Re: [OT} Niagara Falls declares state of emergency due to April 8 eclipse

In article <20240329191353.00001dc3@example.com>,
 Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

Niagara Falls has been touted as one of the very best places to view
the solar eclipse that will be occurring on April 8. (That area is also
one of the only parts of Canada that will be in the Path of Totality,
where the moon will completely cover the sun for several minutes.)
 
Niagara Falls, "out of an abundance of caution" - you always know
something ridiculous is coming when you hear that phrase - has declared
a state of emergency with regards to the eclipse.

My old home town back in Texas has done the same thing. It's ridiculous.
They're literally declaring an emergency over a shadow.

It's almost like they've devolved back into those primitive savages who
used to think eclipses were the gods turning out the lights when they
got angry with people.

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/niagara-region-proactively-declares-state-of-emerge
ncy-ahead-of-total-solar-eclipse-1.6827320
 
Unfortunately, the article doesn't identify any special rules that will
be in place due to this "emergency". Will driving be forbidden lest
anyone be blinded by being in their car during the eclipse? (Several
major school districts are shutting down their schools to prevent
children travelling home from school from being blinded if they look
out the window during the eclipse.)

WTF? No one's going to be blinded by just looking out the window, for
fuck's sake. Just don't look AT the sun itself-- which you shouldn't
ever do regardless-- and you'll be fine.