Solar eclipse 2024: Why is it a big deal? | FOX 7 Austin

We are less than a month away from observing a total solar eclipse over central Texas. Already schools are canceling classes, and several counties have issued disaster declarations because of an expected mass influx of visitors.
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[@BethWondrely]

Does anyone else remember the solar eclipse in 2017? I distinctly remember they kept saying it's going to be a hundred years before we see another one.

[@marsspacex6065]

It takes about 400 years if you in the same spot but people usually travel. The next one won’t be in the lower 48 states until 2045.

[@SUGAR_XYLER]

In 2017 they said there would be another one in 7 years

[@Thr33-Quarters]

Keywords for dummies:. TOTAL solar eclipse, apogee/perigee, umbra/penumbra See: Ignoramus

[@Thr33-Quarters]

Keywords for Dummies: TOTAL eclipse, apogee/perigee, umbra/penumbra See: Ig Nor Amus

[@Thr33-Quarters]

Keywords for Dummies:. TOTAL solar eclipse, apogee/perigee, umbra/penumbra

[@shadesofpurple7283]

Don't be scared. Everything is okay. You will be okay. Don't let fear cause you to act or do things you normally wouldn't.

[@Itsjimmybud]

Wtf I’m just about busting 😂

[@lisalulu69]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@JesusSaveswwJd]

Spiritual burst... Ever experience it? I have but not recently

[@JustinWallis-oe2cf]

I was gonna say the same thing LMAO wtf

[@Carlos-yx2eq]

Ok

[@DaveCool_]

Shit

[@tracylawrence5258]

I don't understand why we would waste resources on something that's happened many times. I've seen several. Using TV to hype up fear or anxiety in people. Ridiculous.

[@SUGAR_XYLER]

This is a total solar eclipse and mostly they are decades apart in areas. This is the BIG ONE ✨

[@doubletappinhillbilly]

​@@SUGAR_XYLERand.....

[@zipperbroviacjourney3706]

@@SUGAR_XYLER THIS is ALL HYPE AND BLOWN OUT OF PROPORTION to CAUSE MASS HYSTERIA/PANIC.EX-Y2K,SWINE FLU,COVID-ALL ON ELECTION YEARS.They said 2017 was the ‘BIG ONE’.THEY ARE ALL *LYING* TO US!!!!!!!!The ONLY-*TRUE*-REAL* REASON why 2024 ‘IS GOING ‘TO *BE* DIFFERENT’ isTHIS IS AN ELECTION YEAR and IS ALL POLITICAL. LIEden and the DEMRATS are getting very DESPERATE AND they NEED/WANT as much HYPE/HYSTERIA/FEAR/PANIC AS POSSIBLE FOR A *DISTRACTION* to WAG THE DOG!!!!!!

[@Iceland874]

Didn’t we have one seen in Charleston in 2017? Why are they trying to incite fear for something that happens periodically? Everything is so insane these days. Has most the population lost their marbles?

[@Tony-x9l4l]

It doesn't explain why they are declaring areas disaster areas and deploying the national guard.

[@tommyhudson6999]

Jesus Christ is returning read the book of revelation this eclipse is far more important than you know also look into CERN and NASA and what they are going to be doing when the eclipse take place

[@jessebennettpodcast]

I don’t trust that pony tail

[@KaidenYoder]

Fr

[@graggs7]

Last eclipse there came a hurricane 7 days later, stock up on gas and food.

[@PhrontDoor]

Yeah, and the hurricane was a tropical storm before the eclipse..

[@kirkhall2099]

Bought a big box of Butter Fingers. Im ready. lol

[@tadekw9108]

Because that was during hurricane season?? This one isn’t lmaooo

[@epsilonarcaneresearch1945]

This has the same energy as "in 2017 shit my pants during the eclipse it must be related!"

[@victoriawashington7341]

So I am now 49 and have seen some in my lifetime. The issue is most people don't research or try to understand anything....they let the media dictate what to believe. Panicky people can incite danger...a total eclipse can frightened someone who doesn't think easy

[@EsaiGivens]

just about whatt???

[@Kilo60shotz]

Lacking while busting ??????

[@Izzy-cw6iv]

Something is about to bust

[@radicaled8447]

Me

[@Carn_arZ53]

​@@radicaled8447😂🤣

[@elgastsos210]

Did you say bust?🤣🤣🤣

[@user-hu6dx9ib9v]

I’m about to bust to your picture

[@MrOldclunker]

I witnessed an eclipse, earthquake and eruption all at the same time during a total eclipse in 1984 and it was super cool. We all brought welding helmets to the State Park we worked ... way back then. I even fit in a quickie from this super cool blonde I worked with, because she wanted to do it during the eclipse and we both came at the same time. Glad she could keep a hold of her ankles during all of this eclipse,/earthquake and eruption at the same time. LOL. Loved it, best eclipse in my life for sure!!!

[@melissa3079ayala]

Oldclunker huh. How much you pay this little blonde 😅😅😅

[@ac1dfoxdie716]

Hahahahah

[@elgastsos210]

Got video?

[@WeThePeople001]

Wtf 😂

[@kevintingzon]

Now that was the experience of a lifetime.

[@UnusableFootage]

0:07 Same

[@davidj408]

I just want to say if you use solor system scope app it looks like mercury will be eclipsing at the same time as the moon.

[@SayanHaqueOfficial]

So excited in Montreal ❤❤

[@danielpenn1734]

And God almighty is going to show up. Judgment is coming

[@kirkhall2099]

Would you want to make a beat. Of course you wont. Then you well run away

[@elgastsos210]

Let's hope so❤

[@thesapo7329]

that’ll never happen lol

[@mibraddamibradda9474]

​@@thesapo7329if its happen you will become christian

[@BethWondrely]

Um...God is already here. He always has been.

[@bobfodge100]

Holman Christian Standard Bible Then God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night. They will serve as signs for festivals and for days and years. Genesis 1:14

[@AOBILLYLA]

Bless you for spreading the word brother ❤ 2 Timothy 4:2 Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching

[@kirkhall2099]

Get a life. Aint gunna happen.

[@johnlivingston6986]

@@kirkhall2099honestly whenever there’s any astronomical event the Catholics start acting up

[@jacquelinemarie1078]

@@kirkhall2099 Amen!!!

[@Etimespace]

On April 8, 2024, Mexicans and Texans may have a chance to make history and scientifically prove the current atomic model wrong. The so-called Allais Effect may be a real phenomenon, but in such a way that it does not always occur during a solar eclipse. It would be about how close to the center of the Earth the line between the center of the Sun and the center of the Moon intersects the center of the Earth. That is, how close the alignment of the Sun, the Moon and the Moon’s shadow passes the center of the Earth. The closer, the stronger the phenomenon. If so, scientific experiments should always be done when a total solar eclipse occurs at noon and near the equator. The April 8 solar eclipse is pretty much exactly at noon in Mexico, I believe, and the area is much closer to the equator than the North Pole. Ok, there is a lot of pressure in the center of the Earth. I assume that massive and dense particles originating from the center of the Earth are pushed out of the Earth all the time, and on April 8th they are pushed through the area shadowed by the Moon directly towards the Moon and the Sun. They meet particles corresponding to the countersphere, which originate from the Sun and the Moon. During straight alignment, these particles have time to push through the corresponding particles again and again. During the pushing through of each opposing particle, there is a strong interaction and thus the energy in the particles is dispersed over a larger area and the probability of encountering the next one increases, etc. Pushing through the moon also activates these particles. Inside the moon, this small-scale energy moves more densely and inside these particles, etc. Pushing towards the moon, these particles already have time to activate more than normal, because they encounter particles that have already penetrated the moon and activated inside the moon. Physicists are already planning a new particle accelerator at Cern. Its price is estimated at around 20 billion euros. On April 8, anyone can do scientific experiments very cheaply. For example, local tennis clubs could use devices that launch tennis balls. First, the device is adjusted to fly the balls as far and accurately as possible. So it’s not necessarily worth trying to make the balls fly just as far as possible, if you can’t make the balls fly quite precisely the same distance, you know. Ok, when we find out how far the balls fly with a certain power on average normally, we wait for the Solar eclipse and when the Moon’s shadow starts to reach the area, we start sending tennis balls into the air and monitor how far the balls fly. Perhaps a surprise will be experienced during the exam. You should fly the balls in at least two different directions. From north to south and from south to north. The more distinct groups, the better. Everyone should also think about some other scientific experiments that can be done in connection with the so-called to gravitation. Traditionally, experiments have been done with pendulums and gravity measuring devices. You should also use them. If someone has ready these small rockets that don’t aim for orbit, but only test how high you can get, then maybe during the solar eclipse it would be interesting to try if you can maybe even get much higher than you could assume based on the calculation in advance. Ps. If the solar eclipse occurs in June, then I assume that it is worth doing these experiments even if the eclipse is closer to one of the polar regions than the equator and even if it is late evening or early morning. This is because then the Earth is in the area between the Sun and the supermassive object in the center of the galaxy. Perhaps from the center of the galaxy there is also a kind of matter / energy that physicists do not yet understand. At least that’s what I assume. That is, these supermassive objects in the centers of galaxies may emit dark matter as separate condensations that are much denser than the separate condensations in the nuclei of the atoms of the observable matter. The denser, the slower the internal motion / time and the less these dark matter particles would interact with observable matter. In June, when the Earth is in the area between the Sun and the center of the galaxy, these dark matter particles inside the Earth would meet the energy from the Sun in the opposite sphere and thus their internal movement / time would speed up and the interaction with the Earth’s matter would intensify. I assume that the Earth gets new matter in its center in June when these dark matter particles collide in the center of the Earth with the nuclei of the Earth’s atoms. Could the Earth even get new water molecules in its center? That is, would new solid matter, but also new water and gas molecules, be born in the center of the Earth? If so, perhaps the researchers should observe that more water and gas molecules escape from the Earth than estimated. Greetings to all Mexicans and Texans. Also for all those who have the opportunity to participate in scientific experiments on April 8. April 8, 2024 may be a very significant day for humanity, but it may not be so without you🙂 ❤️

[@ReeisLive]

Plot Twist: Biden's campaign going to use April's sales to say the economy is doing better than ever. Look at all the supplies and food that was bought just this month alone haha. 😂

[@Daniel2Ghost]

Whatever you say? 😂❤😊 Nothing faster than light? Blackjack wholed my beer...

[@ProMainMan]

So why is the federal government sitting up in Arkansas and Oklahoma? Wearing chemical and radiation suits and so on

[@elgastsos210]

Have you been to Arkansas or Oklahoma? Lot of 🥜. 🤣🤣🤣

[@ReglazeRX]

​@@elgastsos210 I'm not from Oklahoma, but I'll defend it having lived here awhile now. 😂

[@JacquelineMiller-n3q]

Big whoop !

[@johnlivingston6986]

0:07 what is this guy saying bro 💀

[@elgastsos210]

I think he speaks weirdo.😂😂😂

[@jacquelinemarie1078]

America has rarely had peace or tranquility. It's hell now - - - and it's getting worse. The more Americans look the other way, the more enslaved we will become. Some day - - - it just may be too late to regain any freedoms that we might have had.

[@afc2333]

Prepare your heart! Biblical times are being prophesied!

[@flowerpower3618]

It has zero to do with this. Yes , we are seeing some end times events but I’m 65 and we are always seeing them. I’ve walked with Jesus my whole very long life . He will return when the Father says.

[@doubletappinhillbilly]

Guy gets jazzed pretty easy

[@nycFtrainlocalorexpress]

Yo guys it’s 2 more days get your glasses ready

[@EELUNO]

12 o'clock is your eclipse

[@CalvinMorris-cf8jk]

I am selling my house selling everything I have. I am grabbing my bug out bag and running for a cave this is going to be madness. my preacher said this is going to be the end of the world I am going to be safe in a cave all the rich people are going down into their underground shelters. this is no joke when the rich people go underground you just know something big is going to happen. wishing everyone the best..

[@nicodavillan9831]

Yeah I wish I could too but I have a stubborn family who doesn’t take shit too seriously. All I can do is stock up on food water and defend my home 🤷‍♂️ it’s going to be bad I feel it in my soul. But it is what it is. This is a crazy time to be alive

[@shadesofpurple7283]

I'm not from America, I'm sorry that your preacher made you so scared. Don't sell your things friend, it will be okay.

[@tracylawrence5258]

Remember not everything someone says is true. We are near the end obviously. All evil deeds done in dark are coming to the light. There is a campaign going on to minimize life on earth. From People to animals and nature. Freedom of all kinds are disappearing. Make sure you have a personal relationship with the creator of all and repent. No fear no fear.

[@jacquelinemarie1078]

You are correct about the evils running underground. THEY will do fine no matter what happens. That's why they don't mind destroying the world, they have another one underground. Where does one think all of the Trillions have gone? THEY have cities, lakes, orchards, etc. People don't read, so they don't believe this - - - IT'S TRUE!!!

[@SUGAR_XYLER]

​@@shadesofpurple7283 Another reason I turned into an Atheist ✅

[@RickBunce]

It the fn joke people are nuts

[@new_era_gameboy]

Wait what 😂😂😂😂

[@versavice1554]

Always remember the path that many is in in is wrong always remember if many iw watch this bs Ita not the path

[@coolnellcoolnell5749]

Its the black sun

[@9andora9]

BLACK HOLE SUN WONT YOU COMMMEEEE

[@9andora9]

Wash away the raaaaiiinn

[@jmoney512k]

@@9andora9lol i said the same thing

[@damonnugent1993]

@@9andora9 Black hole sun... won't you come.. oh won't you come....

[@jmartinez8564]

so did it happen😂

[@thewatcher8939]

Who needs those special goggles? Donald Trump stared at a total eclipse in 2017 without any protection and he's just fine! :P

[@markhetz1119]

You can see the eclipse better with the glasses on

[@trudieristich795]

Bummer

[@9andora9]

That's because he's got those reptile eyess

[@cindyn8994]

Because he is the antichrist

[@TonicofSonic]

I love that you have so much Donald Trump stored in that casm where a brain would otherwise be. Must be wierd carrying all that baggage over someone you have never met before... Rent free. And please dems, stay away from other peoples children.😅

[@Qlew22]

Ayooo😂😂😂

[@JehovahsElijah]

The 7 years God Jehovah warned you about. 2017 NW to SE the eclipse crosses over Carbondale illinois (wouldnt know this town if it was meeting the two gay brothers who ive together, screw each other, and mother in Marion who keeps their SS diable check; gee sounds like Sodom). Now 2024 the path crosses like a great big X marking Carbondale as 90 miles north of the New Madrid late-for-quake which was last predicted for an opposite pull of solar and lunar tug (which is how i discovered the matching mythology to 1918bc July 18 sothic star rising with a 7am quake in the year Shem Melkizedek age 550 went to Abram and predicted it in year 452) giving us the magic-X marks the spot from two eclipses 2017/2024 for earthquakes at 7am and 7pm. Already they claim stores will be empty and gas stations too; now add the high alert for9.0 earthquake and you have an armageddon the people were lured too. As te bible says about ALL armageddons; Jehovah gathers them together andlures them as he does to Gog and Magog. HE says dont forget to notice the comet there beside the sun, and HE says do look for the asteroid which will hit us in 10 months. I'm making sure i have round-trip gas to a smaller town to see it.

[@MurawongaPeter]

😢😢😢😢

[@bernielomax3635]

Compare Nahum 3:4-7 with "Mystery Babylon" in the Book of Revelation. Nineveh Nineveh Nineveh. Good luck, folks! "Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not; The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots. The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses: Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts. Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame. And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock. And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?"

[@elgastsos210]

Gotta love the crazies😅😅😅

[@hugomontoya8759]

What is wrong with you people

[@bernielomax3635]

@@hugomontoya8759We have working brains and enjoy reading books.

[@bernielomax3635]

@@elgastsos210The question isn't what will "happen" with the eclipse, the question is what does your government and mega-corporations have planned to "happen" during the eclipse? Most people haven't yet realized were currently in WWIII. Silent weapons for quiet wars, we're all being poisoned, genetically corrupted, and microwaved. What's next?

[@elgastsos210]

@@hugomontoya8759 They think the sky is falling. Better dig a hole.🤣🤣🤣

[@IHateKamala]

I Don't Believe Nothing

[@jacquelinemarie1078]

I don't believe you.

[@tinysavage1237]

It's just gonna be for like 4 mins and 28 secs

[@TittieSprinkles]

All the religious people saying end of the world... Can I have your stuff? 😂

[@ReeisLive]

It's not the end! No man or angel knows the hour. The Red Heifer Sacrifice that will happen any day now in Israel is telling us we're about to enter the Great world war then the antichrist then the last battle where Jesus Comes and destroys everything evil.

[@IHateKamala]

Stop With The Conspiracy Shit

[@ReglazeRX]

Nobody would care if it weren't for CERN firing at the same time and NASA sending 3 rockets into it. "For science". 😂