what are you doing for Eclipse '17?

[+ glutes]

Darhings dahlings, I taking the Private Jet from the ranch up to Madras OR. Superior viewing to be had, complete with Dixieland music!

 

Tell us your plans.

 

https://www.oregonsolarfest.com

[+ azdr0710]

Camping with friends in the mountains near Bend, OR. Dodging wildfire smoke and a few thousand other people.

[LoveNDino]

Preparing for the second coming and the rapture, naturally...

[bigvalboy]

Darhings dahlings, I taking the Private Jet from the ranch up to Madras OR. Superior viewing to be had, complete with Dixieland music!

 

Tell us your plans.

 

https://www.oregonsolarfest.com

 

Enjoy!! Apparently Madras is quite the place for aviation aficionados. Weather permitting, I might slip out of Hillsboro Inlet for a look see.

[+ Charlie]

I just returned from Oregon, where the eclipse is the dominant topic. Legal camping spots along the traverse of the eclipse were filled up by last November, but authorities are closing some of the most popular booked spots in the national forests because of serious wildfires (we had to change our own travel plans because of them), and rooms in towns along the routes are ridiculously expensive for an event that will last only a few minutes.

[+ glutes]

Camping with friends in the mountains near Bend, OR. Dodging wildfire smoke and a few thousand other people.

 

Look for my Gulfstream at BDN, I will buy you a beer!

[+ deej]

I'll be staying home. We won't be in totality but I'll make do with 94% and will avoid the crowds.

[+ WmClarke]

Working.

 

But I did order glasses for my team to meet outdoors during the eclipse.

[Gvtire]

Staying indoors. We're supposedly going to get 2 minutes of complete darkness here in in tbe Nashville area.

[+ poolboy48220]

Staying home, I leave on a camping vacation the next day and will be packing. Detroit will see most of it but we're not on the path of totality. My roommate is heading down to Illinois or Indiana to see totality. Need to make sure he's not planning on taking any of my camping equipment. :-)

[bigvalboy]

[Doe Be Doe]

Any effects in NYC?

[+ pdxleo]

We are at over 99% totality here on the south edge of Portland Metro- will be on the rooftop parking of my business, observing for the middle half-hour, then back to the grindstone afterward. A short fifty foot walk upstairs, compared to the expected bedlam on the hiways- the 5PM news here led with gas shortages already in Bend, LaPine and Madras!

[mike carey]

Being outside in a total eclipse is a surreal experience. If you can be in a park or similar area away from traffic noise that will add to the effect, as nature goes quiet. I've only experienced one, and it was overcast but it was still affecting. Don't stay indoors or worse watch it on television or the net.

[+ Italiano]

Any effects in NYC?

 

Not as full as in other states as in the video path, but we should have a partial of 71%, with peak at 2:45 pm

[Decatur Guy]

Traveling to the zone of totality. Looking forward to this.

[Guest]

getting my ass and cock slurped in the best seat in the house to watch the esclipse in nyc... central park "grins":cool:

[beachboy]

getting my ass and cock slurped in the best seat in the house to watch the esclipse in nyc... central park "grins":cool:

That's the way to do it!

[+ glutes]

As customers prepare for next week’s total solar eclipse, Amazon has issued a recall for some of the eclipse glasses sold on its internet marketplace, saying it was unable to confirm whether the protective ware was made by a recommended manufacturer.

 

NASA and the American Astronomical Society have been urging solar gazers to use glasses engineered by reputable vendors that carry the international safety standard number “ISO 12312-2.”

[LaffingBear]

I'm helping out an ophthalmologist friend, who is preparing for an onslaught of referrals and appointment requests.

[+ glutes]

Pardon me, do you have Grey Poupon?

 

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/08/20/14/435E668200000578-0-RV_traffic_sits_at_a_standstill_along_a_two_lane_road_near_Madra-a-26_1503235567099.jpg

 

RV traffic sits at a standstill along a two-lane road near Madras, Oregon, as thousands flock to the small town to view the eclipse on Monday

[Despardo]

I am at Tamarack Lodge, Idaho in the center of the eclipse path. On a great road trip with friends.

[maninsoma]

I am going to get my eyes dilated to check for glaucoma and then stare directly at the sun. I figure it will help me in my quest to be cast in the remake of the Night Gallery episode starring Joan Crawford, Eyes.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1Oza--yqRg

[bigvalboy]

Pardon me, do you have Grey Poupon?

 

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/08/20/14/435E668200000578-0-RV_traffic_sits_at_a_standstill_along_a_two_lane_road_near_Madra-a-26_1503235567099.jpg

 

RV traffic sits at a standstill along a two-lane road near Madras, Oregon, as thousands flock to the small town to view the eclipse on Monday

 

I wonder if the traffic looks this bad from thirty thousand feet?

[+ glutes]