{"id":4652,"date":"2017-08-15T08:53:49","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T15:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/?p=4652"},"modified":"2017-08-15T08:53:49","modified_gmt":"2017-08-15T15:53:49","slug":"precautions-urged-solar-eclipse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/precautions-urged-solar-eclipse\/","title":{"rendered":"Precautions Urged During Solar Eclipse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yakima residents are encouraged to use caution next Monday, August 21<sup>st<\/sup> when a solar eclipse will be visible throughout the area. Pacific Northwest locations that will experience a total solar eclipse, with the sun 100% obscured, include Salem and Baker County in Oregon.<\/p>\n<p>Although Yakima is not in the direct path of a total solar eclipse, during which the moon completely covers the sun, 95% of the sun&#8217;s surface will be obscured in Yakima.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s going to get dark,&#8221; said Yakima Fire Department Captain Jeff Pfaff. &#8220;It&#8217;ll be like the sun setting. The street lights will come on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The eclipse will begin at 9:09 am on Monday, August 21<sup>st<\/sup> according to NASA officials. The sky will be at its darkest over Yakima at 10:22 am. The eclipse should end at 11:41 am, more than two-and-a-half hours after it begins.<\/p>\n<p>To avoid eye damage, NASA officials said the event should only be viewed directly through special-purpose solar filters, such as &#8220;eclipse glasses&#8221; or hand-held solar filters compliant with the ISO 12312-2 international safety standards.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are many things to consider before looking at the sun,&#8221; Pfaff said. &#8220;Remember when your grandparents told you, &#8216;Never look at the sun, it will blind you?&#8217; They were right.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said the public also needs to take other precautions. &#8220;Make sure you don&#8217;t stop traffic to watch it,&#8221; Pfaff said. &#8220;Find a safe, open space to watch it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There could be impacts on animals and pets who are outside, Pfaff said. &#8220;They may react differently as the sky grows darker,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They may look for food or a place to sleep. Just be prepared.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>NASA will provide livestream coverage of the total solar eclipse, the region&#8217;s first in nearly 40 years, at https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/eclipselive<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Precautions-Urged-During-Solar-Eclipse-News-Release.pdf\">Precautions Urged During Solar Eclipse &#8211; News Release<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yakima residents are encouraged to use caution next Monday, August 21st when a solar eclipse will be visible throughout the area. Pacific Northwest locations that will experience a total solar eclipse, with the sun 100% obscured, include Salem and Baker County in Oregon. Although Yakima is not in the direct path of a total solar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[56,55,23],"class_list":["post-4652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-glasses","tag-total-solar-eclipse","tag-yakima"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4652"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4654,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4652\/revisions\/4654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}