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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
(13,390 posts)We will get 100%. All I have to do is walk out my back door.
AllaN01Bear
(18,242 posts)loyalsister
(13,390 posts)kcdoug1
(222 posts)100% totality....
Generic Brad
(14,275 posts)99.6 where I will be. It will be 99.8 at my house. Either way, I'm not complaining.
BASE
(44 posts)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
(182,823 posts)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
(620 posts)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
(182,823 posts)bluepen
(620 posts)info to tourists along the Redneck Riviera.
underpants
(182,823 posts)Wearing my 'Merica shirt. My wife and daughter are mortally embarrassed
bluepen
(620 posts)underpants
(182,823 posts)I saw this one - also offered at the same retailer - on the elevator here
shanny
(6,709 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,607 posts)Last edited Mon Aug 21, 2017, 09:05 AM - Edit history (2)
from my speakers playing "Eclipse" naturally.
*There is no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact it's all dark.
Glorfindel
(9,730 posts)Using a welder's mask.
underpants
(182,823 posts)Looks,like partly cloudy here and the people who traveled to Charleston may have mostly cloudy conditions.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)we can do it
(12,186 posts)It's going to be sunny, though, so I am not driving 9-10 hours for clouds and rain.
Nevernose
(13,081 posts)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
(620 posts)NRaleighLiberal
(60,014 posts)Takket
(21,573 posts)Jersey Devil
(9,874 posts)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
(17,045 posts)60% Have glasses...may step outside from my office if I have time.
Adrahil
(13,340 posts)Took the drive down from Indiana.
lordsummerisle
(4,651 posts)is forecasting partly/mostly cloudy skies for the area...
underpants
(182,823 posts)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
(1,290 posts)LeftInTX
(25,364 posts)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
(17,380 posts)You'll strain your eyes!
stevil
(1,537 posts)redstateblues
(10,565 posts)Silent3
(15,218 posts)...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
(62,444 posts)Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)Sounds like I won't see anything. So what's new.
fierywoman
(7,684 posts)Mrs. Overall
(6,839 posts)Can't wait!
unblock
(52,243 posts)Nice cap to our vacation before heading home and back to work.
Corgigal
(9,291 posts)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
(75 posts)PoorMonger
(844 posts)100% hoping to watch from the backyard though I may need to go a few miles if it's cloudy.
LovesPNW
(65 posts)An hour down the 5.
I figure I'll to check out Salem food and drink while I'm there.
Any suggestions?
WheelWalker
(8,955 posts)MontanaMama
(23,319 posts)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
(17,380 posts)The sun will be around 86% covered tomorrow.
Docreed2003
(16,861 posts)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
(34,170 posts)I didn't want to risk the South Carlina coast because of afternoon storms.
Good luck.
Thirties Child
(543 posts)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
(23,761 posts)PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,861 posts)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
(13,485 posts)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
(25,364 posts)defacto7
(13,485 posts)Did you plan it that way?
LeftInTX
(25,364 posts)Doreen
(11,686 posts)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
(1,264 posts)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
(17,296 posts)Bladewire
(381 posts)Just watch.
Trump can't stand not being top of the news cycle every single fucking day.
Just watch...
Satch59
(1,353 posts)But might be cloudy...
alfie
(522 posts)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
(3,208 posts)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
(105 posts)100% totality. Can't wait.
underpants
(182,823 posts)hlthe2b
(102,283 posts)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
(65,057 posts)Nice open area. We're expected to be at 89.5%
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)We're going to check out the Truman Museum while we're there.
sofa king
(10,857 posts)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
(182,823 posts)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.