launch something, with millions in transit and away from home. Yea?
https://abcnews4.com/features/2017-solar-eclipse/eclipse-faq-what-gravitational-effects-happen-during-a-total-solar-eclipse
https://mycharisma.com/culture/14-must-know-facts-about-the-great-american-eclipse-of-2024/
Why would total eclipses be any different as far as earth quakes go with any other time that the moon nears the sun in the sky each month? There's hardly any difference gravitationally between the sun being totally covered by the moon and the moon being within a few degrees of the sun.
No, I don't care what CNN or MSNBC said this time
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Perfect napping situation.
C@LAg said:4.5 minute naps are useless.TRADUCTOR said:
Perfect napping situation.
You have to understand the situation.
Live in FBG. We are closing our business on eclipse day as parking for customers and employees will be non-existent. Also, we don't want to deal with theft.
What is your business? Not to derail as I come through there a lot or used to. And Frederickburg is a Cluster generally any weekend now days I can imagine what it will be like during this event
This will be my third. 2009 in China (longest totality in 200 yrs), 2017 in North Carolina (visiting daughter), and now right over our house. Probably the last I'll see.
C@LAg said:
not going to lie. I would find it kind of funny if a major spring storm were to develops all along the eclipse path on that day
that said I got to see the 2017 in Seattle (well all 95% of it) and it was all good.
** that comes from someone who lives in a place where you have cloud cover 7+ months of the year and miss out on many neat space events all the time.
Seattle. 95%? Aw. You did not see total solar eclipse of 2017. Regards.
** that comes from someone who has seen 5 total solar eclipses.
We have a 50-50 chance here in Texas… that's part of the game. Thankfully, it's a home game.
People will be chaotically mobile if forecasts look cloudy! Keep that in mind, all.
Link to THE guru in eclipse climatology / weather
(Jay Anderson) here:
https://eclipsophile.com/2024tse/
Kenneth_2003 said:boulderaggie said:I agree with you, but what i find really strange is the "2 weeks worth of food and water" recos issued by city govs. Seems really odd, but maybe that's s.o.p.MonkeyKnifeFighter said:
I'm definitely on Team "This Will Be A ClusterF".
Here's the reasoning for that.
You go shopping on a Sunday. I'm this case the Sunday March 31. You but the week of groceries you'll need for the week. BUT this time around you're NOT going grocery shopping on Sunday the 7th. Your small town is halfway into the flustercluck. There's a good chance that your local grocery store isn't going to be fully restocked for another week.
That's also Easter so good luck getting groceries on the 31st.
Why hasn't BCS declared this before the Brazil / Mexico match? We know half the area will die.
We live about 30 miles from totality. Can't decide if I want to mess with the traffic. I can probably find a good back road. Also will depend on the weather.
aggiez03 said:
What I heard is that they are proactively declaring certain counties disasters so they can request additional police and the state/fed (I assume) will cover the cost of it.
Fredericksburg is supposed to be completely overwhelmed.
This would have happened anytime post WW2 America if information travelled that fast at that time. Prudent governments utilizing what they can under the law to do their duties.
No need for alarm.
AG81xx said:
This will be my third. 2009 in China (longest totality in 200 yrs), 2017 in North Carolina (visiting daughter), and now right over our house. Probably the last I'll see.
'09! Excellent! Next up is 8.12.26 (Greenland, Iceland, Spain). Your '09 Saros (136) comes back in 2027. Hang in there… Clear Skies!
It's obvious that NASA is just charging up their eclipse engine getting ready to fool everybody into thinking the Earth is a globe instead of the obvious flat disk we can't help but see for ourselves. Anybody with an ounce of common sense can see thatMonkeyKnifeFighter said:
I wonder how much of that is meteorology/conspiratard Twitter transforming to memes, materializing as concerned officials.
I hang out in some weird spaces online. The wackos talk about the New Madrid fault, and how it's overdue for a big seismic event... and guess where the exact line of the New Madrid fault lines up...
... and then someone else brings up solar flares, unbalanced energy transfer during the eclipse, etc etc etc.
But then you see this (last weekend):
And you think about this:
And sure, we're laughing... but what if they're right this time?!?!?!?!
Really though I just think the memes are working overtime
C@LAg said:in that case... i hope it is cloudy wherever you are.Guppy91 said:
Seattle. 95%? Aw. You did not see total solar eclipse of 2017. Regards.
** that comes from someone who has seen 5 total solar eclipses.
It's science. Lighten up, Francis. Doesn't matter to me… in for '26 '27 '28 '30 and beyond. I'll get multiple tastes of cosmic bliss again. It's the millions of people you seem to wish clouds upon in North America that I care about. Maybe go outside and get some Sun? Oh, wait… you live in Washington.
Btw… the sunspots today are amazing and you can see them with solar film safety glasses! Clear skies!
I'm keeping myself right here in BCS. It will still be pretty good here.
Dead giveaway you have never experienced a total solar eclipse.
The calculus is pretty simple for bureaucrats and politicians. Do I take a conservative approach and risk getting blamed for under preparing or go all out spending other people's money in "abundance of caution?"
BCG Disciple said:
Dead giveaway you have never experienced a total solar eclipse.
Indeed! Rex: Skip out to Bremond, Cameron, Rosebud if the weather is favorable. It will be unbelievably different than the B/CS experience …and you can be home before sundown. Get on or beyond this red line:
No, it was not all good. The following day, the largest flooding event in US history happened when Harvey hit Houston and dumped 58" of rain in 3 days. By comparison, Katrina was ballpark 38"C@LAg said:
not going to lie. I would find it kind of funny if a major spring storm were to develops all along the eclipse path on that day
that said I got to see the 2017 in Seattle (well all 95% of it) and it was all good.
** that comes from someone who lives in a place where you have cloud cover 7+ months of the year and miss out on many neat space events all the time.
Right here in D/FW and hope to watch from my backyard. But I'm prepared to travel as well.
drred4 said:
What is your business? Not to derail as I come through there a lot or used to. And Frederickburg is a Cluster generally any weekend now days I can imagine what it will be like during this event
I refuse to shop in Fredericksburg since they killed the loop.
I am gonna laugh if it's cloudy or raining that day.
Guess I have never seen one, if I did it was a partial. Just not something that interests me. Might see a video of it online, but not driving to see an eclipse.
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