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.
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Dadoftheturkeykids
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I mean.... they sprayed artificial clouds along the whole moon path anyway. I'm sure that had a much more profound effect on solar generation.. I seen them start by my house about 12 p.m. Later I seen some vids from space of the eclipse that clearly showed a cloud cover along the entire expected path of totality (in the U.S.)
timselectric
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Where I was, the clouds cleared away just before the eclipse. And returned right after. I was very happy that it worked out that way.
Andrewr05
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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.
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.
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shazam
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We are South of Cleveland, out in the country...dead nuts in the totality and it was awesome from the back yard! We had some very high thin clouds...not enough to bother the view, but enough to be able to track the definitive edge of the moon as it came across. Spectacular!
Jim
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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.
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.
Rangeley and Jackman Maine didn’t fair much better but that added 2-3 hours from CT RI probably caused people to stick to 91 and 93.
Spectacular here in Ohio. The difference between 97% and 100% is about the same as the difference between 0-97% IMO, like 2 different events. In 2017 we were camping in southern IL and I think half the residents of Chicago were on I-57 afterwards. Fortunately we weren't!
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.
Andrewr05
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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.
Q-Dog
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We get that every day around here just from people driving to work.
sunshine_eggo
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We chased the 2017 eclipse and since the kids are now young adults in college, without another in the U.S. for 20 years, we decided to chase this one too. Flew to OK to visit family for a long weekend and then drove to AR to witness the eclipse. Long ass day in the car, but daughter got some killer shots on her Pixel:
Best I could do:
Unfortunately, the systems I monitor were all in float at the time of eclipse. One in Maine was under totality:
Wasn't moving much power at the time, but PV voltage dropped to 18.4V @ 0A.
HBR barely noticed it. 65% occlusion while in float means it doesn't register.
Best I could do:
Unfortunately, the systems I monitor were all in float at the time of eclipse. One in Maine was under totality:
Wasn't moving much power at the time, but PV voltage dropped to 18.4V @ 0A.
HBR barely noticed it. 65% occlusion while in float means it doesn't register.
If the Internet goes down for 3 days...
We get that every day around here just from people driving to work.
featherlite
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