April 8th Eclipse

[dockmurgw]

Anyone in the path of totality for the upcoming eclipse probably knows it coming. We will be in the path, and the expectation is 160,00 visitors to see it. Thats a lot of people for a state with a population of 600,000...should be interesting. Hope it's a nice day, but there's a better than average chance of clouds and rain for any day in April around here. Every hotel room in the state has been booked for over a year. This article tells where totality will occur and the times.
 
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[oldman10mm]

I'm centered in the path, been into astronomy and astro photography since the late 1960s'.

 

[Rustyt1953]

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

The disruption of tourists in NW Ohio has already caused several factories and other businesses to make it a day off. Roads are expected to be blocked. All activities at some county fairgrounds have been canned, and ever square inch transformed to RV parking/camping!

If you don't already have concrete plans for the area, you are Out Of Luck! (Most likely your relatives won't claim to even know you)

I'm down by Columbus and it will be only a partial eclipse. That's no big deal to me, but Sun and Moon worshipers are all in a tizzy!

Ivan

 

[Golddollar]

My brother's house is right under the eclipse, so I'll be up to see it.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Being in the dark is nothing new to me.

I'll sit this one out.


Besides, I've seen Apocalypto.

 

[johngalt]

Would like to see it but doubt I will.

 

[JohnRippert]

We will be getting about 90% of it if I read it correctly. That is good enough for me. I picked up a solar filter for my big camera lens a couple years back. Got pics of the last decent eclipse. Hoping for more sunspot activity this year. I like how the eclipse shining through leaves makes thousands of tiny crescents on the ground.

 

[GypsmJim]

I live near Niagara falls, which is in the path. They expect an overwhelming amount of tourists.

Personally, my thought is meh. I'm kinda hoping for a rainy cloudy day.

 

[Chuck24]

On the Virginia coast so I’m out of it

 

[LVSteve]

My stepson's place is pretty much bang in the center of the totality path, but he didn't know! I would go, but I'm not sure I'm ready for another 1200+ mile banzai run the TX.

 

[TX-Dennis]

Only partial here, but we got totality on the last one. It was fun, but really when you've seen one . . .

I saw in the news where Travis County (think Austin) has declared a disaster over the number of tourists they expect for the eclipse.

 

[schutz5]

I will re-watch Apocolypto !

 

[STCM(SW)]

I find it no big deal.
Last one I saw was at sea on a DD.
Unless your knowing one back in the 16 hundreds in King Arthur's court
to show you as a sorcerer, what difference does it make....

 

[Beemerguy53]

I have German friends who are going to fly from Frankfurt to Houston, and then drive to New Braunfels, to experience the eclipse. I hope they have good weather for it...

 

[swsig]

I live three miles west of the path of totality, but I'm not going to drive into the huge traffic jams that will ensue there. I'll just bask in the sun while looking at the black sky to the east.

 

[Ingramite]

It promises to be a clusteroid of epic proportions for us here.
Kerr County will be invaded by six hundred thousand Tourons.
A Touron is a cross bred between a moron and a tourist.

Being we are ground zero NASA has completely booked a motel here. The networks will also be doing news broadcasts. They advise that we can expect our cellphones and internet service to be overloaded and fail.

Contra-flow traffic control will mean that the State Highway, our only way in or out, will be a one way street. If we leave we won't be able to get back in until the highway is reopened.

The City of Kerrville is going to make parking available for 75 bucks a day. No, I don't think you'll be able to car camp at the curb. People are selling camping spots in their yards.

We have lived along the Gulf Coast for decades so Mardi Gras and hurricane evacuations have given us some marvelous parties, or excuses to party. The local playhouse theater is having a Pink Floyd laser show on the eve of the eclipse. Right now my project is to find my way through the crowd to get my butt into my seat at the show. I'll worry about getting home after the show.

I guess it's going to be about 4 minutes of total darkness on Monday afternoon. That means the freaking will begin on Friday and go on all weekend long. I think there will be a concert in the park too.

 

[Retired W4]

NBAA has issued a heads up to private aviation for the event. Airports along the path will be very busy.

I was flying from Dallas (NAS Dallas) to (Biggs AAF) El Paso in the '90 when Halley's comet was passing by. It looked like it was flying along out our right side.

 

[kozmic]

I should be able to look straight up at it. Totality here is just before 3:30. I haven't decided if I will have a small party on the roof of my building with my crew and friends or just sit in my front yard with my wife. I really want to see how our dogs and cats and the local wildlife react to it. Our birds are acutely tuned into everything that goes on around them. That might just be the best show of all.

 

[bigmtnman]

I didn't think it would be .... BUT .... the eclipse of 2017 was one of the most amazing things I have ever experienced. I was able to get into the totality zone below Scott's Bluff Nebraska with only a 2 hour drive from home. When it stared, the field crickets starting chirping. It got as dark as night with all the stars coming out. Looking straight at the eclipse in totality with the naked eye was amazing. The sun's aurora was spectacular and we saw the "diamond ring" as the very first small portion of the sun became uncovered again. It was a clear blue sky day with a long view of the prairie. We saw the shadow sweep across it as it left. I was so glad I made the effort to get into the totality !