April 8 solar eclipse won't bring human sacrifice, but is there reason to worry?

Michie · Apr 7, 2024

Fears about the traffic associated with eclipses is better than the fears that came with eclipses in ancient days.

It is logical that solar and lunar eclipses fascinate and terrify humanity.

Even partial eclipses are relatively rare, which in itself makes them relatively weird.

That fact is as true today as it was in ancient times even though modern fears are far less catastrophic and involve far less banging and human sacrifice (let's go with none).

Why is the April 8 eclipse such a big deal?

When I say people are fascinated by eclipses, I say it for good reason. They get our imaginations going.

Eclipses famously change the behavior of animals puzzled by the change in sunlight.

For example, a solar eclipse takes place after the extinction of the dinosaurs in the 1940 Disney movie "Fantasia" and Audrey II, a murderous house plant, is born from another solar eclipse in "Little Shop of Horrors."

The April 8 total eclipse that will be visible across Ohio is no different. Some folks are considering the bad things that can happen, which is not necessarily a bad thing.

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