Eclipse

so on Monday April 8th there's gonna be a total solar eclipse on Texas and some other few places and I'm not sure why they gonna close up schools, I mean I get it there gonna be a huge wave of tourist to see the eclipse but like 200k of them? cant they go to other states and see em?

Its even a state emergency and calling the national guard for that day like bruh

not even sure if ill be working that day so who knows, I mean I do really hope not to so i can play doom or COD and listen to some EDM, or maybe to draw idk