nycamper62
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We had heavy cloud cover in Syracuse area. The blackout from the eclipse looked more like something out of a Steven King movie.
Traffic was like that in SE TN during the 2017 Total Eclipse, so I expected the same with this one coming back to TN from Illinois, and I was not disappointed.I live in central NH and drove up to St. Johnsbury Vermont day of (we left at 11:00am and traffic was so bad that's as far north as we could make it) and we found an open spot and set up chairs and watched the full eclipse with the kids.
The full total eclipse was spectacular, But I do not believe it was worth it with the amount of traffic I had to endure that day.
After the eclipse we drove up to Lake Willoughby in Westmore VT (been there many many times, it's a beautiful spot) for almost 3 and 1/2 hours and STILL the traffic headed southbound when we lwftwas bumper to bumper traffic.
Interstate 91 was bumper to bumper traffic.
Interstate 93 was bumper to bumper traffic.
Route 10 was bumper to bumper traffic.
Route 5 was bumper to bumper traffic.
Every.Single.Path.South.Was.Full.
I've driven into the heart of Boston and New York before, and I saw more traffic on Monday than anytime I've ever driven to Boston and New York COMBINED.
We left Lake Willoughby at about 6:30 PM and I didn't get home until 12:30 at night.
It is normally a straight shot for me down interstate 91, home in 2 hours.
It took us over 5 hours to get home.
And we live in the middle of New Hampshire and there weas still bumper to bumper traffic ahead of us and in front of us and they were all from Connecticut, New Jersey and Rhode Island, they still had another 6-7 hours after that to get home.
labor day and the 4th is spread out over 3-5 day long weekends, this was one random afternoon in April and a giant funnel into one strip of land. I just hope local business made out like a bandit.I live in central NH and drove up to St. Johnsbury Vermont day of (we left at 11:00am and traffic was so bad that's as far north as we could make it) and we found an open spot and set up chairs and watched the full eclipse with the kids.
The full total eclipse was spectacular, But I do not believe it was worth it with the amount of traffic I had to endure that day.
After the eclipse we drove up to Lake Willoughby in Westmore VT (been there many many times, it's a beautiful spot) for almost 3 and 1/2 hours and STILL the traffic headed southbound when we lwftwas bumper to bumper traffic.
Interstate 91 was bumper to bumper traffic.
Interstate 93 was bumper to bumper traffic.
Route 10 was bumper to bumper traffic.
Route 5 was bumper to bumper traffic.
Every.Single.Path.South.Was.Full.
I've driven into the heart of Boston and New York before, and I saw more traffic on Monday than anytime I've ever driven to Boston and New York COMBINED.
We left Lake Willoughby at about 6:30 PM and I didn't get home until 12:30 at night.
It is normally a straight shot for me down interstate 91, home in 2 hours.
It took us over 5 hours to get home.
And we live in the middle of New Hampshire and there weas still bumper to bumper traffic ahead of us and in front of us and they were all from Connecticut, New Jersey and Rhode Island, they still had another 6-7 hours after that to get home.
No other way to describe it. I saw the 2017 one in Oregon - it's like nothing I've ever experienced! Will travel for another, for sure.It's a one million percent difference between 99% and 100% eclipse totality.
We had plenty of time to talk during this road trip and we had that exact conversation.Just goes to show you what would happen if something major goes down in the cities and people wanted to flee to the hills for safety, instant gridlock.
We get that every day around here just from people driving to work.We had plenty of time to talk during this road trip and we had that exact conversation.
It would be absolutely awful.
This was a normal fun thing people were willing driving to and from, then imagine how bad it would be if EVERYONE were evacuating and their families lives would be on the line?
Gunfire, road rage, people driving on the side of the roads, people driving down the opposite lane of the highways to flee.
It would be awful pandemonium.
If the Internet goes down for 3 days...It would be awful pandemonium.
We get that every day around here just from people driving to work.
We are only five missed meals from total anarchy.If the Internet goes down for 3 days...