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Total Solar Eclipse

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ExpatAkronite said:
According to the weather last night--along the path of totality--OR, ID and WY have the best chance of clear skies.
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So far, Ohio is showing up clear--subject to last minute change, being Ohio.

What I don't understand is why you guys are obsessing over zombies. It's a total black-out eclipse, for cryin' out loud. It's VAMPIRES you should worry about.

PS One really cool effect that I just remembered from the eclipse in the '90's--I was in my daughter's school yard, that had a number of trees around it. At the height of the eclipse, the shadows of the leaves on the ground were sickle-shaped...all these shimmering little crescent moon shaped shadows. That kind of fascinated me, it was so unexpected.
 
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AKAK said:
Actually it sounds awesome... this is one of those things where my wife is wondering why I'm loading my ice chest, LP tanks and 5 gallon gas cans in my truck and running errands. And then I say, you know, I don't really like camping, so if I'm doing it, I'm gonna have steak/beer, grill and generator while I have to endure it. Then nothing will happen, but, I'll play with all that stuff anyway. I mean, the solar power is gonna get interrupted... that coffee maker ain't gonna turn on itself. that plus the alien spaceship that's going to attack while obscured in the shadow.
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Portland is on the edge (:lol:) of totality at 99%. I'm fine with that. My in-laws however are eclipse chasers and have had this marked on their calendar for years. So, most of the extended family will be heading out to a spot they secured in the high desert for almost a week (a 2-3 day traffic jam is expected along the path of totality).

Watching just the logistical plan unfold has been fascinating (it cuts almost a 500 mile path across Oregon--much of which is fairly remote): mobile cell phone towers, pre-positioning emergency and wildland fire crews, mobilizing the National Guard, importing every available porta-potty in the west...The circus of a million tourists pouring in may damn well be more entertaing than the eclipse itself!
 
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ExpatAkronite said:
According to the weather last night--along the path of totality--OR, ID and WY have the best chance of clear skies.
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And one of the original maps has it skipping Idaho :lol: I will be watching it here in Boise most likely, it will not be totality but it is going to be over 90% supposedly. Every area with totality in my part of Idaho is going to be absolutely jammed with people and I don't feel like dealing with the crowds.
 
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RB07OSU said:
And one of the original maps has it skipping Idaho :lol: I will be watching it here in Boise most likely, it will not be totality but it is going to be over 90% supposedly. Every area with totality in my part of Idaho is going to be absolutely jammed with people and I don't feel like dealing with the crowds.
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What did they jack up the price of a condo in Sun Valley to? It has been ridiculous here.
 
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ExpatAkronite said:
Portland is on the edge (:lol:) of totality at 99%. I'm fine with that. My in-laws however are eclipse chasers and have had this marked on their calendar for years. So, most of the extended family will be heading out to a spot they secured in the high desert for almost a week (a 2-3 day traffic jam is expected along the path of totality).

Watching just the logistical plan unfold has been fascinating (it cuts almost a 500 mile path across Oregon--much of which is fairly remote): mobile cell phone towers, pre-positioning emergency and wildland fire crews, mobilizing the National Guard, importing every available porta-potty in the west...The circus of a million tourists pouring in may damn well be more entertaing than the eclipse itself!
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This is nothing but winning. Now I wish I was there.

I feel like this is gonna be the Yukon Gold Rush of unprepared morons in miniature.
 
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