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Total Solar Eclipse 2017 (and beyond?)
mwinter
Total posts: 4327
3/16/2017 3:52 PM
(Updated 3/16/2017 3:53 PM)
On August 21, 2017, around 2:30pm EDT, the path of the totality passes within a 1 hour drive of our house. It looks like I'll be spending the afternoon at a Wendy's on I-75.
I ordered some eclipse glasses (a 15 pack, because why not). Anyone else interested? The next one occurs in 2024, but it won't be as close.
I ordered some eclipse glasses (a 15 pack, because why not). Anyone else interested? The next one occurs in 2024, but it won't be as close.
acelxix
Total posts: 2398
3/16/2017 4:13 PM
I'll probably pass this year, but we should have a party in Orlando in 2045! :D
mwinter
Total posts: 4327
3/16/2017 4:28 PM
For the 2045 eclipse, Orlando will be in total eclipse for almost 6 minutes!
Drew
Total posts: 5115
3/16/2017 10:28 PM
(Updated 3/16/2017 10:30 PM)
I like Wendy's, count me probably in
Edit: looks like Greenville/anderson SC is in the way, maybe stay with my brother or or justin
Edit: looks like Greenville/anderson SC is in the way, maybe stay with my brother or or justin
Shawn
Total posts: 1367
3/18/2017 8:23 AM
Seems like a pretty legit reason to take half a day off work.
mwinter
Total posts: 4327
8/17/2017 2:55 PM
Shawn asked me today what my eclipse plans were, so I decided to bump this thread and see what everyone else was doing on Monday.
The Wendy's plan might be a bust, just because it's right next to the interstate.. The OMGECLIPSE frenzy that has erupted makes me think that traffic on 75 is going to be a zoo.
Maybe I'll try to find something a bit off the beaten path.
The Wendy's plan might be a bust, just because it's right next to the interstate.. The OMGECLIPSE frenzy that has erupted makes me think that traffic on 75 is going to be a zoo.
Maybe I'll try to find something a bit off the beaten path.
mwinter
Total posts: 4327
8/17/2017 3:19 PM
Just spitballin' here
Dayton, TN is home of Bryan College and will have ~17 fewer seconds of totality that my original Wendy's destination.
Dayton, TN is home of Bryan College and will have ~17 fewer seconds of totality that my original Wendy's destination.
acelxix
Total posts: 2398
8/17/2017 5:22 PM
(Updated 8/17/2017 5:22 PM)
We're going to be in Maine, so pretty much the furthest (in the continental US) you can be from totality...doh! :(
acelxix
Total posts: 2398
8/17/2017 5:25 PM
Also, this. Haha
Drew
Total posts: 5115
8/18/2017 3:17 PM
We'll be up at clay's in Anderson, SC full totality boiyze!! we're gonna go ahead and crash there sunday night to avoid any eclipsocalypse traffic