“Darkness swallowed the city when it should have been light.”
That’s how The Buffalo Evening News described the last time Buffalo experienced a total eclipse of the sun.
The minute-and-a-half spectacle occurred at 9:07 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 24, 1925.
“It was a darkness deeper than that of any storm. It was a swift darkness. It was a darkness that showed that the source of light had suddenly been blocked out, that the old sun which holds the spinning world in its course and orders the lives of all had suddenly failed,” according to The News.
Perhaps not surprisingly for a Buffalo day in January, it was cloudy. Meteorologist David Cuthbertson said two days before the event that conditions were somewhat favorable for the eclipse, but he gave no further assurances, saying it was still too soon to predict with scientific accuracy.
Western New York is preparing for another eclipse April 8, something Buffalo will not see again for 120 years.
Here’s a look at some area events leading up to the solar eclipse on April 8.
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