The Eclipse gloom and doom traffic thread

Drove from Crossville to Cookville, TN this morning, and back to Crossville at 2pm... no traffic on 40 at all.
I have noticed though that about 1 in 10ish vehicles is an RV or truck w/ a travel trailer.
 
Apparently lot's off peeps were already racing down US1 south south of I-40 this morning . I saw 10 or 12 CPD on the shoulder of the southbound ramp from cary parkway and 2 cars were pulled between 64 and c pkwy.
 
Thus far traffic here has been no issue. "green" everywhere, no major problems. They said the hotel was sold out but doesn't seem like many people. Hell Google maps looks good almost everywhere in the southeast.

Oh snap - the world MUST be coming to an end b/c even the DC beltway looks clear...? Something is amiss!!
 
Just got back from a weekend in Atlanta for a missions trip. Traffic straight out sucked both directions.
 
I looked out my office window and Business 40 is at a standstill

















Of course that's because it was 8am and there was an accident haha
 
braxton357 said:
How long are people planning on staring at the sun? I would trust a #12 welding lens more than a $.10 pair of paper glasses from China...
This is getting absurd, what about every time you drive west in the afternoon? Permanent eye damage?
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Well the "totality" last what 2 minutes?

Most dont look directly into the sun for 2 minutes.

If you arent planning on looking at the thing, no special glasses needed. Its not like eclipse sun rays are more powerful than regular sun rays. Just lots of folks want to stare at this thing
 
Ron said:
Well the "totality" last what 2 minutes?

Most dont look directly into the sun for 2 minutes.
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No..actually

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CasterTroy said:
No..actually

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That misses the point of what I posted though. The reason certain areas are getting more traffic is because of the path of totality. In your chart Wilkesboro tops out at 96%. Totality areas are 100% Sure the rotation means it starts obstructing and takes a while then starts recessing. But the totality, 100% coverage will last about 2 minutes.
 
Ron said:
100% coverage will last about 2 minutes.
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But people will be staring and looking up for more than that 2 minutes. That was the point I was attempting to make without a long drawn out explanation. While only 2 minutes in the direct path will be a total blackout, the sun and moon will be in "interesting positions" for nearly a 3 hour window. Of which, morons will stare.
 
The Charlotte news made a special point yesterday of warning people to not stop on the side of the highway to watch the eclipse, because it was dangerous and illegal.
 
well I-40 and the by-pass that takes you to sylva, WCU, Franklin, Murphy is at a stand still. on office has 99.996% coverage so ill be watching from here while we grill out
 
I left my house near Bristol this morning and came to Madisonville, near Tellico Plains. Traffic was a non issue except for one slow down in Knoxville. Madisonville is almost directly on the midline of the totality path. There are quite a few people in town, the Walmart parking lot is packed, but the rest of the area is pretty normal.
 
well that was fun.

Crickets chirping and roosters crowing mid day.

Cool
 
We've had small clouds that made it darker than what was experienced here.

The boy said it got 8:00 PM dark at WCU
 
Did feel better in the sun for about 5 minutes, not burning. Had a hoot owl crank up about 50' from us. We just did in the driveway...got some neat pictures, sort of.
 
VortecJeep said:
I watched here in Huntersville at the power plant on the south side of Lake Norman. I think the Charlotte area was suppose to be around 98% or so. I was surprised at how bright it still was with only 2% of the sun.
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Same here. It was interesting how flat the light looked, like it looks through polarized sunglasses instead of through clouds or at sunset. That was the big difference, the light quality was completely different.
 
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