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krkaufman

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48. irrational

Sat Apr 6, 2024, 11:44 PM

Apr 6

People here seem to be having an irrational reaction to this one instance owing to who the governor is. Areas in the path of totality are going to be overwhelmed with people, cars, etc.

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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

Who knows........................ Lovie777 Apr 6 #1

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

That is insane. Maybe she can drag her pricey podium out brer cat Apr 6 #2

Bwahahaha. sheshe2 Apr 6 #4

... Drum Apr 6 #44

Hahaha. I had forgotten that classic. brer cat Apr 6 #49

The more cash that goes through her fingers,... magicarpet Apr 6 #3

Absolutely! She's lining her pockets with extra cash - again. Eugene Apr 6 #5

And the state of emergency will last through April 10. lapucelle Apr 6 #6

I though Texas and other places were doing the same type of thing woodsprite Apr 6 #9

Yes, and similar things have been done by various states/counties in prior RockRaven Apr 6 #13

irrational krkaufman Apr 6 #48

Apparently so. lapucelle Apr 6 #14

Happened in Klamath county, and it wasn't a total eclipse. MerryBlooms Apr 6 #22

Indiana's doing the same thing. ShazzieB Apr 6 #27

That was to have been Eagle Pass, TX, now home to razor wire and niyad Apr 6 #30

Probably Kerrville, Fredericksburg or any small town. LeftInTX Apr 7 #55

WTF? Ocelot II Apr 6 #7

A bunch of counties around here declared emergencies several months ago. LeftInTX Apr 6 #18

Red States gotta scare people! FSogol Apr 6 #8

Like Canada? former9thward Apr 6 #26

Canada isn't a red state. They are a separate country. n/t FSogol Apr 6 #35

You implied only conservatives were creating alarm. former9thward Apr 7 #50

its like a cloud drifting by for a few minutes Blues Heron Apr 6 #10

Maybe she should stare at the eclipse without protection sakabatou Apr 6 #11

Hordes of tourists/travelers in areas which don't normally see them, creating RockRaven Apr 6 #12

Well, yee-haw, Sarah. Mad Cow. CurtEastPoint Apr 6 #15

She's scare a corpse 10 days dead. Traurigkeit Apr 6 #19

She'd make a freight train take a dirt road. LudwigPastorius Apr 6 #36

I've been through a total eclipse so ask anything. canetoad Apr 6 #16

Remember: AverageOldGuy Apr 6 #17

What even makes them believe there's going to be an eclipse? dchill Apr 6 #23

We witnessed the total eclipse in 2017. TNNurse Apr 6 #20

Has nothing to do with the duration of totality brooklynite Apr 6 #21

This. Salviati Apr 6 #29

Is This A Joke? HandmaidsTaleUntold Apr 6 #24

The problem is that a good many of them will be driving blind. n/t spike jones Apr 6 #25

Republcans are officially afraid of shadows. nt Gore1FL Apr 6 #28

Are they burning witches yet? Turbineguy Apr 6 #31

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh................... Lovie777 Apr 6 #32

So, you don't look right at it--- my mother told me that DemocraticPatriot Apr 6 #33

Almost feels like a grift ... aggiesal Apr 6 #34

I'm sure she is getting a cut too. n/t FSogol Apr 6 #37

This sounds funny but there's a good reason for it jmowreader Apr 6 #38

Sarah Sanders does plenty to complain about, this not this Mountainguy Apr 6 #39

Not just Arkansas, NY, IN, Tx too AkFemDem Apr 6 #40

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

Spot on! sheshe2 Apr 6 #42

Wonder who's pocketing the $100k? live love laugh Apr 6 #43

This could have been written by The Onion. JFC, just how stupid are these people. Ferrets are Cool Apr 6 #45

It's about the crowds AKwannabe Apr 6 #46

Jeeeeebus is coming! And apparently, the height of the eclipse is when they're going to Scrivener7 Apr 7 #52

😆😆😆 sheshe2 Apr 7 #54

Seems someone stumbled on a means to abscond . . . Journeyman Apr 7 #53