There were still, in 1968, a few people who were afraid of the nuclear power plant. This means, simply, that operators in nuclear power plants need not be eminent physicists or mathematicians. They had some nuclear power, introduced a century or so ago by traders from Marduk, one of the really civilized planets.
This interactive Google map shows the path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2017 Aug 21. The northern and southern path limits are blue and the central line is red. You MUST be somewhere within the central path (between the blue lines) to see the total phase of the eclipse. The eclipse is longest on the central line (red).
How to View the 2017 Solar Eclipse Safely. A solar eclipse occurs when the moon blocks any part of the sun. On Monday, August 21, 2017 a solar eclipse will be visible (weather permitting) across all of North America. The whole continent will experience a partial eclipse lasting 2 to 3 hours.