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It will be another 20 years before the next total Solar Eclipse is visible in the contiguous United States. Were covering all the angles of this truly rare event. Cms rosa flores, ed diarra, harry he hadnt they are all in the totality zone. Rosa, let start with you. Youre curve ville, texas. What kind of crowds are expected there the crowds are texas size wolf, but can you see me right now . Because i really cant see anything. I think i might be experiencing totality. Well, no totality is not happening just yet we do have a little bit of cloud cover, but ive got to say wolfe a while ago. I couldnt see any blue skies. The blue skies are starting to happen. So these clouds might be parting as if were saying having the proper eyewear is key for humans and also perhaps for animals. I have some guests here with me land from bandera, and her little littles, and i have a few other people if you want to come right closer to me around me because our pets are so integral in our families. And im wondering if littles has glasses for the eclipse littles does not have glasses, but i do have a pair. And if if she pays attention at all, which im not sure, she will, ill cover her eyes. So with my hand or ill just set her up in my lap and get into her little carrier bag. So littles will be protected . Yes do you have glasses for your pets . We have a couple extra day. We have a couple of years. Now. Are they smaller classes are large or glasses . Do they look like these . With the special code on the back . The official ones are the no, theyre just those and one of the things that makes carville so special is that its experiencing to eclipses in six months you told me that you were here for the one prior . Yes. Why is it so special to be incur well, for this one too . Well, its just all of the people and we just get together and its so expensive where i live in bandera. So i can park here for free and enjoy the wonderful experience of all the carville people. And she gets to walk around the river. So were found she has from bandera, we were just there. Thats the cowboy capital of the world as it is cowboy capital of the world. We do shootouts on main street and its a lot of fun thank you so much for your time. I appreciate it. And whorf according to the mayor of the city, there are about 100 people. That means the population of the city is going to grow about fourfold by the time totality begins, wealth back to you, exciting de, for so much of the country. Indeed, rosa flores in curve of texas for us i want to go to cnns have 11 darrow right now. Hes in dallas, texas, the largest us city in the Path Of Totality. Ed, youre there at the dallas zoo. Tell us what youre expecting there . Well, weve got a great day planned wolf, were going to be monitoring the Animal Reaction to the total eclipse. There are a number of zoos that are in the path of this eclipse. And so were going to be monitoring them were actually going to be asking for help from the public as well, because theres very Little Research that has been done to Animal Reaction to what happens, what animals do during the total eclipse. Were here in the dallas zoo and the savanna area. Weve got elephants over here. We got zebras out there. This is tobago. The giraffe over here who will be our cohost during this time. And its a little bit of a prima donna is they dont really stand next to you when youre doing the live shop, will entice the bug over here with some, with some lettuce at some point. And one of the things that theyre going to be watching for is just the reaction. And so a couple of things to expect is in 2017 during that eclipse, some animals behaved in a rather odd way at times. And even though it happens quickly, so one of the things that theyre looking for is just that Animal Reaction. It could be anything from they think its nighttime. They put themselves to sleep. It could be that theres the procedure threats, so they gather around their young flamingos did that. So we will be trying to monitor this as best as we can here during the eclipse. And if you anywhere in the path of this eclipse, if you see anything about animals reacting to what, what is happening out there, its gonna be a really interesting time. And we spoke with some of the officials here at the dallas zoo to get their perspective on what therell be looking for and watching very closely here throughout the day were just going to be monitoring the animal behavior, making sure that they seem comfortable. And just seeing if we see anything that seems a little bit out of the norm. Were not really expecting to see too much because my hunch is that theyre probably going to expect assume that its sort of like a like a Thunderstorm Rolling inward it gets really dark, really quick, but well see well, if you know, millions of people all across the dallas, fort worth area, as mentioned, this is one of the largest areas with the greatest population being able to watch his eclipse today to little bit cloudy today. But you know that darkness will settle in a great deal of excitement building up for what were expected to see here this afternoon, wolf eda Official Zara at that zoo, worried about the almost that will be outside who may be looking at the sun that could damage their eyes as well, right well, its one of the interesting questions were going to get into that throughout, throughout the morning, in the afternoon as well. Its actually theyre not something that theyre terribly worried about. It and it has to do with more than the animals instinctually are more concerned with whats happening around them. In fact, one person we talked to hear from the zoo said, animals a little bit smarter than humans in this regard that we dont have this. They dont have this inclination to want to look up to one to whats going on theyre more interested in whats going on around them. So theyre more likely to look down to see if theres any kind of threat or around them. So theyre not terribly concerned about the animals looking up at the sky and Staring At The Sun all right Ed Lavandera At The Dallas Zoo for us, well check back with you. Thank you very much. One of the largest events during todays eclipse is in Niagara Falls, just outside my hometown of buffalo, new york. Theyll see totality at around three, 18 later this afternoon, cnns harry enten is on the scene for us, harry, i see youre ready with any thing with your Buffalo Bills helmet on right now you know, well, if i got a represent look, we got the beautiful Niagara Falls over yonder. But yet the weather does not seem to be cooperating with us at this particular point. That clouds have settled in on fortunately, and more than that, it just started drizzling a little bit. Im just feel like its typical Western New York, right . You we just cant seem to catch a break, whether it be with the weather or football, but yet we still do have a ton of folks who are coming out here. We have the crowds with us and im going to be joined here by The Roar Backer family who havent joined us from all the way down. And i believe tampa, florida, right . Yes, tampa, florida. And why did you decide to come all the way up here to Niagara Falls for this eclipse, will actually be did the one in 2017 in South Carolina. And it was just great. Just watch those four minutes of just scargo and dark and it looks an opportunity to come back to upstate new york. And see some bills fans. Yeah, its right. And its another eclipse how worried are you guys about the weather . No, i think its going to clear up. I think that theres just too much excitement. Its going to go away so you can see i liked optimism idol. I like this optimism and i should point out Niagara Falls, last hand clips about 99 years ago, were not looking forward to another one for at least another century. Walf. So the fact of the matter is, i love the optimism. Yes, things are tough and dirty, but when its too tough of those other folks, its just right for us whether it be football or what . Whether it be for this Solar Eclipse. Thats Coming Up Wolf well said, folks in Western New York are optimists to be sure, i know that firsthand, harry, thank you very, very much. Thank all the folks around you as well. And to our viewers, stay with cnn throughout the day today, we have reporters in the zone of totality all across the united it states and mexico. And if you didnt get a pair of those eclipse glasses, can you still view it safely somehow . Stay with us your life. In the cnn newsroom . Huskies will play. Makers for that shall championship this is the greatest stage and all its going what dreams are made of moments they talk about for a lifetime, we will she you in phoenix well done viv he got the presence, the balloons, and the raptor cake. Now how about something to put a smile on your face . Has been dental provides complete, Affordable Care with dentists and labs in one place. 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Com im lauren fox on capitol hill, and this is cnn we are just a few hours from a where were you kind of event the Solar Eclipse of 2024 from texas to maine more than 30 million americans will be in the socalled Path Of Totality later this afternoon, cnn meteorologists Allison Chinchar is over writhes weather center. Alison, will it be clear viewing for most people . I think thats the real question is whether or not Mother Nature is going to cooperate with all of these people that planned to go outside and look up. Now, heres the thing. There are still going to be plenty of fantastic places to view this, especially say, areas like southeastern missouri keeps your for example portions of Southern Illinois and Southern Indiana that includes places like evansville. These are all going to be spots that are expected to have very little cloud cover, if any, this afternoon, another good spot is going to be up into the northeast essentially from burlington, vermont all the way up through caribou main, plenty of sunshine there. Now with that said there are going be a couple of spots where we are looking at pretty significant cloud cover thats going to extend from Niagara Falls up through rochester, new york, and then also another area concern is going to be texas. Now, the main concern here is a lot of strong to severe thunderstorms. The good news is the storms themselves are expected to be after the eclipse, but we all know those clouds start to increasing well ahead of the storm so the real question is how much cloud cover do we have before the storms begin to set it in . Another concern is once the eclipse is over, and all of these folks get back out onto the roads to head home or wherever they came from, then they may encounter some of those storms. And that includes very large hail, damaging winds and the potential for some tornadoes, especially across states like texas, oklahoma louisiana, and arkansas. But all is not lost for some areas, dallas, weve got some clouds but may still have some sun peeking through a place like indianapolis will actually start to see the clouds decrease as we head into the afternoon, making it much nicer by the time the eclipse takes place. Allison chinchar with the latest allison. Thank you very much. The excitement over this upcoming celestial event continues to grow as the hours tick by. But before you join, millions of americans in turn, your eyes to the sky, make sure your eyes are protected and protected well, cnn medical correspondent meg tirrell is joining us right now. Meg, what happens if you look directly at a Solar Eclipse without the special glasses well, if you can actually damage your eyes in as few as a few seconds, looking directly at the sun, the injury is called solar retinopathy, and it can take a few hours for you to actually notice those symptoms but if they do set in, it can include things like blurry vision, sort of a hole in your vision altered color, just sort of wonky vision. And unfortunately permanent vision loss can be possible. This has been documented with previous eclipses and sometimes it even happens when you think you have safe glasses, but it turns out they arent actually the certified darkest lenses that you really need to look at the sun. So youve got to be very careful and how you enjoyed the eclipse today. That includes animals as well, right if you have a dog or a cat, lets say at home, keep that dog or cat inside, dont let that dog or cat go outside and look at the sun yeah id be surprised if th