Texas power grid, agencies prepare for conditions during celestial event [Video]

TEXAS – As the total solar eclipse on April 8 approaches, agencies are preparing.

AAA is expecting a high volume of tourists in cities along the path of totality. The combination of darkness and distracted driving could be a risk for drivers, pedestrians, and cyclists.

“Looking at your phone for just two seconds doubles your risk for a crash,” Daniel Armbruster, spokesperson for AAA, said.

“The eclipse is a beautiful natural phenomenon, and we all want to see it, so it’s important to either set aside time to do that and make sure you’re not doing anything that’s going to cause danger to yourself or someone else behind the wheel,” Hailey Curtiss, road safety spokesperson for Cambridge Mobile Telematics, said.

This hits home for Dina Davila-Estelle, who lost two of her children because of a distracted driver in 2015.

“My daughter will forever be 19, my son will forever be 23. My …