ALLEN COUNTY, OH (WLIO) - While Allen County didn't get the influx of visitors they had anticipated for the eclipse, officials say the day went off without a hitch.
The Allen County Sheriff's Office reports there were no major emergencies and just a handful of calls for service. None of them related to tourists. They do believe that the planning done before the eclipse helped with the day, and they did the best they could.
"Everything went as planned. Obviously, we didn't have the visitors, the tourists, that were predicted. You know, for us, for first responders, the only thing we can really do is base our actions, our planning, off of what other agencies have experienced in the past. I think a lot of the schools closing, businesses closing, taking that traffic off of the roads did significantly help. It obviously decreased and allowed for free-flowing movement of the eclipse only traffic, which made it nice. But other than that, I think everything went well," explained Major Andre McConnahea, Allen County Sheriff's Office.
In our coverage of the eclipse, we found people from Michigan, Washington State, Maryland, Minnesota, Oregon, Virginia, and North Dakota who chose Lima-Allen County as the place for them to view the 2024 eclipse.
