O) -- ECLIPSE THREAD - Where are you watching the eclipse? % of totality?

[underpants]

We are in North Myrtle Beach SC. People are pouring into the condo hotel we are staying at. 50 checking today - the check in guy told me yesterday. Our stay just happened to coincide with the eclipse but I did get glasses for $2 at Lowes about two months ago. We got here on Saturday.

Lots of Canadian plates. No idea if it's just their vacation or it's the eclipse. The overhead interstate signs on I74 all the way down warned of eclipse traffic on Monday. Charleston will be 100%. That's 98 miles away so no need to travel that far for 1%.

You?

[loyalsister]

1. Missouri

We will get 100%. All I have to do is walk out my back door.

[AllaN01Bear]

6. smokey, cloudy sonora ca , via space.com

[loyalsister]

8. And it will still get dark very quickly for 2.5 minutes

[kcdoug1]

2. Kansas City, Missouri

100% totality....

[Generic Brad]

9. And I'm stuck in Overland Park during the event

99.6 where I will be. It will be 99.8 at my house. Either way, I'm not complaining.

[BASE]

3. I'd make that drive to see totality. A partial isn't nearly as cool.

You should read up on that a little. During total there are some cool things you will see. We are in the totality band, so back porch for me.

[underpants]

7. I've read up on that

and I'm sure you are right BUT I'm on beach week and I don't want to spend 4 more hours on the road (that's without traffic) when I can literally get out of the lazy river at the hotel and go out to the beach to enjoy it.

[bluepen]

18. Four hours? It's 1.5 from MB to Bull's Bay, where

They'll have the longest totality on the SC coast.

And it's just two hours to Charleston. But we're expecting about one million people here. Hope that doesn't happen.

[underpants]

19. Round trip

[bluepen]

20. Okay. I thought someone up there was giving bad

info to tourists along the Redneck Riviera.

[underpants]

67. Trying to fit in

Wearing my 'Merica shirt. My wife and daughter are mortally embarrassed

[bluepen]

70. With that shirt, you could be elected Mayor.

[underpants]

71. I bought it as a joke. Guess where? $5

I saw this one - also offered at the same retailer - on the elevator here

[shanny]

4. Idaho. 100%

[BigmanPigman]

5. In San Diego (60% covered and 30% visible, possible AM clouds) with Dark Side of the Moon blaring

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from my speakers playing "Eclipse" naturally.

*There is no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact it's all dark.

[Glorfindel]

10. The mountains of north GA. 99.93% totality. I'll watch from my back yard.

Using a welder's mask.

[underpants]

13. I heard about the welder mask/lenses just last week.

Looks,like partly cloudy here and the people who traveled to Charleston may have mostly cloudy conditions.

[pangaia]

11. Eclipse? There's an eclipse? Where? When?

[we can do it]

12. Home at Rehoboth Beach, about 80% here.

It's going to be sunny, though, so I am not driving 9-10 hours for clouds and rain.

[Nevernose]

14. According to family, folks in Boise

Are renting out their lawns for tents. My mother in law has been pulling 16 hour shifts because of eclipse tourists passing through. My best friend's family decided to relocate their family reunion to Wyoming for the eclipse (none of them live anywhere close, and one is flying in from Europe).

[bluepen]

15. Charleston. 100%. Isle of Palms, to be exact.

[NRaleighLiberal]

16. Raleigh NC - about 90% totality.

[Takket]

17. Detroit, 80%. Got my cereal box viewer ready!!

[Jersey Devil]

21. Goldsboro, NC, 93.2%

No glasses, but then again I wouldn't look into the sun even with glasses. Going to chill in the pool with a cold one and watch the darkness approach, listen to hear if the birds start singing and the frogs croaking like evening was approaching.

[Texasgal]

22. Central Texas.

60% Have glasses...may step outside from my office if I have time.

[Adrahil]

23. Near Nashville, 100%

Took the drive down from Indiana.

[lordsummerisle]

24. WBTW Myrtle Beach

is forecasting partly/mostly cloudy skies for the area...

[underpants]

65. Yeah I know. Woke up to a thunderstorm

which was forecast. Funny thing is I'm getting slightly different (both include clouds) forecasts on the Weather Channel app on my phone and on my iPad. Weird.

[DemocraticWing]

25. Western Kentucky...100%

[LeftInTX]

26. San Antonio - 60%

I've got eclipse glasses, filters for my phone and camera, colander for cool shadows. I may go to a viewing party or a local soccer field. (I've got a lot of trees in my yard)

[Wednesdays]

56. Don't use a colander...

You'll strain your eyes!

[stevil]

62. Ba dum, pish

[LeftInTX]

69. LOL

[redstateblues]

27. Nashville

[Silent3]

60. Me too...

...Nashville airport to be precise. Totality is 100% right at the airport, so I'll just watch it from there and avoid crazy traffic.

This will be the first trip I've ever taken where an airport was the actual destination.

[jberryhill]

28. I'm watching 100% right now - sun completely blocked by the earth!

[Binkie The Clown]

29. Eugene Oregon. 99%.

[Lifelong Protester]

30. Here in WI it will be cloudy and stormy.

Sounds like I won't see anything. So what's new.

[fierywoman]

31. Redmond, WA, 93%

[Mrs. Overall]

32. Near Salem, OR. 100% totality.

Can't wait!

[unblock]

33. Tennessee. We're in pigeon forge now, will travel and hour to be at 100% totality.

Nice cap to our vacation before heading home and back to work.

[Corgigal]

34. 96 percent in Berea Kentucky

Will be sitting on the front porch with neighbors. All doggies will be in the house wondering why the humans are acting like that, and why is it dark?

[Lostnote]

48. If I were home in Lexington, I'd already be in Hop-town.....I may give it a wink none-the-less...

[PoorMonger]

35. Nebraska

100% hoping to watch from the backyard though I may need to go a few miles if it's cloudy.

[LovesPNW]

36. Driving to Salem, Oregon

An hour down the 5.

I figure I'll to check out Salem food and drink while I'm there.

Any suggestions?

[WheelWalker]

37. Oakland, Oregon... 97.4 % totality.

[MontanaMama]

38. Missoula, Montana.

93%. I got a 10 pack of glasses from Amazon so everybody at our shop can enjoy the show....keeping my fingers crossed that our skies aren't smokey. We've got a 20,000 acre wildfire 10 miles away. If the wind blows from the east, we're good. If not, I'll be checking in with you guys to tell me how it was.

[Wednesdays]

39. Central Oklahoma

The sun will be around 86% covered tomorrow.

[Docreed2003]

40. TN...

Where we live will have one of the longest views of totality in the US!! We're grilling out for lunch tomorrow for my son's birthday...so we'll step out on our porch and watch the festivities!!!!

[aikoaiko]

41. Austral, Tennessee for totality and clear skies.

I didn't want to risk the South Carlina coast because of afternoon storms.

Good luck.

[Thirties Child]

42. Northeast Georgia, halfway between Atlanta and Athens. I think around 97%.

I'm not interested in looking at the eclipse itself, very interested in what the sky will look like. During a partial eclipse that was right over our house years ago, the air had that yellowish tinge you see before a tornado. I was born 20 hours before a solar eclipse, and they haven't been good to me. Three times my legally parked car was hit, once parked in our driveway. I'm not looking forward to this one. Btw, this one will play havoc with 45. Just a little bit of astrology that I know isn't welcome on General Discussion. Bad 30s.

[gopiscrap]

43. DC suburbs 92.4%

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

44. Kearney, Nebraska. Totality here.

I'm here with some friends from Colorado, and we're going to drive tomorrow to Ravenna, NE, where we'll have about two and a half minutes of totality.

Those of you with less than 100%, as cool as it will be, it still won't be totality. The difference between 99% and 100% is more than you realize.


Of course, there'll be another total eclipse in 2024. And again in 2045. That latter one will be worth waiting for as totality will last at least five full minutes no matter where you are.

[defacto7]

45. Just to make people jealous...

My daughter lives in Carbondale, IL. ! The center of the center. And I'm jealous because I can't be there But I will be there in 2024 when they have another one! If I live so long.

I'll be just south of Salem, OR which ain't too bad at 100%

[LeftInTX]

47. We get a complete annular in 2023 and total in 2024 (6 months apart)

[defacto7]

49. Wow... impressive... :wow:

Did you plan it that way?

[LeftInTX]

50. Of course I did!

[Doreen]

46. Centralia Washington 95%

Starts at 9:07 and ends at 11:38. I will not be able to watch it but I can sit and experience the dark. To some this will sound crazy and others it will make sense but I am taking my crystals out and put them on the ground to give the a special energizing cleanse. Yes, now you know that I am crazy.

[royable]

51. In Casper Wyoming, right smack-dab on the centerline.

My wife and I drove 22 hours from Tucson to get here. Clear skies predicted for the morning.

If you can possibly get to within the path of totality, it is very much worth it. A total eclipse lets you see the solar corona, an astonishing sight, and see the stars and planets appear in the sky around a black hole and glowing ring where the sun should be. You get to see the shadow of totality come sweeping over you at 1500 miles per hour, and away again as totality ends. You get to see Bailely's beads, the last spots of sunlight coming around the edge of the moon where its surface elevation at the limb is lowest.

Being in 99% coverage is like being 99% of the way to the airplane gate for your flight across the Atlantic for a two-week vacation when the gate closes and the plane departs, for lack of a better metaphor.

The normal population of the Casper area, around 65,000, is increasing by about 50% with all the visitors, mostly from Colorado. But things aren't very crowded here by Tucson standards. The city was extremely well-prepared.

Got to get to bed so I can get up in the morning and see the sky show!

[MLAA]

52. Tucson.

[Bladewire]

53. Eclipse cancelled! Trump has something to say...

Just watch.

Trump can't stand not being top of the news cycle every single fucking day.

Just watch...

[Satch59]

54. Colorado (outside of Denver) 91.7%

But might be cloudy...

[alfie]

55. NE Georgia mountains...100%

Have glasses, collander. trees, lots of birds to observe. This place was zooie on Friday with folks coming in for a long weekend. Am anticipating lots of traffic today as folks south of us come up for the day. We are about 2 hours north of Atlanta. I plan to stay at home and hope no one finds our little side street.

[logosoco]

57. SW of St. Louis, MO 100%

at my own house (thank you , solar system!)

We have family down from Madison, WI. It takes a lot to ask them to come down in August and to tell them we are going to be standing out in the sun for about 3 hours (well, with two minutes of shade like we have never seen in the middle of the day!). Luckily we have shade trees next to our spot, and will have a sprinkler going.

We have glasses, box viewers and a chart for my grandson's to note the temperatures.

I am SOOOOOOOO excited! This feels like such a treat since all of the crap since November. For many weeks now I have been thinking "This is something the tRumpsters can't screw up!"

I wish clear skies for all in the path of totality!!!!!

[Jayster84]

58. Clingman's Dome Great Smoky Mountains

100% totality. Can't wait.

[underpants]

64. That looks awesome

[hlthe2b]

59. Northern Colorado 96%

The traffic headed north from Denver to WY and NE has been INTENSE--starting a week ago--yeah, a full week ago. At 4:00 AM this morning it was already amazing. So, no, I'm stopping at Fort Collins and that's as far as I'll go.

[ProfessorGAC]

61. Going To The Golf Course to See It

Nice open area. We're expected to be at 89.5%

[MoonRiver]

63. Independence, MO, where there will be 100% eclipse for about one minute.

We're going to check out the Truman Museum while we're there.

[sofa king]

66. Some photography advice.

First of all, just don't look at the damned sun, okay? It's a terrible idea no matter what sort of protection you *think* you have. Same goes for your cameras, unless you've actually studied how to safely take pictures.

What is much more interesting is the shadows that are cast just before and after the eclipse, particularly the shadows of trees. The gaps between the leaves act like a million little pinlights, and my recollection of the last eclipse I saw says that you can get some astonishing pictures of tree shadows punctuated with crescents. Imagine being on a creek, in a forest, about ten minutes before totality. You could get some surreal shit out of that.

My suggestion then is to focus on the ground, rather than the sky. Enjoy, and be safe!

[underpants]

68. Yes I've been reading up on that

We're literally on the beach but there are some palm trees on the property so we'll check that out.

Also read something about turning our back to the sun and making a # with our fingers. I think the same effect will be present. Hopefully this morning thunderstorm takes some of the clouds away.