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Feb 21, 2024 | 7:46 am

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I cant imagine actually paying for this lol. People really will believe anything you tell them.

It's a great experience if you can see it and are in right place at right time. A lot of lfs though .

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Feb 21, 2024 | 8:00 am

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It's a great experience if you can see it and are in right place at right time. A lot of lfs though .

I meant the flight lol. Not walking outside your house and watching it. Huge PR stunt.

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Feb 21, 2024 | 8:23 am

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Flying to DFW that morning. No rental cars available to drive to my friend's ranch out east, but it'll be 99% total from the parking decks.

DFW airport is in the path of totality. It's not 99%.

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Feb 21, 2024 | 9:26 am

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I will be flying to DFW on the day and just stay at the airport or might just take the train downtown to a park. I love such cosmic spectacles.

Feb 21, 2024 | 9:53 am

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Originally Posted by DLATL777

I meant the flight lol. Not walking outside your house and watching it. Huge PR stunt.

I was referring to the flight also, lol. It's a great view, if. The problem is there's too many ifs.

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Feb 21, 2024 | 9:55 am

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I flew to Nebraska to see the eclipse in 2017, but it was cloudy that day.

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Feb 21, 2024 | 11:12 am

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I really hope they have a Christmas eve flight that follows the path of santa.

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Feb 21, 2024 | 11:26 am

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Anyone who is close enough to see this, just understand, 95-99% compared to 100% is LITERALLY Day and Night difference. Get yourself into the path of 100% totality, you won't regret it.

...and the closer you are to the center of the path of totality, the longer you will enjoy the total eclipse of the sun.

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Feb 21, 2024 | 11:33 am

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...and the closer you are to the center of the path of totality, the longer you will enjoy the total eclipse of the sun.

And my house is within 10 miles of the center. My neices house is exactly on the center line.

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Feb 21, 2024 | 11:47 am

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I'll be on a flight DTW - PVG, well north of the center of totality, instead of at home, where I would have been right in the center.

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Feb 21, 2024 | 12:18 pm

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I flew to Nebraska to see the eclipse in 2017, but it was cloudy that day.

Sorry to hear that. Where did you fly from?

Feb 21, 2024 | 12:34 pm

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And my house is within 10 miles of the center. My neices house is exactly on the center line.

You can likely walk those ten miles faster on that day than most people will be able to drive them.

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Feb 21, 2024 | 1:23 pm

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You can likely walk those ten miles faster on that day than most people will be able to drive them.

I experienced that between Wilmington NC and somewhere in SC during 2017. By the way, I'm never allowed back in South Carolina... thanks to a certain other FTer...

Feb 21, 2024 | 3:58 pm

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Sorry to hear that. Where did you fly from?

Cleveland, so we’ll be in the path of the one this year.

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Feb 21, 2024 | 4:18 pm

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You can likely walk those ten miles faster on that day than most people will be able to drive them.

I am still over the four-minute mark so I am good. Having said that, I was in Charleston the last time and I thought the concerns were a little overstated. This one hits so many major cities that I think it will spread the crowd out somewhat.

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