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Kinda cool if you live where you can see the eclip

TooBigTooBig Member Posts: 28,559 ✭✭✭
edited August 2017 in General Discussion
Go to this link and type in your zip code and see how the eclipse will look for you.? It is pretty cool to fill in different zip codes.
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http://amp.timeinc.net/time/4882923/total-solar-eclipse-map-places-view/?source=dam
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  • mogley98mogley98 Member Posts: 18,291 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Its going to get a lot darker here from 1:30 to 3:00 PM [:D]
    Why don't we go to school and work on the weekends and take the week off!
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  • GrasshopperGrasshopper Member Posts: 17,042 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    right here in the middle. All places are like shutting down? Carbobdale, Il looking at 100,000 people influx,[:0]
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  • Aztngundoc22Aztngundoc22 Member Posts: 2,314 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    OK :

    Not going to be " Cool " here : as a LEO , major cluster !!!!

    Est. 1.5 million people influx into this area ( S.E. TN ) ::::

    What a ordeal !!!!!!!

    Really glad Im only working till 1300 that Monday !!!!!!!!

    Thanks !!!
    The more people I meet : The more I like my Dog :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:


    I Grew Old Too Fast (And Smart Too damn Slow !!!) !!! :o :?
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  • PacManPacMan Member Posts: 1,555 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Coll. Thanks.
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  • 1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    ya it in itself is cool, but the influx of people is not and they are shutting down local government agencies and schools at taxpayers expense, hotels are booked for miles which is ok, but those that cannot find a place to stay are always a problem
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  • shilowarshilowar Member Posts: 38,811 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    We're close to the prime part of the Country....starting around 1PM.
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  • montanajoemontanajoe Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 60,253 ******
    edited November -1
    [8D][8D][8D]
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  • blackhawk45blackhawk45 Member Posts: 481 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sadly I'll miss seeing the eclipse ,that is,unless the pilot banks the aircraft far enough for us passengers to see it !
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  • Dads3040Dads3040 Member Posts: 13,552 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Oregon is where the eclipse will first hit land. Wednesday there was a 30 mile traffic jam through a town of 6000 people.

    A new forest fire started yesterday afternoon, and now there are going to be hundreds of thousands of clueless city dwellers running loose all thinking THEIR little campfires/cigarette butts/leftover fireworks won't be a problem in areas that haven't had any significant rain for almost two months...because they donate to Greenpeace.

    I expect by Monday a good part of the state will be Medium Well.
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  • CaptplaidCaptplaid Member Posts: 20,298 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I knew a dear 75 year old woman who never had a bad word to say about most anyone except MLK. Apparently he almost caused a race riot in St. Louis that wasn't reported but she was there.
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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,531 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I see enough of those Eclipses on the road no use to look up for one.
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  • grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 48,464 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    10:17 AM Fog will not have lifted by then so all those folks that are coming to Oregon Will not see poop.[:D]

    Folks are planning to go to the beach to see it, Hope they listen to the warning that at the time of the Eclipse there will be an extreme high tide.

    And not only will there be fog but smoke from fires will also block it.

    Along with Partly Cloudy.
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  • Don McManusDon McManus Member Posts: 23,695 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    When the radio weather reciter stated that we should have clear skies and sun for the eclipse, it made me chuckle.

    We will have 90%+ coverage at around 10:30 am.

    That seems close enough to not have to worry about driving anywhere.
    Freedom and a submissive populace cannot co-exist.

    Brad Steele
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  • Mr. PerfectMr. Perfect Member, Moderator Posts: 66,437 ******
    edited November -1
    According to that link, if I just drive about an hour south I can see what is basically a total eclipse. They report that it will be about 90% here.
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    And fiery auto crashes
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    While sifting through my ashes
    Some will fall in love with life
    And drink it from a fountain
    That is pouring like an avalanche
    Coming down the mountain
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  • TooBigTooBig Member Posts: 28,559 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I think it's great the schools are letting schools out so a student at school cant's say he was blinded at school so NO lawsuit[:)]
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  • armilitearmilite Member Posts: 35,490 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    That was pretty cool, glad it will be over just before our golf league starts. As of this time its supposed to be cloudy here.
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  • allen griggsallen griggs Member Posts: 35,694 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I am going to make it home for the eclipse in the NC mountains.
    We will get 99 percent.
    I have to drive through Ground Zero in S. Carolina, a day before the big show, on I 85. I hope the traffic jam is not too bad there on Sunday.
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  • Ditch-RunnerDitch-Runner Member Posts: 25,378 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    my oldest son and his GF left tonight headed west
    he is well expecting the traffic to be a huge cluster *&% [:D][:D][:D][:D]
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  • nutfinnnutfinn Member Posts: 12,808 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm about 93%
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  • wundudneewundudnee Member Posts: 6,108 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    They say it will be 99.5% eclipse and 99% cloudy with rain. I think I'll take a flashlight.

    My wife did get a couple pairs of viewing glasses. I see on that C- list they are going from $10.00-$50.00 a pair.[:0]
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  • riflemikeriflemike Member Posts: 10,599 ✭
    edited November -1
    cool here in thomasville NC
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  • Jim RauJim Rau Member Posts: 3,550
    edited November -1
    Much to do about nothing!!![|)] I do not see what all the hoopla is all about. It got dim here (94%) and it lasted a few minutes, I don't see why people would spend $100's or ever $1000's to see it!!![|)]
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  • William81William81 Member Posts: 25,484 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    100% here in central Missouri.....it was a cool show sitting here in my driveway. Clouds obscured parts of it but almost cleared off for 30 seconds at the totality. The shadows around the yard were cool and it looked like sunset all the way around the yard.....

    I enjoyed it and got a few decent pics too......
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  • TooBigTooBig Member Posts: 28,559 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    LMAO for those that paid big bucks to watch and the rain and clouds covered it up. I sat in My front yard and watch the full eclipse and then the clouds covered it up and everyone went home haha
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  • savage170savage170 Member Posts: 37,569 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm visiting my mom in Union Mo was pretty cool
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  • William81William81 Member Posts: 25,484 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by TooBig
    LMAO for those that paid big bucks to watch and the rain and clouds covered it up. I sat in My front yard and watch the full eclipse and then the clouds covered it up and everyone went home haha


    It was worth way more for me than the cost of admission ...which was 2.00 for a pair of glasses. They were a bunch of folks in the larger towns near us that paid unbelievable prices for lodging or camping....to each their own I guess.
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