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Salviati

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29. This.

Sat Apr 6, 2024, 10:25 PM

Apr 6

Went down to Oregon to see the 2017 eclipse. A bit over three and a half hours drive down there, a little longer than usual, and about a 12 hour drive back. Traffic was insane.

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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