Where will you be April 8 for the solar eclipse? The media has shared many stories and there’s a lot of planning by our emergency management officials and the communities to make sure we are prepared for a huge influx of visitors.
According to the Ohio Emergency Management Agency, total solar eclipses occur roughly every 1.5 years somewhere on Earth.
Since the founding of the United States, only 21 total solar eclipses have crossed the lower 48 states. The last total solar eclipse visible in Ohio was more than 200 years ago, and the next one in Ohio will be in 75 years. Emily Marrison recently shared the following information with her readers.
The path of total darkness is 124 miles wide and will stretch across 13 states. An estimated 31 million people live in this path, which includes cities like Dallas, Little Rock, Indianapolis, Cleveland and Rochester. The point that will experience the longest total duration of the eclipse in Ohio is Avon Lake, just east of Cleveland in Lorain County. The population of Lorain County is expected to increase to more than 1 million people to witness the nearly four minutes of darkness.