'Come for the sun, stay for the stars' From the cover
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See the solar eclipse
Path of totality
coordinator for Bee Cave, Lakeway and Village of The Hills. Yousofzoy has been working with a number of entities, ranging from Lake Travis Fire Department to the U.S. Department of Public Safety, to prepare for the upcoming event. “You can plan for 200 [visitors], but planning doesn’t mean that we’re not going to get 2,000 visitors,” Yousofzoy said. “Making sure we have the resources, that’s my focus.“ Lakeway’s Wise and Yousofzoy said residents should stay o the roads and prepare beforehand to ensure they have enough fuel, food and water to avoid the “tra c nightmare” following the eclipse. Similarly, several school districts across the Central Texas area have canceled school April 8 due to tra c concerns, including Lake Travis ISD. “We encourage you to throw a viewing party for your friends [and] family and leave the roads to the tourists,” Bee Cave Mayor Kara King said in a statement to Community Impact.
Hundreds of thousands of visitors are expected to travel to the Texas Hill Country to watch the moon completely block the face of the sun on April 8, said Dawn Davies, the Night Sky program coordinator at Hill Country Alliance. The rarity of the event has garnered a lot of interest both from tourists and area residents. Total solar eclipses, on average, are visible somewhere on Earth approximately every 18 months. However, Davies said a total solar eclipse recurring in the same place happens every 350-400 years or so. “We are not going to see an eclipse pass through the Hill Country like this for generations upon generations,” Davies said. In light of the spectacle, Lake Travis-Westlake area o cials have made e orts to coordinate resources and personnel leading up to April 8. Much of this local work has been led by Waheeda Yousofzoy, the emergency management
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• Get to viewing location early Safe viewing
• Limit travel on major roadways • Do not look at the partial eclipse phase with bare eyes, cameras or unsafe ilters, such as sunglasses
SOURCES: NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION, TEXAS OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION COMMUNITY IMPACT
What viewers should know
When to watch Times for viewing and glasses are listed for the Lake Travis-Westlake area but vary by location.
The solar eclipse can be seen in the Lake Tra- vis-Westlake area from 12:17 p.m.-2:57 p.m., with the duration of totality lasting 3 minutes and 15 seconds. Experts are recommending spectators view the solar eclipse with ISO Certi ed eclipse glasses or cards until maximum coverage of the sun—or totality—is reached, when it is then safe to observe without protective wear. Various businesses, parks and educational centers in the Lake Travis-Westlake area are holding events to witness the eclipse. See Page 31 for event details.
Partial eclipse begins: 12:17:31 P.M. (need glasses)
Full eclipse begins: 1:35:07 P.M. (no glasses)
Full eclipse ends:
Partial eclipse ends: 2:57:46 P.M. (need glasses)
Maximum eclipse: 1:36:47 P.M. (no glasses)
1:38:22 P.M. (need glasses)
SOURCE: NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION COMMUNITY IMPACT
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