Eclipse

[Maverick]

We did get some rain yesterday, but only .06". Hardly enough to settle the dust.

We had two days of rain, all week going to be cloudy in the low to mid 70s.

On a side note, people and media are getting nervous about the cloud cover prediction for the eclipse on the 21st. It looks like some folks are in the meltdown mode already blaming global warming for the predicted cloud cover, I'm really going to enjoy the meltdown if there are cloud covers.

 

[Rob Painless]

I don't know how well the eclipse will be viewable with the weather but I do know I was really disappointed with the perseid meteor showers this year. We were going thru the best meteor event all last week, culminating this past weekend. It rained and had cloud cover every day. I didn't see a single flash in the sky.

Same here. I always like to get out at night & watch the skies during the Perseids but could not because of the clouds. Plus side is that we've had over 7" of rain so far this month. Makes my garden happy.

 

[Rob Painless]

As far as the eclipse goes, I'm always looking for any opportunity to throw a party of some sort. Solar eclipse will do nicely. I'll get out my welding masks and other appropriate lenses, mix some drinks and set out some chips and see as much of it as we can......we're only in the 75% zone here. Close enough. I remember the last one (here) in the late 70's. Pretty cool to watch. Especially due to how rare one is at any given location. If people are getting excited & even a little silly/stupid....Good! At least the occasion is not one that people are showing up to do damage to each other. That's a nice change.

 

[Kexessa]

Our local weathermen are all in with the eclipse too. They can't stop with the videos 'how to' make your own projectors out of cereal boxes. It seems to be contained to making sure no one gets eye damage from looking directly at the sun though. Watching it, photographing it, videoing it, but none of this craziness.

They did issue an alert from Amazon that paper glasses sold on there could be counterfeit and not to use any eclipse glasses bought on Amazon. This is just fueling the cereal box obsession though.

 

[DrHenley]

I remember growing up we had a partial eclipse, and I heard about using binoculars to focus the image on a sheet of paper. My mother had heard all the "don't look at the eclipse" paranoia and thought that looking at the image projected on the sheet of paper would blind me. LOL

Just point the objective lens (the big one) at the sun. Then find the distance from the sheet of paper where the image is in focus. You'll get a much brighter and sharper image than using a cereal box.

 

[Maverick]

Entire city of Ben Oregon is out of fuel and most of the rural towns are running near empty because of the eclipse. All I can do is shake my head :-/

 

[Maverick]

The sad thing is this whole area is a tinder box, very little escape rout in case of fire, it's generally windy! You will have a very fast grass fire that can sneek up on you before one would even know till too late.

And it's only Thursday!

https://twitter.com/OchocoNatForest...traffic-already-hits-central-oregon/464948514

PRINEVILLE, Ore. -- Despite the total solar eclipse still being days away, heavy traffic in Central and Eastern Oregon started mid-day Wednesday and continued Thursday.

This is just the beginning. About 1 million people are projected to visit the state of Oregon to see the total solar eclipse Monday.

The Deschutes County Sheriff's Office expects about 30,000 people to arrive in Central Oregon Thursday, then 37,000 Friday, 44,000 Saturday, and 43,000 Sunday.

The vast majority of those people are expected to leave Monday afternoon and Tuesday.

In Madras, traffic was picking up Thursday but so far there were no traffic jams. The town of about 6,000 is considered one of the best viewing locations in the nation and is expecting at least 100,000 people to pass through over the next four days.

Police and the Oregon Department of Transportation rerouted festival traffic in Prineville due to a standstill on Highway 26. They plan to send people on a another route to Big Summit until Highway 26 is no longer blocked.

"Event coordinators are working fast to get people into the event, and will work all night and into tomorrow to do so. Please be patient, you will be there soon," police said.

Motorists were advised to stay in the their vehicles during traffic delays, and to not drive in wrong lanes of travel.

In Eastern Oregon, Tripcheck showed heavy traffic Thursday morning on U.S. 395 from the community of Dale to Middle Fork Lane. Traffic was also heavy in the Burns area on 395 and around John Day on 395 and Oregon 26.

For months, ODOT has warned that the eclipse would lead to the "biggest traffic event in Oregon history." ODOT recommends travelers leave early, be patient and be prepared.

 

[Brent S]

Entire city of Ben Oregon is out of fuel and most of the rural towns are running near empty because of the eclipse. All I can do is shake my head :-/

Damned tourists! I grew up near Daytona Beach and never care if I see souvenir or t-shirt shops again....lol
At least this is a positive event that is getting people out of their daily rut.

 

[Mountain trapper]

The sad thing is this whole area is a tinder box, very little escape rout in case of fire, it's generally windy! You will have a very fast grass fire that can sneek up on you before one would even know till too late.

And it's only Thursday!
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https://twitter.com/OchocoNatForest/status/898267760915996672?ref_src=twsrc^tfw&ref_url=http://www.kgw.com/news/eclipse/eclipse-traffic-already-hits-central-oregon/464948514

PRINEVILLE, Ore. -- Despite the total solar eclipse still being days away, heavy traffic in Central and Eastern Oregon started mid-day Wednesday and continued Thursday.

This is just the beginning. About 1 million people are projected to visit the state of Oregon to see the total solar eclipse Monday.

The Deschutes County Sheriff's Office expects about 30,000 people to arrive in Central Oregon Thursday, then 37,000 Friday, 44,000 Saturday, and 43,000 Sunday.

The vast majority of those people are expected to leave Monday afternoon and Tuesday.

In Madras, traffic was picking up Thursday but so far there were no traffic jams. The town of about 6,000 is considered one of the best viewing locations in the nation and is expecting at least 100,000 people to pass through over the next four days.

Police and the Oregon Department of Transportation rerouted festival traffic in Prineville due to a standstill on Highway 26. They plan to send people on a another route to Big Summit until Highway 26 is no longer blocked.

"Event coordinators are working fast to get people into the event, and will work all night and into tomorrow to do so. Please be patient, you will be there soon," police said.

Motorists were advised to stay in the their vehicles during traffic delays, and to not drive in wrong lanes of travel.

In Eastern Oregon, Tripcheck showed heavy traffic Thursday morning on U.S. 395 from the community of Dale to Middle Fork Lane. Traffic was also heavy in the Burns area on 395 and around John Day on 395 and Oregon 26.

For months, ODOT has warned that the eclipse would lead to the "biggest traffic event in Oregon history." ODOT recommends travelers leave early, be patient and be prepared.

I hope it clouds up and rains on their little festival. I don't see what the big deal is. People are nuts.

 

[DrHenley]

Brent, you should be pretty close to the total eclipse path. I'm tempted to drive up that way, but I'd have to go through Atlanta and that will probably be gridlocked.

Oh well, I guess I'll stay home and settle for a .93 magnitude partial eclipse.

 

[Brent S]

Brent, you should be pretty close to the total eclipse path. I'm tempted to drive up that way, but I'd have to go through Atlanta and that will probably be gridlocked.

Oh well, I guess I'll stay home and settle for a .93 magnitude partial eclipse.

I am about twenty miles south of the best line of sight for it. I was thinking about the same thing, take the new jeep up and make a day of it. I had a call over in hiawassee today though, and the traffic was outrageous. 441 north was bumper to bumper. In Clayton there were vendors set up on the roadsides selling all sorts of crap. I think I will get a good enough view from here. I am a little surprised that it is arnering this much attention. When you are up this way though drop me a line and maybe grab some lunch together.

 

[Psalm7]

For thoes of the Christian faith or thoes to be . The Blood moons tye in with the eclipse in the scriptures and its not about the end is here . Its signs to be prepared. Help share the Word , live the Word . And remember Prayer without work is dead.

 

[DrHenley]

When you are up this way though drop me a line and maybe grab some lunch together.

I'd love to, thanks!

 

[Brent S]

I thought the traffic was bad before. I took the jeep out today to go to Walmart and get a pizza on the way home. Traffic was bumper to bumper and Walmart was insane. The news had a story that some pastures here were changing 200 bucks a night to pitch a tent! It looks like Florida has invaded us from all the tags I saw, but there were others too. We have a job for tomorrow that's three hours south of here, but have decided to wait till the eclipse is over to head to it and just work late. The kids were excited to see it. Personally, I would rather go make money, but far be it for me to be the party pooper. I did see that right here at our property is about as good a view as you can get. Clayton Ga is directly in line with it but I'm close enough that you can't see a difference.

 

[Mountain trapper]

I thought the traffic was bad before. I took the jeep out today to go to Walmart and get a pizza on the way home. Traffic was bumper to bumper and Walmart was insane. The news had a story that some pastures here were changing 200 bucks a night to pitch a tent! It looks like Florida has invaded us from all the tags I saw, but there were others too. We have a job for tomorrow that's three hours south of here, but have decided to wait till the eclipse is over to head to it and just work late. The kids were excited to see it. Personally, I would rather go make money, but far be it for me to be the party pooper. I did see that right here at our property is about as good a view as you can get. Clayton Ga is directly in line with it but I'm close enough that you can't see a difference.

I noticed that too. Today when I went to town I must have seen 10 cars on the 40 round trip! Not sure where all these people are coming from. Most of the time I may see 0-3 cars between here and town. A couple of days ago the road was totally gridlocked.....with cows.

 

[user 6493]

I didn't bother to go out and look at it,,,,,

 

[Proud Prepper]

It didnt happen yet GG

 

[user 6493]

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It didnt happen yet GG

see how much I care I don't even no when it is going to happen,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

[jimLE]

nasa on channel 352-1 will be showing the eclipse..and it's in 22 minutes.when it comes to where ever their at..

 

[Silent Earth]

Its live on the BBC and Sky, I'm laughing my socks off watching ultra long empty American highways in oregon gridlocked with traffic.

 

[Rob Painless]

Turning into a bust for us. We were able to see the start of it, then....clouds.

 

[jimLE]

i never expected anything here.getting some what of a yellowish look outside..

 

[Silent Earth]

And the effects of the eclipse when it passes over Nebraska

 

[Maverick]

I was able to see my shadow so it was a bust, in fact it only got subdued, had an haze effect kind of like looking at the sun through the smoke of a forest fire. We were to far away I reckon.

 

[DrHenley]

First picture: Eclipse at maximum extent here (93%).
Second picture: The the rig I used. A spotting scoped with the image projected on semi-transparent parchment paper. White paper had too bright an image for the camera to handle.
Third picture: I tried taking a picture directly at maximum extent using two sunglasses put together. Didn't work...

 

[DrPrepper1]

The sad thing is this whole area is a tinder box, very little escape rout in case of fire, it's generally windy! You will have a very fast grass fire that can sneek up on you before one would even know till too late.

And it's only Thursday!
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https://twitter.com/OchocoNatForest/status/898267760915996672?ref_src=twsrc^tfw&ref_url=http://www.kgw.com/news/eclipse/eclipse-traffic-already-hits-central-oregon/464948514

PRINEVILLE, Ore. -- Despite the total solar eclipse still being days away, heavy traffic in Central and Eastern Oregon started mid-day Wednesday and continued Thursday.

This is just the beginning. About 1 million people are projected to visit the state of Oregon to see the total solar eclipse Monday.

The Deschutes County Sheriff's Office expects about 30,000 people to arrive in Central Oregon Thursday, then 37,000 Friday, 44,000 Saturday, and 43,000 Sunday.

The vast majority of those people are expected to leave Monday afternoon and Tuesday.

In Madras, traffic was picking up Thursday but so far there were no traffic jams. The town of about 6,000 is considered one of the best viewing locations in the nation and is expecting at least 100,000 people to pass through over the next four days.

Police and the Oregon Department of Transportation rerouted festival traffic in Prineville due to a standstill on Highway 26. They plan to send people on a another route to Big Summit until Highway 26 is no longer blocked.

"Event coordinators are working fast to get people into the event, and will work all night and into tomorrow to do so. Please be patient, you will be there soon," police said.

Motorists were advised to stay in the their vehicles during traffic delays, and to not drive in wrong lanes of travel.

In Eastern Oregon, Tripcheck showed heavy traffic Thursday morning on U.S. 395 from the community of Dale to Middle Fork Lane. Traffic was also heavy in the Burns area on 395 and around John Day on 395 and Oregon 26.

For months, ODOT has warned that the eclipse would lead to the "biggest traffic event in Oregon history." ODOT recommends travelers leave early, be patient and be prepared.

This is insane! I would freak out down there... I am freaking out just looking at the picture. just insane!

 

[DrPrepper1]

I thought the traffic was bad before. I took the jeep out today to go to Walmart and get a pizza on the way home. Traffic was bumper to bumper and Walmart was insane. The news had a story that some pastures here were changing 200 bucks a night to pitch a tent! It looks like Florida has invaded us from all the tags I saw, but there were others too. We have a job for tomorrow that's three hours south of here, but have decided to wait till the eclipse is over to head to it and just work late. The kids were excited to see it. Personally, I would rather go make money, but far be it for me to be the party pooper. I did see that right here at our property is about as good a view as you can get. Clayton Ga is directly in line with it but I'm close enough that you can't see a difference.

Too many people!

 

[user 6493]

we had close to 90% blockage of the sun,,but it didn't even get a little dark,,I don't see what all the hoopla was about

 

[Mountain trapper]

For a little while the birds quit singing and the crickets started chirping. Wasn't anything to get excited about. I wouldn't have driven across the road to see it.

 

[user 7704]

UPDATE: we had an excellent view of the eclipse. Our total blackout lasted 2 minutes 10 seconds. The chickens stood like statues then when the sun came back, it was like nothing happened. Tennessee made some tax dollars from all of the tourists.