Sep 7, 2016, 2:38 pm
Last edit by: slocouple
(West to east)
Madras, OR:
wcrhkd
Dayton, OR:
2ruse
BOI (Ontario, Oregon):
jrl767
PWMTrav+family (tentative)
HkCaGu
SLE / Salem, OR:
Eastbay1K
Smiley90
C W
AS3382 PDX-MCI in flight, ID-WY
violist
lili
There are still window seats available on this flight
(though in coach and for lots of money)
Island Park, ID:
SLOCouple (probably driving to or near Rexburg)
JAC / Jackson Hole, WY:
Austin787 (watching at the airport)
CPR / Casper, WY:
pseudoswede + 6
AIA / Alliance, NE:
mhnadel
headinclouds (Sidney)
LNK / Lincoln, NE (driving west for viewing):
jerry305 +1
TheLifeOfA_NKCM + 3 (Staying in Omaha then driving somewhere near LNK)
MCI/Kansas City: (driving north or east into MO for viewing)
Sweet Willie
jackal (possibly; if I come, I'll drive up to STJ on 8/21; may also be near St. Clair, MO or Carbondale, IL)
STJ (north of MCI, MO):
ClaudiSTR
FriendlySkies
Evansville, IN:
mvitale + 1 (then driving to Carbondale, IL-ish for viewing)
BNA(/Hopkinsville, KY): (Click for URL)
Zorak
tmiw
HPN-HRL
diburning +1
financialhippie + family
exerda +1
l'etoile (likely watching in Gallatin)
trek87
GSP / GreenvilleSpartanburg, SC:
SRQ Guy
CHS / Charleston, SC:
Mr. Vker
jrsinpdx
Brendan (I live there!
)
yunicorner (will probably watch in Columbia at the capitol)
Herb687
BeachMiles
Madras, OR:
wcrhkd
Dayton, OR:
2ruse
BOI (Ontario, Oregon):
jrl767
PWMTrav+family (tentative)
HkCaGu
SLE / Salem, OR:
Eastbay1K
Smiley90
C W
AS3382 PDX-MCI in flight, ID-WY
violist
lili
There are still window seats available on this flight
(though in coach and for lots of money)
Island Park, ID:
SLOCouple (probably driving to or near Rexburg)
JAC / Jackson Hole, WY:
Austin787 (watching at the airport)
CPR / Casper, WY:
pseudoswede + 6
AIA / Alliance, NE:
mhnadel
headinclouds (Sidney)
LNK / Lincoln, NE (driving west for viewing):
jerry305 +1
TheLifeOfA_NKCM + 3 (Staying in Omaha then driving somewhere near LNK)
MCI/Kansas City: (driving north or east into MO for viewing)
Sweet Willie
jackal (possibly; if I come, I'll drive up to STJ on 8/21; may also be near St. Clair, MO or Carbondale, IL)
STJ (north of MCI, MO):
ClaudiSTR
FriendlySkies
Evansville, IN:
mvitale + 1 (then driving to Carbondale, IL-ish for viewing)
BNA(/Hopkinsville, KY): (Click for URL)
Zorak
tmiw
HPN-HRL
diburning +1
financialhippie + family
exerda +1
l'etoile (likely watching in Gallatin)
trek87
GSP / GreenvilleSpartanburg, SC:
SRQ Guy
CHS / Charleston, SC:
Mr. Vker
jrsinpdx
Brendan (I live there!
)yunicorner (will probably watch in Columbia at the capitol)
Herb687
BeachMiles
How about a US total eclipse DO?; Aug. 21, 2017; let's start planning!
Aug 21, 2017 | 1:12 pm
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Yeah, you can see the eclipse hot spots by looking at traffic maps. KC and up to St Joseph looks especially bad.
I would not want to be driving back to some of those airports to return a rental car and fly out today.
Still, TV coverage didn't show the mob scenes that I would have expected. Even carhenge wasn't close to standing room only. Maybe the worst would have been to pay $200 for a hot and humid seat on a rooftop bar in Nashville or someplace similar.
I would not want to be driving back to some of those airports to return a rental car and fly out today.
Still, TV coverage didn't show the mob scenes that I would have expected. Even carhenge wasn't close to standing room only. Maybe the worst would have been to pay $200 for a hot and humid seat on a rooftop bar in Nashville or someplace similar.
Aug 21, 2017 | 1:28 pm
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The coverage I watched there were a lot of people watching in all area/cities. Were you expecting 100,000 at each location? It's not like a stadium.
Like St. Louis, in South Carolina at the beach the clouds were out & just before the eclipse, the clouds parted, the sun came out & they got to see the full eclipse. They were all quite excited.
On the Royal Caribbean cruise they had Bonnie Taylor singing her song, "Total Eclipse of the Heart". The song is #1 on itunes at the moment. Guests on Oasis of the Seas will be treated to a full slate of eclipse-themed activities, including dance parties, trivia, enrichment lectures, interactive science fun for kids, and tasty cocktails and dishes with names like the Cosmic Cosmo, Planetary Punch and Moon Pie, the cruise line said.
Cheers.
Aug 21, 2017 | 1:34 pm
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Traffic leaving Hopkinsville is inSANE going northbound. Fortunately I am in a bus headed southbound
Aug 21, 2017 | 3:42 pm
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Especially with the weekend, people would have arrived at staggered times, with many arriving early to avoid problems. At the end, many had obligations for the next day so that there would have been a rush to get to the airport or home.
Aug 21, 2017 | 4:30 pm
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I was in downtown Nashville today. I was ambitious and wanted to get a shot of downtown Nashville and its skyscrapers during totality. Right at totality, a large dark cloud obscured the sun, so no one in downtown Nashville saw it!
I should have headed east to Lebanon, TN instead!
I should have headed east to Lebanon, TN instead!
Aug 21, 2017 | 5:02 pm
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I was in downtown Nashville today. I was ambitious and wanted to get a shot of downtown Nashville and its skyscrapers during totality. Right at totality, a large dark cloud obscured the sun, so no one in downtown Nashville saw it!
I should have headed east to Lebanon, TN instead!
I should have headed east to Lebanon, TN instead!
Ouch!
Aug 21, 2017 | 6:15 pm
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After driving for 1.5 hours in the fog from Sidney to Scottsbluff at 5:30 am, the skies cleared at 8:30 am and not a single white puff for 5 hours. But, I did give up a minute of totality, only 1:35 of totality. No 360 degree sunset and the street light came on, but stress free. A sure thing was worth it along with the crowd of 8 people in the park and a dozen or so on the rooftops of downtown Scottsbluff. And I got a couple of really cool tee shirts.
No traffic or fuel problems. Another media frenzy.
No traffic or fuel problems. Another media frenzy.
Aug 21, 2017 | 6:28 pm
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I was at work just east of Nashville and it was amazing. The clouds might have gotten in the way a little downtown, but east of town, there was not a cloud in sight. My friends in the southern edge of the city had a great view as well. It was truly a spectacle that I will never forget. 360 degree sunset, dark at 1:30, etc. I was with my students at a high school and the sound of hundreds of normally jaded teenagers being simultaneously awestruck was very memorable.
That being said, it took me an hour to get home from work as the freeways heading north and south from downtown Nashville were jammed. Surface streets that are usually packed were pretty wide open though, so it wasn't as bad as it could have been.
That being said, it took me an hour to get home from work as the freeways heading north and south from downtown Nashville were jammed. Surface streets that are usually packed were pretty wide open though, so it wasn't as bad as it could have been.
Aug 21, 2017 | 6:35 pm
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the ~60-mi drive from BOI to Smiths Ferry ID took about an hour and a half ... it took about the same amount of time to get out of the parking area afterwards, and then close to four hours to get back to the hotel
but the event was outstandingly spectacular
but the event was outstandingly spectacular
Aug 21, 2017 | 8:23 pm
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Aug 21, 2017 | 9:12 pm
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where i was in northern virginia, i think right before we would have seen it, a cloud covered sun, then dark cloud, then poured rain briefly. fun times. made me realize if one is traveling, booking hotel, etc one needs to have a car to drive to actually good spot if necessary, good as in zero clouds anywhere etc.
Aug 21, 2017 | 9:35 pm
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Completely clear skies at Jackson Hole. The airport had perfect views of the eclipse, plus the mountains in the backgrounds. Flight activity was suspended for ~30 minutes during totality. Pictures
Aug 21, 2017 | 9:37 pm
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How do pilots fly during a solar eclipse? Instruments only?
How about car drivers? I assume the special eclipse glasses are too dark to permit safe driving, yet they wouldn't want to go around a turn in the road and suddenly be looking into the sun
How about car drivers? I assume the special eclipse glasses are too dark to permit safe driving, yet they wouldn't want to go around a turn in the road and suddenly be looking into the sun