Arkansas hospitals get ready for solar eclipse

April 1, 2024 at 3:35 a.m.

by Daniel McFadin

Kendall Beam, director of the Sebastian County Department of Emergency Management, leads a presentation during a multi-county solar eclipse workshop inside the Ben Geren Safe Shelter at Ben Geren Park in Fort Smith in this Oct, 5, 2023 file photo. Officials and personnel from area governments, law enforcement agencies, emergency operations centers, hospitals, schools, transportation and other entities were on hand to ask questions and provide updates on how they were preparing for the April 8, 2024 event. (River Valley Democrat-Gazette/Hank Layton)
Kendall Beam, director of the Sebastian County Department of Emergency Management, leads a presentation during a multi-county solar eclipse workshop inside the Ben Geren Safe Shelter at Ben Geren Park in Fort Smith in this Oct, 5, 2023 file photo. Officials and personnel from area governments, law enforcement agencies, emergency operations centers, hospitals, schools, transportation and other entities were on hand to ask questions and provide updates on how they were preparing for the April 8, 2024 event. (River Valley Democrat-Gazette/Hank Layton)


The first total solar eclipse in Arkansas since 1918 is a week away and hospitals systems in the path of totality are on high alert.

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