Eclipse

[charlie b]

Looks like some cities have overhyped it.  Saturday many places were empty.  Still hotel rooms available.

I wonder if the vast majority of the people really don't care :)  The few that were got scared away by all the news hype.

[Gliderjohn]

NE Kansas is heavily booked. We found one room in KC for Sunday night at a halfway reasonable price. What few places still had rooms were asking in the hundreds per night and some with a two night minimum. Don't know if the got their asking prices., which were in the $600-$800 range.
GliderJohn

[Guzzistajohn]

NE Kansas is heavily booked. We found one room in KC for Sunday night at a halfway reasonable price. What few places still had rooms were asking in the hundreds per night and some with a two night minimum. Don't know if the got their asking prices., which were in the $600-$800 range.
GliderJohn

Gee......I hope Mark Twain National forest 🌳 isn't overbooked. Too many squirrels can be a real nuisance!

[tazio]

Heading to Robbinsville, NC. for our booked room, near Great Smoky Mountains.
Romantic weekend. Eclipse just a bonus...

[Guzzistajohn]

I got my new North Korean eclipse glasses in the mail yesterday


post images

[rocker59]

  No way we can fit 500,000 people in st. joe.  Oh by the way it's Trails West weekend too.


  krb

St Joe will be crazy tomorrow!

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[CalVin2007]

We have a clear day here.  I tested the welding mask.  at 13 it reacts to the sun.   

  Mine too. Set on shade 13 with sensitivity all the way up it reacts instantly any where near direct sunlight. It'll work,it appears. I have a shade 10 and a shade 5 conventional plate to stack together as well, and tested them too...works fine. I'm set!

  Terry

[oldbike54]

Gee......I hope Mark Twain National forest 🌳 isn't overbooked. Too many squirrels can be a real nuisance!

 Uh , hmm ... never mind , too easy 

 Dusty

[Guzzistajohn]

Uh , hmm ... never mind , too easy 

 Dusty

Throwin' you a bone 

[redrider90]

Very cool map. Thanks. Maybe there is hope the dirt roads will not be too crowded.......but who knows until it happens.

This has a link that you can put in your zip code and it will show you exactly the coverage you will get.
http://amp.timeinc.net/time/4882923/total-solar-eclipse-map-places-view/?source=dam
Where I live will be about 94% covered which is like dusk. I am too lazy to drive 2 hours south to see the real deal. I hope that maybe a few stars will appear. That would be enough for me

[Guzzistajohn]

This has a link that you can put in your zip code and it will show you exactly the coverage you will get.
http://amp.timeinc.net/time/4882923/total-solar-eclipse-map-places-view/?source=dam
Where I live will be about 94% covered which is like dusk. I am too lazy to drive 2 hours south to see the real deal. I hope that maybe a few stars will appear. That would be enough for me

That's pretty cool! THANKS!

[rodekyll]

This has a link that you can put in your zip code and it will show you exactly the coverage you will get.
http://amp.timeinc.net/time/4882923/total-solar-eclipse-map-places-view/?source=dam
Where I live will be about 94% covered which is like dusk. I am too lazy to drive 2 hours south to see the real deal. I hope that maybe a few stars will appear. That would be enough for me

Good link!  TIME mag. set it up.

[LowRyter]

it it me or you?

I get this

"Please update your account for 3rd party hosting"

when I see photobucket photos. 

I know that PB is holding photos hostage but does this only apply to me the viewer who doesn't subscribe to photobucket or to anyone that has?

Is it the poster's issues or is it mine?

I ain't payin' anyway, jus' wanna know.

[Rhodan]

Poster's issue.  They started this several weeks ago (longer?).  It now costs the poster some significant $$ to use them to share pics on "outside" sites.  Sucks.

[Rhodan]

Specific info on it (called "3rd Party Hosting")

http://support.photobucket.com/hc/en-us/articles/115009597607-What-is-3rd-party-hosting- and
http://photobucket.com/pricing

Only the most-expensive option ($40 per month) allows the external/3rd party posting.

Did I mention that sucks?

[LowRyter]

then it does the poster no good to keep on posting PB photos without paying PB.

[Darren Williams]

PSA. For those with an auto darkening welding helmet, if it doesn't auto dark, point it to the sun with it covered then remove the cover quickly to get it to react.

[MotoChuck250]

  I live in Elwood, KS.  People around here seem to think it's going to be crazy.  There is a rumor that the Japanese are going to have an orgy in the parking lot of Mainerds.  I don't think I'm going anywhere.  I should be able to see it from my front yard.


   krb

The Japanese orgy or the eclipse?

Unfortunately, it looks like it will be at least partly cloudy to mostly cloudy from the Nebraska panhandle to near St Louis.  I plan on getting to Beatrice, Nebraska in plenty of time to start dodging clouds and looking for blue sky.
Chuck

[rodekyll]

In Dawson City in the winter large groups of couples get together in a building in the "bowl" and have at it.  The myth is that children born under the northern lights have magical powers.

[Chuck in Indiana]

A friend of mine just texted me and said he'd just landed at Providence, Ky. He was the only guy on the field.   
My taxiway is covered by machinery and guys taking out a giant willow tree. Really good planning there, Chuck. 

[rodekyll]

On station in Lincoln city, or.
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[Rhodan]

Woooohooooo!  It's started!  About a 1/5 covered.  (West coast)

[Yukonica]

In Dawson City in the winter large groups of couples get together in a building in the "bowl" and have at it.  The myth is that children born under the northern lights have magical powers.

Too funny.
The myth part covers many asian cultures. We are seeing a pretty big increase in Chinese travellers too.
Easy to spot the tourists: super big Canada Goose rental parkas, down pants, and massive Sorel boots.... it's a wonder they can walk let alone....

[Rhodan]

Almost to peak coverage!  Cool!!!  The thing I didn't think about is how much cooler (temp) it would be.  It's odd. 

[oldbike54]

 Now what is going on today ?

 Dusty

[TimmyTheHog]

Almost to peak coverage!  Cool!!!  The thing I didn't think about is how much cooler (temp) it would be.  It's odd. 

Same here...watching from Vancouver BC here with 95% coverage...

noticed the temp dropped down quite a bit that makes me had goosebumps...

shameless post of my awesome iphone picture lol...

[Rhodan]

Now what is going on today ?

 Dusty

 

[PeteS]

It has started here but we only get about 70% so been watching on the NASA site. When it was over Casper, WY (100%) they zoomed in and you could see a few solar flares clearly. Pretty cool.

https://www.nasa.gov/eclipselive/#National+Park+Service+Coverage

Pete

[Antietam Classic Cycle]

I'm ready.

[Wayne Orwig]

I was going to head about 40 miles north, to the total eclipse zone. Then I realized that I had just spent years at my last job in total darkness. I don't need any more.