FILE - In this photo taken Friday, Aug. 18, 2017, Poureal Long, a fourth grader at Clardy Elementary School in Kansas City, Mo., practices the proper use of eclipse glasses.
Perryman said Texas, which will be the first state to get the eclipse, could get a $1.4 billion windfall – tops among the states in the path of totality. The economic benefits will be concentrated in the biggest cities along the path of totality, the firm said.This time, the path of totality will also pass over more cities and densely populated areas, NASA said.The eclipse will pass over 15 states, including small parts of Tennessee and Michigan. It’ll start in Texas and travel through Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.