One Thing: America’s Moment in the (Eclipsed) Sun
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🗓️ 7 April 2024
⏱️ 14 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Head to Netsweet.com |
| 0:01.4 | slash Briefing now through April 15th |
| 0:03.3 | for a one-of-a-kind flexible financing program. |
| 0:05.6 | How many times have you seen them live? |
| 0:10.6 | This will be my sixth time. |
| 0:12.0 | Six. Wow. Yeah. |
| 0:13.4 | Bryce Loveland is a big fan of the indie rock band Vampire Weekend. So am I for that matter, but I realize |
| 0:20.9 | this isn't about me. Anyway, when the 26 year old learned that the band was planning to celebrate the release of their new album with a special outdoor show in Austin, Texas during a solar eclipse, she knew she had to be there. |
| 0:35.0 | I live in Oklahoma City and it's not that far away from me. |
| 0:39.0 | And so the moment I saw it, I was like, I think I can go. |
| 0:42.0 | Bryce says two tickets ran her about 200 bucks and she had some airline miles to use. |
| 0:47.0 | So first thing tomorrow morning, Bryce and her boyfriend are heading to Texas. |
| 0:52.0 | Our flight lands in Austin at like 9 and even though the show |
| 0:55.7 | starts at noon I didn't realize like the threat of potentially being like |
| 0:59.2 | late or the travel situation. Right because traffic could be bad. Yeah and so now I'm nervous about that. |
| 1:05.6 | Now 12 p.m. on a Monday is definitely not a normal time for a vampire weekend show and |
| 1:10.9 | because of all the hype around the eclipse I don't blame Bryce |
| 1:14.5 | for being a little on edge about her travel plans. More than a million people are |
| 1:18.6 | expected to come to Texas and witness the total solar eclipse bringing with them more than a billion dollars to our economy. |
| 1:25.3 | That's a lot of money. Some counties and cities have already declared states of emergency ahead of all the traffic. |
| 1:31.2 | There's also the chance of bad weather ruining people's view. |
| 1:35.0 | But Bryce is like a lot of people I've heard about who are planning to travel for the |
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