Anyone going to see the Eclipse?

warpus said:
My plan is to start driving from Lincoln City, Oregon as soon as the eclipse hits and drive in the shade until I reach South Carolina.

Wish me luck
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I recommend investing in a very serious aircraft.
 
Birdjaguar said:
Doesn't the earth spin at about 1000 mph? From the map it looks like about 4-5 hours from totality in Oregon to totality in CS. But I didn't look too closely.
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That's at the equator. Oregon is only moving about 700 mph. But eclipse movement is a function of lunar movement as well as earth rotation.
 
I went to see the one in Cornwall 15-20 years ago, and it was pretty cool, but I wouldn't really bother putting any effort in to see another one. I can't really see it being any different.
 
Gonna be staying at my sister's place south of Portland and then we'll head out early in the morning and set up in a rest stop or on the side of a rural road.
 
A little far away for me, and not sure I want to take time off just to see that. I'd have to go way into Idaho to see it. I'll pass.
 
My wife's cousin lives near st louis and I considered talking about driving their, but we're too busy to go at that time. I'm in detroit so I'll watch it here, see a partial, and have her send me photos.
 
CKS said:
Hopkinsville has been preparing for the eclipse for a long time, but I don't know anything else about it. In terms of clouds, it doesn't look great, and I don't think it is so easy to get to by air. Unless you want to drive a lot, St. Louis is probably the best layover option. The cloud cover isn't great, but it could be worse, and the eclipse will be visible from the south side of the city - you could take public transportation from the airport if you didn't want to rent a car. If you are up for driving, then the Columbia basin looks good.

I'm near St. Louis, so I'll be heading just a bit south to watch it. The physical science department is planning a field trip to Red Bud, IL (we have a campus there), so it will make for an interesting start to the semester - it is our first day of the semester. I'm going to pull the kids out of school for it. Their school is about two miles just outside of totality, as is our current house. Our old one is expecting about 30s of darkness.

Around here, Carbondale is being pushed as the place to go, so I'm hopeful that the masses will avoid the smaller towns south of here and all go there. I've overheard some people from Redbud making plans to go to Carbondale - they'll get about 2 s more darkness, and 1% worse chance of clouds.

When I was a grad student, we had an annular eclipse, but this is my first chance for a total eclipse, and I'm pretty excited. If the weather doesn't cooperate, though, another one will be here in just a few years (2024). I don't think I'm up for traveling much to see one.
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Hey you're from my neck of the woods! I'm from Columbia and started college at SWIC in Red Bud. :) That was a decade ago though and I've since moved a couple of times.
 
Yes, and we know each other. Think a bit and I'm sure you can figure out who I am.;)

The area around here is starting to fill up with eclipse tourism reservations. I'm starting to wonder if I need to head south early in the morning, or if waiting until later in the day will work fine. I guess I'd better go find out what paperwork I'll have to do and what the dean says about when I can go.
 
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Are you the man who's always in the bushes across the street with binoculars?
 
I did change my mind about seeing the eclipse. I have made plans to go to Idaho. Though I'm worried about the traffic. I had trouble finding a room in Idaho for under $300, I just won't pay that much out of principle. So I'm staying in Northern Utah. But I'm still worried about the traffic Monday morning as I still have to drive over 3 hours. I'll probably leave around 6, but I'm not even sure if that's early enough. I'm worried about Southern Californians (who are the cause of all our traffic problems where I live) also taking the same route.

I will be really upset if I can't get there because of traffic. I was going to stay longer and see Caves of the Moon National Monument, but since lodging is so difficult I won't. But I do want to stop at Bear lake.

And the forecast is for partly cloudy skies. Don't mess with me clouds, or else. :mad:
 
My aunt and uncle in Jefferson City and my brother-in-law in St. Charles, Missouri plan to look out the window. Our coverage will be about 75%.

Actually, my wife's friends and relations will need to drive about a county south.

J
 
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To watch at ~75-90% do you need special glasses? What kind of eyewear should I get? I know a week away may be too late to order...
 
Does stuff like this help? I remember building a pretty basic one out of like aluminum foil and a toilet paper roll when I was little, but the NASA guy probably has a higher quality home made rig.
 
My work has me going down to central Illinois next week so I should get to see almost a full eclipse. The only snag, besides clouds, is that I'm on jury duty this week and if I get selected for a trial I might miss it. I normally live in Michigan so I'd still get to see a decent eclipse but still :mad:

civvver said:
To watch at ~75-90% do you need special glasses? What kind of eyewear should I get? I know a week away may be too late to order...
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Unless you are a fan of blindness I recommend getting a good set of glasses with solar filters. The sun is super duper bright and looking directly at the sun even if it's only a sliver can cause eye damage. NASA has a site with a bunch links to vendors that they recommend. I ordered my glasses this morning.
 
warpus said:
My plan is to start driving from Lincoln City, Oregon as soon as the eclipse hits and drive in the shade until I reach South Carolina.

Wish me luck
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Timsup2nothin said:
I recommend investing in a very serious aircraft.
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Eclipse chasers have rented passenger jets for this purpose. They couldn't keep up but they got a few extra minutes.
 
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