Originally Posted by pinniped

I suppose... At first I was thinking "who's going to be making a bunch of phone calls during the eclipse?" But then I thought...I will take phone pics and shoot a little video, and those automatically get uploaded to Flickr, so I suppose a city full of people using their video/photo uploading services could crush the network.

The fact that said photo/video will inevitably suck won't stop me or anyone else from doing it. Facebook is going to be full of really boring, dark photos that day!

The only extraordinary precautions I will take will be to ensure I have plenty of charcoal, meat, and beer ahead of time. Human beings can survive a long time on meat and beer. And barbecue sauce.