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originally posted by: TheSemiskepticII
a reply to: annonentity That video is a long rambling video that just repeats itself over and over. I got through 9 minutes and couldn't listen to the guy repeat himself again.
Fact Check: Posts Claim April 8, 2024, Solar Eclipse Will Pass Over All 7 US Cities Named Nineveh. Here Are the Facts:
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Places Named Nineveh
We started with Wikipedia's list of places named Nineveh to get a general idea of where to look. Of course, we cross checked those results with more-reliable sources of knowledge, including Google Maps and data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Wikipedia listed just six places in the U.S. named Nineveh, which made our claim of seven dubious to begin with. Checking the locations of those places on Google Maps, we found that three were actually townships, a term used for county subdivisons in some states.
The first was the largest, Indiana's Nineveh Township (south of Indianapolis), which contains a small hamlet of the same name. Both the township and the hamlet will indeed fall in the path of the total eclipse.
Next, Wikipedia listed two townships in Missouri — one in Adair County (about halfway between Kansas City and Davenport, Iowa) and one in Lincoln County (about an hour northwest of St. Louis). But neither of the two townships contained a village named Nineveh on any of the maps we looked at. Furthermore, neither of the townships fell in the path of the total eclipse.
The fourth place on Wikipedia's list, Nineveh, New York, is about 30 minutes east of Binghamton. We found it marked on maps but, again, it did not lie in the path of totality.
Fifth: Nineveh, Pennsylvania, roughly halfway between Pittsburgh and Morgantown, West Virginia. This Nineveh was marked on maps, but it was also outside of the total eclipse. It was also the last Nineveh listed by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Sixth, we found Nineveh, Virginia, an hour and a half west of Washington, D.C. This was the easiest to check: Nobody in the state of Virginia will be able to see full totality during the eclipse. We did not find a label for Nineveh on maps, and buildings located in the area had their postal addresses listed as White Post, Virginia.
That completed the Wikipedia list, but various posts about the supposed line-up listed two more Ninevehs located in the U.S.: one in Texas and one in Ohio.
Nineveh, Texas, was not marked on maps, nor did it have a post office. It was located not far off of Interstate 45 halfway between Houston and Dallas. This one was close, but we eventually confirmed that it would be outside of the zone of totality by referencing nearby cities that also were outside of totality.
Nineveh, Ohio, was a similar story: not found on maps, no post office, no Census data. But this Nineveh, 30 minutes northwest of Dayton, was finally our second hit.
In total, we counted two places named Nineveh in the United States that could be found in the path of totality.
Sources:
2024 Total Eclipse. science.nasa.gov... Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.
"A Total Eclipse Is near. For Some, It's Evidence of Higher Power. For Others It's a Warning." USA TODAY, www.usatoday.com... Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.
April 8, 2024 Eclipse Will Pass Over 7 United States Cities Named Nineveh. www.youtube.com, www.youtube.com... Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.
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originally posted by: GENERAL EYES
And for more fun, I have it on good report from friends that Mercury is about to go retrograde again in the next day or so.
Hold on to your hats guys, and remember if ya get out in the throngs of panicked humans running for their lives, FILM SIDEWAYS!