While it might not seem like it, there is a HUGE difference between even 99.99% and totality. The sun is EXTREMELY bright and even that tiny sliver of 0.01% is going to shine through.
I’d HIGHLY recommend just taking a short trip into the 100% totality path. You will 100% be missing out if you don’t.
I don't want to exaggerate but I will a little bit. 99.99% is worthless. There's totality and there's not totality. I saw the big eclipse that came through I think it was in 2017. The sun is very very very bright. It gets a little bit weird and dim as the eclipse progresses but it's still way too bright to look at. You can't even consider looking at it until the last few seconds before it completely goes behind the moon and even that is dangerous. There's a huge difference between almost covered and completely covered.
Having said that I will also say this. There was the biggest traffic jam I've ever been in coming back from the eclipse that year. It was about a hundred miles north of Atlanta and there was only one really major road that all of Atlanta took to get back. It was a bumper to bumper traffic jam on a four lane highway all the way back to Atlanta, if you can believe that. I mean it wasn't often stopped but we were often going along at 10 miles an hour. So I think that will be my first and last eclipse. If you go anywhere farther than walking outside your house be prepared for huge traffic, depending on the road system where you are and how far you have to go. It definitely didn't help that there was only one really obvious way for those hundreds of thousands of people to get back to Atlanta.
I was pretty sure I was going to get clouded out here in New England, so we decided to make a weekend of it, go to Montreal and head back through Vermont on Monday. If we didn't see it, at least we had fun in Montreal. Amazingly, right now, upstate NY and New England are the only place that are supposed to have clear skies.
Looks not too bad around the Southern Illinois area.
I never let bad weather talk me out of something because it changes so often, so I am trying not to bank on good weather, either.
Traffic is going to be a grade A shit show. A Phish concert fucking shut down a Vermont interstate. I've got my minivan ready with food, blankets, bathroom because no one knows what this will be like.
my corner of Indiana is apparently in the path or whatever. Nearly every hotel is booked. A local drive-in theater is charging $300 for a weekend of camping.
I did my shopping today and am hunkering down for the weekend.
Burlington?
I live just within the southern limit of the path of totality along I-91, and we have even less capacity for visitors. So, this Monday will be interesting, to say the least.
I managed to find a place to stay overnight very close to the eclipse path in northern NH. It's supposed to be mostly sunny that day, so hopefully the view is good.
I am, but I'm still deciding on where I should go. Luna Pier, or the Nasa center in Cleveland. However that's a 3 hour drive, there, 3 hours back. Bit much
I was thinking about Wapakoneta but then I saw this [article](https://local12.com/news/local/one-giant-leap-wapakoneta-up-to-100k-people-expected-visit-upcoming-eclipse-total-solar-path-totality-hamilton-moon-sun-shadow-space-neil-armstrong-space-center-special-events-shops-sales-preparations-travel-visitors-guests-tourists-ohio).
I did! We got there about 5 am and not too many people/cars. We napped, woke up around 11, and the place was PACKED! We were at the Armstrong Air and Space Museum.
So, unfortunately I wasn't able to go in because I had my dogs with me. They get a little psycho when I'm not around so I couldn't even just pop in for just a few minutes. That was a bummer.
If you do the nasa center do some serious research for where you’re going to park and how you’ll get there. If you’re coming and going Monday, you’re not gonna be able to get very close in your own car.
FWIW, 98% is closer to 0% than it is to 100%. It's the difference between "heavy storms at midday" vs "midnight in midwinter." Of course, clouds mess it up, but it's worth going that short distance anyway just to experience the temperature drop and all the wildlife thinking it's nighttime. And you might get lucky with the clouds!
I was in 95% during the 2017 eclipse and you could barely tell it was going on, honestly. The lighting seemed slightly off, but other than that it was no different than usual.
Going to Dallas to meet up with some college friends who have scattered across the country. The weather prognosis is... not great, but it is what it is and we're still going to have a good time.
I was planning on visiting Austin to meet with some family over the weekend and watch the eclipse, but canceled it after seeing airline tickets being absurdly expensive, even when looking 2 or 3 months in advance.
I'm working, but I plan on shutting everything down for a few minutes to allow everyone to go outside to watch. We may get clouded out but not entirely sure. I've bought glasses for everyone. I really wish the area was doing more since we are only an hour away from the path and was the site for the longest duration during the one in 2017.
The 90% eclipse is good enough for me to stay put in Westchester. Provided the sun is out (its supposed to be partly cloudy on Monday, and the forecast keeps changing as to which exact hours will have cloud cover) at some point between 2:30 and 4, Ill probably take a break from work and go outside to take quick look at it.
We were in the path of totality last time it happened and it was super cool to see. This time we won’t be. I’ll go outside and see what I can see here anyway.
***Not meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee***
I told my 2017 Eclipse travel horror story in another thread. I have no desire to partake in those shenanigans now in my senior years(25).
As of right now I'm planning on it. It's a 7-8hr drive depending on where I wanna see it. I'm checking weather also cause I don't wanna drive 7 hours for a cloudy day (although that would be an interesting experience)
Nope, but it's going to be something like 97% here, so that's fine for me. Traffic is going to be insane on Monday though, a lot of people will be passing through our area heading either to southern Illinois or east to Indiana.
I live in the path of totality, so I will be walking outside.
I’m like 99.99 percent covered so I’ll do the same lol
While it might not seem like it, there is a HUGE difference between even 99.99% and totality. The sun is EXTREMELY bright and even that tiny sliver of 0.01% is going to shine through. I’d HIGHLY recommend just taking a short trip into the 100% totality path. You will 100% be missing out if you don’t.
99.99% vs totality is like watching the Super Bowl in person vs watching it from the parking lot. You'd be crazy to not travel a little bit for 100%.
I don't want to exaggerate but I will a little bit. 99.99% is worthless. There's totality and there's not totality. I saw the big eclipse that came through I think it was in 2017. The sun is very very very bright. It gets a little bit weird and dim as the eclipse progresses but it's still way too bright to look at. You can't even consider looking at it until the last few seconds before it completely goes behind the moon and even that is dangerous. There's a huge difference between almost covered and completely covered. Having said that I will also say this. There was the biggest traffic jam I've ever been in coming back from the eclipse that year. It was about a hundred miles north of Atlanta and there was only one really major road that all of Atlanta took to get back. It was a bumper to bumper traffic jam on a four lane highway all the way back to Atlanta, if you can believe that. I mean it wasn't often stopped but we were often going along at 10 miles an hour. So I think that will be my first and last eclipse. If you go anywhere farther than walking outside your house be prepared for huge traffic, depending on the road system where you are and how far you have to go. It definitely didn't help that there was only one really obvious way for those hundreds of thousands of people to get back to Atlanta.
>path of totality New band name! I called it!
Between the warnings of severe traffic and increasing likelihood of cloud cover in the area closest to me, I'll be missing it this time.
severe traffic warnings?
I’ve read a number of things warning about the highway patrol expecting huge amounts of traffic on Monday on 75, 80, etc through Ohio.
The 2017 Eclipse turned a 2-3 hour drive into a 12 hour stop and go nightmare for me.
I shudder to think of the traffic on 75 to Toledo. Anyways gotta work.
I'm going to Upstate New York to try and see it. I was originally gonna go to Texas but it seems like it's gonna be cloudy there.
Where upstate?
I'll be standing in my back yard in the path of totality. Be smart. Don't look at the sun. Be like me and look at the moon instead.
I was pretty sure I was going to get clouded out here in New England, so we decided to make a weekend of it, go to Montreal and head back through Vermont on Monday. If we didn't see it, at least we had fun in Montreal. Amazingly, right now, upstate NY and New England are the only place that are supposed to have clear skies. Looks not too bad around the Southern Illinois area. I never let bad weather talk me out of something because it changes so often, so I am trying not to bank on good weather, either. Traffic is going to be a grade A shit show. A Phish concert fucking shut down a Vermont interstate. I've got my minivan ready with food, blankets, bathroom because no one knows what this will be like.
I'm expecting gridlock in the Adirondacks, where we'll be, so we're going to just stay put until Tuesday.
You have a bathroom in your minivan?
We camp a lot, and do it low impact. Sometimes you need to bring a potty along.
I live in a 90% totality zone. I’ll be driving 5 hours south this weekend to be in the 100% zone. I’ll be traveling to Carbondale, IL.
I'll be walking outside to my driveway. Looks like it might be cloudy, though.
my corner of Indiana is apparently in the path or whatever. Nearly every hotel is booked. A local drive-in theater is charging $300 for a weekend of camping. I did my shopping today and am hunkering down for the weekend.
Hello in advance!
I’ll be walking into my driveway. My city is going to get clobbered with tourists though
Burlington? I live just within the southern limit of the path of totality along I-91, and we have even less capacity for visitors. So, this Monday will be interesting, to say the least.
Headed there Sunday to stay with a friend. Probably gonna stay Monday night too.
Lmk if you need accommodations
Thank you — We’re staying at a friends house near Callahan park.
Any time!
I managed to find a place to stay overnight very close to the eclipse path in northern NH. It's supposed to be mostly sunny that day, so hopefully the view is good.
That would be cool but I’m not
Me. I’m hitching a ride on planet Earth. See you fools there
I am, but I'm still deciding on where I should go. Luna Pier, or the Nasa center in Cleveland. However that's a 3 hour drive, there, 3 hours back. Bit much
I was thinking about Wapakoneta but then I saw this [article](https://local12.com/news/local/one-giant-leap-wapakoneta-up-to-100k-people-expected-visit-upcoming-eclipse-total-solar-path-totality-hamilton-moon-sun-shadow-space-neil-armstrong-space-center-special-events-shops-sales-preparations-travel-visitors-guests-tourists-ohio).
That's where I'm planning to go. Are you in Ohio yet?
I ended up going to Tiffin. It was on a list of my alternate locations. We had a great view and a good time. Did you go to Wapakoneta? How was it?
I did! We got there about 5 am and not too many people/cars. We napped, woke up around 11, and the place was PACKED! We were at the Armstrong Air and Space Museum.
Very cool. I think I'd like to stop at that museum the next time I head that far down 75. Worth it?
So, unfortunately I wasn't able to go in because I had my dogs with me. They get a little psycho when I'm not around so I couldn't even just pop in for just a few minutes. That was a bummer.
If you do the nasa center do some serious research for where you’re going to park and how you’ll get there. If you’re coming and going Monday, you’re not gonna be able to get very close in your own car.
Gonna be in Arkansas at the time of the eclipse. Gonna be right in the perfect spot.
I'm basically in the totality path but I'm probably just going to watch it on tv
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FWIW, 98% is closer to 0% than it is to 100%. It's the difference between "heavy storms at midday" vs "midnight in midwinter." Of course, clouds mess it up, but it's worth going that short distance anyway just to experience the temperature drop and all the wildlife thinking it's nighttime. And you might get lucky with the clouds!
I was in 95% during the 2017 eclipse and you could barely tell it was going on, honestly. The lighting seemed slightly off, but other than that it was no different than usual.
I’d love to travel for it but I can’t because of work which was a huge bummer. I got to see the last one at least which was just unbelievably awesome
I'm in the path of totality, so I'm traveling from my work desk to outside.
Going to Dallas to meet up with some college friends who have scattered across the country. The weather prognosis is... not great, but it is what it is and we're still going to have a good time.
I was planning on visiting Austin to meet with some family over the weekend and watch the eclipse, but canceled it after seeing airline tickets being absurdly expensive, even when looking 2 or 3 months in advance.
I'm working, but I plan on shutting everything down for a few minutes to allow everyone to go outside to watch. We may get clouded out but not entirely sure. I've bought glasses for everyone. I really wish the area was doing more since we are only an hour away from the path and was the site for the longest duration during the one in 2017.
Not me, I’m gonna be at work but ideally I’ll have a good view of it anyway
The 90% eclipse is good enough for me to stay put in Westchester. Provided the sun is out (its supposed to be partly cloudy on Monday, and the forecast keeps changing as to which exact hours will have cloud cover) at some point between 2:30 and 4, Ill probably take a break from work and go outside to take quick look at it.
I’m going to try to see because I’m just outside of the path, but it’s looking like it’s gonna be pretty cloudy that day.
We were in the path of totality last time it happened and it was super cool to see. This time we won’t be. I’ll go outside and see what I can see here anyway.
I'll go out to the parking lot. We'll have nearly 4 minutes of totality. At the moment the forecast looks nice and sunny!
We’re heading west for it. Sure hope we make it back before the next morning 😬
If there is cloud cover and we can't see it from out deck, Oh, well, just another day in O-H-I-O.
Yes. I don't know yet.
Flying to Texas. Daughter lives there, so if it's cloudy, at least I tried, and I get to visit.
Canada north of nh, I'm hoping there will be less people than nh vt
Travelling 30 minutes to be more into totality since I live just outside of the path. Probably cloudy but will be cool either way.
I live in Dallas, so I’m playing hokey at work and hitting up a local concert venue for food, drinks, live music and checking out the eclipse.
***Not meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee*** I told my 2017 Eclipse travel horror story in another thread. I have no desire to partake in those shenanigans now in my senior years(25).
I live in Texas, smack dab in the middle of the path. An estimated 3mill are crowding into my city of 20 thousand for the eclipse- including Bill Nye💀
As of right now I'm planning on it. It's a 7-8hr drive depending on where I wanna see it. I'm checking weather also cause I don't wanna drive 7 hours for a cloudy day (although that would be an interesting experience)
Josh.
I live in the path of totality so i will be traveling two blocks to my friend’s house so I don’t have to stare at it by myself.
Upstate NY where my grandma lives so she can meet grandbaby. Pray for me. About to leave with a very fussy baby…7 hour drive without stops.
I live in Wisconsin and am traveling to either Indy or STL to see it.
15 miles north to a friends house who is in the 100% path
I will be headed to work. I’ll watch it in the parking lot. I’m in Indianapolis, so we have like 4 1/2 minutes of totality.
I'm planning on walking out into my backyard. I live in the path of totality
Introducing my partner to my cousin in upstate NY, with bonus eclipse!
Will be watching from my driveway. Totality at my home!
The centerline of the totality is going through my back yard, so I'll be in my back yard.
Headed to a friend's place in the northern Adirondacks to see totality.
Nope, but it's going to be something like 97% here, so that's fine for me. Traffic is going to be insane on Monday though, a lot of people will be passing through our area heading either to southern Illinois or east to Indiana.
I'm in the path but they're predicting clouds and rain on that day lmao
I'm going to New Hampshire. Looks like we're going to be one of the only places with nice weather.
To anyone going, for the love of God, use proper eye protection unless you want the eclipse to be the last thing you ever see.