Maybe they know there will be a serious strain on resources from the massive number of visitors to the areas of totality. Maybe they know this will be the largest traffic jam seen since the 2017 eclipse. I personally saw Interstate 81 from the Seveirville, TN exit bridge after the 2017 eclipse when it was a six lane parking lot.
Then again, maybe they are just trolling the weak minded.
The Gov is simply preparing for the stress on resources and the biggest traffic jam in Indiana history.
I'll be about 50 miles east of Indianapolis in the middle of nowhere Indiana 400 miles from home alone on a motorcycle to witness one of nature's great spectacles.
Short of the New Madrid Fault making the Mississippi river run upstream for three days or the Evil Ones at CERN literally opening the gates of hell, I'm not too worried so long as I can obtain three gallons of gasoline in southern Indiana on Monday.
There is one glaring error in the graphic. The lowest month in recorded history appears to be April 2020. According to the added red arrow that is when Trump left office. The increase between April 2020 and January 2021 is likely those trying to get on the gravy tr5ain before the election. The spike in January 2021 forward is self evident. You get more invaders when you provide airborne transportation.
While it does have implications on interstate commerce, think abortion. Legally placed in the control of the states by SCOTUS after 50 years of being declared a Constitutional right. Legal in some states, not in others. An EO just won't cut it.
Not that any of this matters since the US is no longer a nation under rule of law.
Holy sheep shit Batman, On April 8th I'm going to be 400 miles from home, alone, on a motorcycle, in the middle of nowhere Indiana, and I'm 67 years old. Should I panic? /s
I watched the last major eclipse from the comfort of my front yard but had to take my grandson home afterwards. Interstate 81 was a parking lot in east TN but knowing the back roads is a good thing.
Shouldn't people be prepared for what is at most a three day inconvenience all the time?
8 x 12 x 68,000 6,528,000
4 x 12 x 42,000 2,016,000
38 x 172,000 6,536,000
Total last 15 years 15,220,000
Not to mention the last 50 years
But this isn't war, right?