Many communities in the area have been working for many months organizing events and celebrations for next April’s solar eclipse. And until now, Mt. Carmel and Wabash County seemed to be sitting on the sideline with no plans to capitalize on the influx of tourists that will descend on communities in the path of totality. Mt. Carmel has one of the longer durations of totality during the eclipse at 4 minutes and 3 seconds. Mayor Joe Judge said a committee is meeting starting to formulate plans for the eclipse. And, those plans might not be in Wabash County…
Mt. Carmel will enter totality during the April 8th eclipse at 2:02pm.