Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: shawn Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Eclipse Emergency Plans? Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2024 22:27:22 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2024 02:27:23 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="a466360a6b9eefa243e03a0c57ba2159"; logging-data="3417094"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+yFgvH5/cbPU7P61IqCXXQLcZ/d6ylPgU=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:2AshoVEf/m35aZueJGI1O80Grys= Bytes: 2169 On Sun, 7 Apr 2024 19:23:39 -0700, "Ian J. Ball" wrote: >On 4/7/24 5:51 PM, shawn wrote: > >> On Mon, 08 Apr 2024 00:30:46 +0000, BTR1701 wrote: >> >>> America Solar Eclipse Warning >>> >>> - frequently top up your gas tanks >>> - charge your electric car >>> - have a preparedness kit >>> - items like paper maps, snacks, drinks and cellphone chargers >>> - have a communications plan >>> - know where to take shelter if there's an event >>> - having these conversations ahead of time is important >>> >>> All this just for a shadow? Is this just one massive psyop or do they know >>> something? >>> >>> >>> https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1776896328196325376/vid/avc1/320x692/fTTAUbruLPpK8OCP.mp4?tag=14 >> >> Clearly they are worried about the mobs going mad if the sun >> disappears, for fear that the sun will never appear again. > >That's actually one of my favorite conceits from an episode of the >2003(?) "Twilight Zone" series... > The classic story was one from Isaac Asimov, NIGHTFALL in 1941. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightfall_(Asimov_novelette_and_novel)