A solar eclipse is coming, and viral misinformation is casting a shadow on the experience. Ahead of the April 8 total ec
This image from the NASA Eclipse Explorer website shows the path of the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse over North America. In preparation for large crowds of out-of-town visitors, a judge issued a disaster declaration to help officials and first responders plan for emergencies., several social media posts claim officials in Travis County, Texas, home to Austin, are not telling the public about a major calamitous event linked to the eclipse.
"What the disaster declaration does is it makes it easier for us to require things that are going to make it easier for emergency vehicles to get around," Judge Andy Brownwill travel from other parts of the U.S. to towns and cities within the eclipse’s path of totality. For small towns, a sudden surge in large crowds could strain unprepared emergency services.
Travis County is not the only place in the eclipse’s path of totality that is preparing for large out-of-town visitors who would travel to view the rare astronomical event. PolitiFact has“Over 10 million people have come across the border with no vetting, no plan, and no path” during Biden’s presidency.
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