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Old Sep 7, 2016, 2:38 pm
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(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 / Greenville–Spartanburg, SC:
SRQ Guy

CHS / Charleston, SC:
Mr. Vker
jrsinpdx
Brendan (I live there! )
yunicorner (will probably watch in Columbia at the capitol)
Herb687
BeachMiles
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How about a US total eclipse DO?; Aug. 21, 2017; let's start planning!

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Old Sep 7, 2016, 2:40 pm
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FWIW I started a wiki with people mentioning vaguely specific plans, although I may have missed some.
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Old Sep 7, 2016, 5:24 pm
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From http://www.eclipse2017.org/2017/weather/2017_clouds.htm it seems that BOI is the optimal place, with a ~ 50 % chance of being clear and a ~ 10% chance of being overcast.

Perhaps they missed some smaller settlement somewhere though.
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Old Sep 8, 2016, 7:13 am
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Originally Posted by Calchas
From http://www.eclipse2017.org/2017/weather/2017_clouds.htm it seems that BOI is the optimal place, with a ~ 50 % chance of being clear and a ~ 10% chance of being overcast.

Perhaps they missed some smaller settlement somewhere though.
What's missing is that Boise is not within the path of totality.
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Old Sep 8, 2016, 7:18 am
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What's missing is that Boise is not within the path of totality.
! What a fail
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Old Sep 8, 2016, 7:53 am
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Originally Posted by mhnadel
What's missing is that Boise is not within the path of totality.
Originally Posted by Calchas
! What a fail


BOI proper, no...however it's within a very easy 60-90 minute drive of the path, in an area that is very likely to have good weather at this time of year
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Old Sep 8, 2016, 10:24 am
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BOI proper, no...however it's within a very easy 60-90 minute drive of the path, in an area that is very likely to have good weather at this time of year
Where were you planning? We were thinking of flying into BOI as well, but I don't know Idaho well enough to decide where to actually stay.
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Old Sep 8, 2016, 11:56 am
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Where were you planning? We were thinking of flying into BOI as well, but I don't know Idaho well enough to decide where to actually stay.
Ontario, Oregon area

for the purposes of this thread i have a proposal. perhaps we should try to agree on "west" "midwest" and "east" locations for DO's. many people will probably be interested in getting together, but having a regional focus might start to bring order to the conversation.
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Old Sep 8, 2016, 12:20 pm
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As an option to thwart clouds, is anyone planning to rent a plane and just fly at 30,000 ft to observe the eclipse?
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Old Sep 8, 2016, 1:00 pm
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As an option to thwart clouds, is anyone planning to rent a plane and just fly at 30,000 ft to observe the eclipse?
That's good if you just want to observe the eclipse, especially if you want to collect scientific data, but part of the magic is being on the ground. Particularly if there are birds around as they get quite confused.
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Old Sep 8, 2016, 1:34 pm
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That's good if you just want to observe the eclipse, especially if you want to collect scientific data, but part of the magic is being on the ground. Particularly if there are birds around as they get quite confused.
Yes, but this is FlyerTalk not GroundTalk.
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Old Sep 8, 2016, 1:47 pm
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As an option to thwart clouds, is anyone planning to rent a plane and just fly at 30,000 ft to observe the eclipse?
I don't know how good the viewing would be out of typical airplane windows. The sun is going to fairly high up (anywhere over the US), and might get distorted through the double pane glass typically used on airplanes because of the angle. But how easy is it to rent a plane with panoramic overhead windows (like some trains have), given how rare the use of them in an airplane would be?

If you're going to rent an airplane, you want to do something which no one in staying on land anywhere can do: Catch the total eclipse within a few minutes after sunrise or within a few minutes before sunset, when it will be near horizon (and the only time it's fairly safe to glance at the transition between totality and partiality without eye protection). The issue is that both of those events will happen way out in the middle of the ocean far from anything, so only a boat or a plane would provide access to them.
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Old Sep 8, 2016, 1:51 pm
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I'm going to be a bit further south in FL
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Old Sep 8, 2016, 5:29 pm
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Originally Posted by Dieuwer
As an option to thwart clouds, is anyone planning to rent a plane and just fly at 30,000 ft to observe the eclipse?
not a lot of discussion here, but see the link in post #3 therein ... probably not a trivial undertaking to arrange
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Old Sep 11, 2016, 1:07 pm
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We booked the HIX Ontario. Planning to go as of now.
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Old Sep 11, 2016, 7:52 pm
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hope you got better rates than the $681 referenced upthread
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