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In reply to the discussion: State of Energency declared🤔: It's a solar eclipse for gawd sake, its not a nuclear war. [View all]jmowreader
(50,608 posts)38. This sounds funny but there's a good reason for it
The orbital mechanics people have plotted the eclipses path and, as it turns out, Arkansas is going to be a really good place to watch it. Theyre expecting over a million visitors - possibly 1.5 million - to the state over its normal population so
to keep people from draining the states gasoline and food supplies theyre doing this.
While Sarah Sanders is dumber than a stump most of the time, this is a solid idea.
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State of Energency declared🤔: It's a solar eclipse for gawd sake, its not a nuclear war. [View all]
sheshe2
Apr 6
OP
My daughter was in Utal on October 14, 2023 and she filmed a solar eclipse. No fear then.
TheBlackAdder
Apr 6
#47
The 1st one is the annular solar eclipse of 2023. The 2nd is the total solar eclipse that's happening Monday.
Crunchy Frog
Apr 7
#51
All this for a Solar Eclipse, but wear a mask for a pandemic is govt overreach. How very 'woke' of Huckabee-Sanders.
keopeli
Apr 6
#41
This could have been written by The Onion. JFC, just how stupid are these people.
Ferrets are Cool
Apr 6
#45