Will you get to see the the Total Eclipse on April 8?

AnnieA said:
Definitely. I'm on a FB group for the area near my brother's land. One woman made Airbnb reservations for $450.00 a night many months ago. Had the host contact her some time later canceling her reservations. She checked the listing later and they were asking $3,500.00 a night. She kept checking and someone booked it for that price!

Another person on the group had a rental booked to people from the UK who had to cancel because there were no flights available a reasonable driving distance (US 'reasonable driving distance', not UK lol) from the rental.

There's a guy on the group with land right under the path of totality who has rented a band, porta potties and concession trailers. He's divided his property into 700 8'x10' areas per vehicle and is charging $500 for parking for the slots just for the day. Has already sold them all.
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$450 a night is insane. Is that for a whole house?
 

Wise, on the cheap enthusiasts, won't bother trying to reserve ridiculously expensive lodging right in the path of totality but rather figure out how with good maps, to drive to where highways, roads, and public lands as parks, will cross that path. Then a day or two before while roads are still not jammed up, drive there while being fully self sufficient, including sleeping in their vehicles or tenting. If one needs to stage such at lodging more than a couple days before, do so at least a couple hours away from the path where demand is nil. Start planning here:

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As April 8, 2024 approaches since the path is within dense areas of the Eastern USA, due to news media coverage, immense numbers of relatively unawares science and map ignorant people will suddenly become interested and make flawed plans to just drive wherever only to get stuck without food, water, clothing, etc in impossible traffic. And many will end up watching only partial eclipses that are IMO a waste of time and effort, not even close to the experience of totality while stupidly expecting just seeing a partial eclipse works.

There will be myriad people in their vehicles illegally parked along roads and highways that will greatly overwhelm law enforcement that will instead try to keep a lower profile not hassling those that do and instead concentrating on disruptive, dangerous, and criminal types. And stores and infrastructure in those path areas will run out of food, booze, protective glasses, etc.
 

I tried to see the Total eclipse in February 26, 1979, but it was a cloudy day and I didn't even need sunglasses to see it so I watched it on TV.

When they said we wouldn't see another one in the US for many more years, I figured I would be dead and miss the next one.

So YES I will watch it with my very dark polarized fishing glasses.

Every since I had cataract removals I have sensitivity to light but don't want to miss this one!
 
David777 said:
There will be myriad people in their vehicles illegally parked along roads and highways that will greatly overwhelm law enforcement that will instead try to keep a lower profile not hassling those that do and instead concentrating on disruptive, dangerous, and criminal types. And stores and infrastructure in those path areas will run out of food, booze, protective glasses, etc.
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Near my brother's Ozark mountain property which has limited access via a two lane road, authorities are routing both lanes south up the ridge and the two lanes down the northeast route similar to hurricane evacuation routes in order make things easier for first responders. There's not enough shoulder to park along the road, but there are camping and for pay viewing sites on private land along the ridge. Will be a huge hassle for residents adding many miles to their commutes. More than one person in the area requested time off from work awhile back and are planning to hole up at home until the crowds thin out.
 
Widow of Vietnam Vet said:
I tried to see the Total eclipse in February 26, 1979, but it was a cloudy day and I didn't even need sunglasses to see it so I watched it on TV.

When they said we wouldn't see another one in the US for many more years, I figured I would be dead and miss the next one.

So YES I will watch it with my very dark polarized fishing glasses.

Every since I had cataract removals I have sensitivity to light but don't want to miss this one!
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You have to get some special eclipse glasses. Really. Can order them online for about $2.50 for paper ones. Why You Really Do Need Eclipse Glasses—and Why You Should Buy Them Right Now
 
David777 said:
Wise, on the cheap enthusiasts, won't bother trying to reserve ridiculously expensive lodging right in the path of totality but rather figure out how with good maps, to drive to where highways, roads, and public lands as parks, will cross that path. Then a day or two before while roads are still not jammed up, drive there while being fully self sufficient, including sleeping in their vehicles or tenting. If one needs to stage such at lodging more than a couple days before, do so at least a couple hours away from the path where demand is nil. Start planning here:

National Eclipse

CalTopo - Backcountry Mapping Evolved

As April 8, 2024 approaches since the path is within dense areas of the Eastern USA, due to news media coverage, immense numbers of relatively unawares science and map ignorant people will suddenly become interested and make flawed plans to just drive wherever only to get stuck without food, water, clothing, etc in impossible traffic. And many will end up watching only partial eclipses that are IMO a waste of time and effort, not even close to the experience of totality while stupidly expecting just seeing a partial eclipse works.

There will be myriad people in their vehicles illegally parked along roads and highways that will greatly overwhelm law enforcement that will instead try to keep a lower profile not hassling those that do and instead concentrating on disruptive, dangerous, and criminal types. And stores and infrastructure in those path areas will run out of food, booze, protective glasses, etc.
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You're basically thinking it will be like this scene from the 1998 movie Deep Impact. ;) Without the tidal wave.
 
We saved a pair of paper glasses from the last eclipse in 2017. These were given out at the local park by a science club. The same pair directly purchased from this company is $85 now. In Toronto the ones from the Royal Astronomic Society are sold out.

I wonder if there is a way to pre-check the ones bought online are legit.
 
Jules said:
We saved a pair of paper glasses from the last eclipse in 2017. These were given out at the local park by a science club. The same pair directly purchased from this company is $85 now. In Toronto the ones from the Royal Astronomic Society are sold out.

I wonder if there is a way to pre-check the ones bought online are legit.
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Suppliers of Safe Solar Viewers & Filters list by the American Astronomical Society.
 
Thanks, @AnnieA That‘s a great source to check out suppliers. Today I ordered from Amazon and it’s one of the approved manufacturers.
 
I'm in northern N.J. and even though we are relatively close to New York City, I don't think the eclipse will be visible here. In any event, I don't have the proper glasses and I won't be traveling to see it, so I'll just watch news coverage of the event. And of course, it will wind up on YouTube. I remember watching an eclipse when I was a young girl. I don't think we had the proper glasses then either. :unsure:
 
I live in New York and at the predicted time of the eclipse my wife and I will be on the road to pick up my new Golden Retriever puppy.
 
I was in the Chicago area on September 22,1968 @ 11:18 CST. That's when there was a total eclipse of the sun. It got real dark, and I guess you could see the corona?. Did get to see the "diamond ring" effect. It was cool.
But I don' know if I'd be traveling thousands of miles just to see it. Yeah, it something you didn't see every day. I wouldn't jump off a bridge, if I missed it.
 
It will only be partial here in Florida, but I will have my telescope out for a viewing party here in our community.

I have been lucky enough to see two total eclipses. In Feb 1979, my senior physics class in college took a road trip to Montana and saw the eclipse from the middle of giant cattle ranch. It was so big they had to have cabins scattered about to stay in when they were out working. It was really neat to be able to actually see the shadow far off in the distance racing toward you.

In Aug 2017, my sister-in-law lived right on the centerline out in rural South Carolina, so we hauled our equipment over there for a family and friends viewing party.
 
My family was vacationing in Nova Scotia in July 1963 (so I had to be 11 years old) when there was a solar eclipse there. Of course, it was cloudy, but we could tell it was getting darker.
 

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