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[–] catharso@discuss.tchncs.de 122 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (13 children)

does not every school take out all the kids to see an eclipse every time?

[–] BossDj@lemm.ee 96 points 3 months ago (4 children)

I could maybe see some American schools being afraid that some dipshit looks at the sun and burns his eyes then parents sue the school

[–] evidences@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago

I don't other areas did but I live in the path of totality for the eclipse that happened in April and the schools were all shut down that day. A lot of it was our of fear that people flooding into the area to watch the eclipse would overwhelm the areas infrastructure. If estimates were to be believed from all the areas in my state I heard were supposed to be getting an influx of eclipse watchers I think there was supposed to be about 14 billion people looking for hotels around me.

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