Cleveland City Council’s Safety Committee met on April 3. One topic: Cleveland’s plans for the total solar eclipse. Documenter Stésià Swain live-tweeted meeting. We are sharing some of the conversation here.
Council Member Kris Harsh asked a couple of questions about road closures and then assured the public the coming eclipse is nothing to worry about.
“I’m hearing a lot of unnecessary panic out there. … People don’t need to panic or worry about anything,” Harsh said.
Harsh went on to talk about concerns for animals.
“Your animals are fine. They don’t normally stare at the sun, so they won’t stare at the sun during the eclipse either,” he said. “Animals are just fine. It’s the people we need to worry about.”
Total eclipse timeline
On Monday, April 8, starting at 3:15 p.m. and lasting for a total of about three minutes and 49 seconds, the moon will pass between the earth and the sun, blocking the face of the sun and causing the sky to darken. Here is a breakdown of eclipse stages:
Eclipse starts: 1:59 p.m. EDT
Totality begins: 3:13 p.m. EDT
Maximum totality: 3:15 p.m. EDT
Totality ends: 3:17 p.m. EDT
Eclipse ends: 4:28 p.m. EDT
When the moon passes between the sun and the Earth, the temperature could drop between 4 and 10 degrees.
Solar eclipse events around Cleveland
Eclipse events are planned all over the city.
Join the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and the University Circle community for a weekend of fun in celebration of the total solar eclipse.
The Great Lakes Science Center and its partners, NASA’s Glenn Research Center and the Cleveland Orchestra, will host a free three-day celestial celebration at North Coast Harbor in downtown Cleveland.
Visit This is Cleveland and the “Out of this World” events section for more events leading up to and on April 8.