Indiana Governor Declares State Of Emergency
Ahead of Solar Eclipse Next Week
Gateway Pundit,
by
Jim Hoft
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
4/3/2024 8:45:20 AM
As the Hoosier state braces for a memorable celestial event, Governor Eric Holcomb has taken a proactive step by declaring a statewide disaster emergency in anticipation of the total solar eclipse set to occur on April 8th, 2024.
This measure is designed to prepare Indiana for the vast number of visitors expected to flock to the state to witness the rare occurrence.
The declaration, effective Wednesday, allows Indiana to utilize resources and aid from other states through the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC).
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Phantomll 4/3/2024 8:53:26 AM (No. 1691626)
Good grief - Y2K deja vu!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Quigley 4/3/2024 8:57:15 AM (No. 1691628)
Trump is sending his dragon to eat the sun everybody!!
Send $50 to help us stop him!!
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 4/3/2024 8:58:23 AM (No. 1691629)
From the folks that gave you Mike Pence.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
red1066 4/3/2024 9:04:58 AM (No. 1691635)
The eclipse will last all of four minutes at the most. Even with that, it won't be completely dark like at night. What exactly does Indiana and Canada expect to happen?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
cor-vet 4/3/2024 9:05:09 AM (No. 1691636)
As a kid, in Minnesota 70 odd years ago, we sat on the hood of my dad's Oldsmobile with smoked pieces of glass and experienced a total eclipse. No one panicked and there was no state of emergency. What is wrong with people now days?
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Calamity Kate 4/3/2024 9:08:34 AM (No. 1691639)
For. The. Freaking. Love.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 4/3/2024 9:18:51 AM (No. 1691649)
I don't get the hysterical reaction either. Schools are closing, businesses sending employees home, highways will be shut down in some areas. What is going to happen if we ever have a real state of emergency?
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For everybody trashing IN, you can stick it, sincerely a citizen of Evansville. BTW for the uninformed the total event lasts longer than a few minutes.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
NeverVoteDem 4/3/2024 9:48:41 AM (No. 1691683)
#3 Don’t forget Dan Quayle who could not spell potato.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
DVC 4/3/2024 10:03:02 AM (No. 1691703)
Really? What a bozo.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
sunnyday 4/3/2024 10:32:02 AM (No. 1691739)
March 1970, travelling from Fort Bragg to Petersburg, Va, there was a total eclipse. I believe it was about 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Driving up I-95, I had to turn the headlights on. It lasted about 15 to 20 minutes. No hype on the event.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Strike3 4/3/2024 10:35:49 AM (No. 1691741)
I call this abuse of taxpayer funds. It's not like this is a Climate Change event, governor, it's just a rare positioning of the moon and the sun. Accept the tourist dollars and consider yourselves lucky.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
jalo1951 4/3/2024 10:40:27 AM (No. 1691745)
The schools are being on an ELearning Day because of the traffic. They utilize main roads, interstate, smaller roads on a daily basis. They are expecting 100,000+ extra people/vehicles on the roads. This would make transportation home a nightmare. We are not worshipping the sun, or expecting the second coming of Christ, or a whirlwind to take out the city. We do not expect anything to "happen". Just trying to think ahead to a mess that we can avoid. I do not understand why so many who do not live here feel the need to belittle us for making preparations. Every motel is full, restaurants are ordering extra food and crowd control and traffic control will be the name of the game. For goodness sakes there are real problems out there to worry about, this is not one of them.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Mushroom 4/3/2024 10:41:18 AM (No. 1691746)
First consider the source, Hoft is well known for hyperbole.
Second, you just don't see the eclipse, you deal with the thousands of TOURISTS flooding the area trying to get a good view. There are no hotel rooms available, there will need to be food and fuel ready to support the expected crowds. Declaring an emergency allows the Gov to activate the local emergency management offices.
Imagine the Indy 500 over the entire State! In Indiana we know 'flash' tourists, overrun for a day or two the back out again.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
earlybird 4/3/2024 10:42:24 AM (No. 1691749)
$cam. Brings access to (our) federal funds. Maybe #8 can explain the reasoning instead of lashing out at us? Why would any "tourist" flock to Indiana or anywhere else for an eclipse? What happened to "stay home" and "don't look at it"?
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
earlybird 4/3/2024 10:46:02 AM (No. 1691756)
At what time of day is this to occur or is the entire day set aside for panic?
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
earlybird 4/3/2024 10:50:34 AM (No. 1691764)
"The new moon occurs on April 8 at 2:21 p.m. EDT (1821 GMT) and will usher in a "Great American Eclipse" — the first total solar eclipse to hit the lower 48 states since August 2017.
This time, the eclipse track will run from southwest to northeast, starting in the Pacific Ocean, making landfall in Mexico, and going through San Antonio, Texas; Carbondale, Illinois (which was also in the path of totality for the 2017 eclipse); Cleveland, Ohio; Buffalo, New York; and the Maritime Provinces of Canada. "
More here: https://www.space.com/new-moon-april-2024-observing-guide-solar-eclipse
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
mc squared 4/3/2024 11:08:44 AM (No. 1691789)
I've heard of 1 hour hotels but who rents rooms for 15 minutes?
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Safari Man 4/3/2024 11:38:22 AM (No. 1691806)
How many times are our government officials going to cry wolf? This gives them great power so they can abuse it. et's not forget when NewMexico governor declared a state of emergency so she could ban guns in Albuquerque.
I have a feeling this is just a test run to find out what needs to be done for the next "state of emergency" which will have more basis in fact.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Ashley Brenton 4/3/2024 2:22:53 PM (No. 1691903)
Hey everyone! Tonight around 9:30 the Sun will be completely out of sight for several hours! Not becoming visible again until the following morning! I declare a state of emergency!
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
red1066 4/3/2024 4:11:51 PM (No. 1691965)
#8. The duration of the total eclipse if in the exact location of the path of the eclipse is four minutes. That means the total time the sun is completely covered by the moon if in the center of the path is four minutes. It's less time as one moves farther away from the center of the path. Those a few miles from the path's center might experience a total eclipse of three minutes or less. It does however take time for the moon to cover the sun, and the entire eclipse experience will last longer than four minutes.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
DVC 4/3/2024 8:13:11 PM (No. 1692129)
Actually #9, Quayle COULD spell the spuds name....it is correctly spelled EITHER WAY in the dictionary.
That was just another media lie that people still believe decades later.
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There will probably be a TikTok "challenge" to see if you can look at the entire eclipse without any eye protection and then make a video of yourself bumping into things after you've gone blind. Thousands of kids will take the challenge.
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