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Posted: 7/9/2017 9:28:40 PM EST

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On top of my camper in nebraska in a farmers field.

Posted: 7/9/2017 9:29:12 PM EST

[#2]

At our other place where it passes directly overhead.

Posted: 7/9/2017 9:34:32 PM EST

[#3]

We have a camping trip planned and will be on a float trip during the eclipse in our kayaks on the Courtois river near Cuba Missouri right in the full eclipse area. It is also our 36th wedding anniversary that day!

Posted: 7/9/2017 9:36:36 PM EST

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Was going to drive to Columbia SC, but ~3 hours each way in the car with the kids for a 2.5 minute event might make us WISH it was the end of the world.

So we got tickets to the local planetarium for their event. We'll have 90% coverage where we'll be.

Posted: 7/9/2017 9:38:14 PM EST

[#5]

At home, it will be 100% where I live. If it doesn't rain or cloudy at the time.

Posted: 7/9/2017 9:41:58 PM EST

[#6]

Jackson Hole, WY sounds pretty good to me.

Posted: 7/9/2017 9:50:10 PM EST

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I will be in North Carolina to watch it. Is it worth it to drive a bit farther West to see it in totality? If I stay at the farm it will only be 94%.

Posted: 7/9/2017 9:50:55 PM EST

[#8]

I took the whole week off.

I haven't decided if I'll be in St. Clair, DeSoto, or St Francois state park yet.

I live in Ofallon, so I'm not going to travel far

Posted: 7/9/2017 9:52:33 PM EST

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Posted: 7/9/2017 9:54:15 PM EST

[#10]

At home waiting on the return of the ogdru-jahad overlords & cthulu.

Posted: 7/9/2017 9:56:27 PM EST

[#11]

In my bunker with mags loaded, just in case

Posted: 7/9/2017 9:58:09 PM EST

[#12]

I will be asleep. I have to work that night.

Posted: 7/9/2017 9:59:10 PM EST

[#13]

phx az

Posted: 7/9/2017 10:02:30 PM EST

[#14]

I'll likely make the drive to the OR coast for a viewing.

Posted: 7/9/2017 10:06:04 PM EST

[#15]

Youtube probably.

Saw one that went pretty much directly over my head when i was a kid and it was no doubt cool as shit. But im not driving a couple hundred miles to get cocked blocked by clouds.

That said. If I have my son that day and he was into this kinda shit I would so drive to make sure he gets to see one.

Posted: 7/9/2017 10:06:38 PM EST

[#16]

Old Zion TN, more specifically near Bakers Crossroads, between Sparta and Cookeville.

Posted: 7/9/2017 10:10:49 PM EST

[#17]

I guess my locale is the best in the country for viewing. So... Outside?

ETA - We are one second less than the best possible location for totality. So still basically the best location.

Posted: 7/9/2017 10:14:19 PM EST

[#18]

In my driveway.

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Posted: 7/9/2017 10:16:36 PM EST

[#19]

Casper, WY at my house. Should be interesting they are expecting 30,000 + people for the eclipse in a City of 50,000 people.

Posted: 7/9/2017 10:17:06 PM EST

[#20]

I start college the day of the eclipse, right in the path of totality, Western Carolina Univeristy. Ill probably ride my motorcycle up to the local airport thats perched on top of a mountain and watch it

Posted: 7/9/2017 10:18:41 PM EST

[#21]

I'm right in the path for total eclipse! I plan to be sitting in my boat on the lake. They are calling for like half a million people to pour into our area for the event

Posted: 7/9/2017 10:28:07 PM EST

[#22]

From my house, and will have a great view

still from my house

Posted: 7/9/2017 10:31:59 PM EST

[#23]

I am heading to our gun club.
Daylight shooting, low light shooting, daylight shooting.

Posted: 7/9/2017 10:40:52 PM EST

[#24]

Got a friend in Columbia, SC. We are going to visit her.

Posted: 7/9/2017 11:02:06 PM EST

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No kidding. I will be in the Madras area at vacation property and it is going to be stupid. I'm bringing everything I need and planning extra time. I'm praying there won't be a wild fire.

Have a 38 gallon tank on my F150, so I should be good to go. I wI'll top it off ever chance I get though.

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I bet we're neighbors on vacation... 3RRA?

Posted: 7/9/2017 11:07:23 PM EST

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My wifes bday is on the 22nd. We are going to have a mega camping party on the river. We have 200 acers to camp on...

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My invitation must have gotten lost in the mail.

Posted: 7/9/2017 11:17:31 PM EST

[#27]

I'm gonna wear my pvs14 so I can have night vision during the day.

Posted: 7/9/2017 11:19:56 PM EST

[#28]

Lol fuck no.

Posted: 7/9/2017 11:22:51 PM EST

[#29]

Try this site: https://eclipsemega.movie/simulator

It will show how much of the eclipse and the amount of darkness you will see.

Posted: 7/9/2017 11:25:11 PM EST

[#30]

I'll be at work, and it's only a partial eclipse from there.

Posted: 7/9/2017 11:25:59 PM EST

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Supposedly, there's a big eclipse watch party just north of me in St. Joe, MO. After seeing one when I was in elementary school during the 1980s, I'll be damned if I'm going to take time out or make a special trip to see another.

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What you saw was a partial eclipse. It doesn't hold a candle to seeing a total solar eclipse. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity, you shouldn't miss it, especially if you're already right on the centerline.

Posted: 7/9/2017 11:28:21 PM EST

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You don't need them just to be outside, it's not going to be any brighter than usual. But an 88% eclipse is only interesting if you look directly at it, and you need the glasses to look at anything less than 99%.

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So do you need eclipse glasses if you're not in the projected path for 100% coverage? I'll be at 88% where I'm at. Do you only need the glasses if you're directly looking at the sun? Or do you need them to be outside?

I'm clueless when it comes to this shit.

You don't need them just to be outside, it's not going to be any brighter than usual. But an 88% eclipse is only interesting if you look directly at it, and you need the glasses to look at anything less than 99%.

You need to use the glasses/filters any time it's less than 100%, or any time not during totality in other words.

Posted: 7/9/2017 11:42:01 PM EST

[#33]

Have family in the center line in Oregon. They are saying 1 million are going to the area and I5 is going to be a parking lot.

Posted: 7/9/2017 11:52:23 PM EST

[#34]

Spending the night in Louisville and driving south in the morning. Still need a place to stop and see it.

Posted: 7/9/2017 11:57:28 PM EST

[#35]

Southern Idaho. Exactly where is yet to be determined.

Oregon is going to be packed and no way I'm going to fuck with the cluster fuck that Wyoming will be. Way too many tourist attractions.

Not many people are going to drive, watch it, stop for a meal, and drive back. They're going to test out the spending limit on their Discover cards. Spend a couple of days in the Grand Tetons or Yellowstone before the eclipse.

I have no desire to spend extra time with all the chuckleheads that are going to pile into the path of the eclipse.

Posted: 7/10/2017 12:17:32 AM EST

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The one you're going to miss, fool.
In mr T voice

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What eclipse

The one you're going to miss, fool.
In mr T voice

Uhhh, only the ominous one that is a "sign" as it is the first eclipse to pass over the whole North American continent in a long time, a bad omen for the U.S. which is a precursor sign to the September 23, 2017 star and planetary alignment in the heavens signifying the end of the world! Not to mention the 4 blood moons that also have occurred. So many signs in the heavens this year.

Posted: 7/10/2017 2:23:46 AM EST

[#37]

In the path of totality, 6/10ths of a mile south of Smith's Ferry,Idaho and east about 6 miles up on a peak.
I have been told I am working that day, to try and help with some semblance of order.

Would rather go hide, but for what they are paying me, I will work!

Posted: 7/10/2017 3:01:44 AM EST

[#38]

At home, right in the center of the full totality path. Took the day off work.

Hope it don't rain.

Posted: 7/10/2017 3:42:02 AM EST

[#39]

You people are weird.

Posted: 7/10/2017 11:04:42 AM EST

[#40]

PSA - Get some glasses ahead of time. I already have mine.
You can get disposable ones really cheap.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073PY8SQ9?tag=vglnk-c102-20

Posted: 7/10/2017 11:06:54 AM EST

[#41]

On the beach in Lincoln City Oregon

Hopefully the weather holds out

Edit: If any of you Oregon natives have any better suggestions on where to view. Message me. :)

Posted: 7/10/2017 11:12:30 AM EST

[#42]

I'm going to fly my Lear jet to Nova Scotia.

Posted: 7/10/2017 11:17:19 AM EST

[#43]

I live in Nebraska. Zone of total awesome is in my back yard.

Posted: 7/10/2017 11:29:27 AM EST

[#44]

Probably from my camping area. We're about 100 miles north of the total eclipse zone, driving down to OR would be a freakin' zoo on that day I'm sure.

Posted: 7/10/2017 11:31:22 AM EST

[#45]

Sitting in my driveway.

Posted: 7/10/2017 11:32:35 AM EST

[#46]

I'm going to visit Mammoth Cave on Sunday, and then drive southwest on Monday to see the eclipse.

Posted: 7/10/2017 11:33:34 AM EST

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Eastern Oregon.
Putting a barrel of gas on my trailer plus all of the cans we have to get there and back even if every station is sold out

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Don't forget they'll probably only have 2 gas attendants going around yelling at people trying to pump their own gas while going as slow as possible.

Posted: 7/10/2017 11:37:03 AM EST

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Have family in the center line in Oregon. They are saying 1 million are going to the area and I5 is going to be a parking lot.

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it will be. I guarantee it. I'm going the day before and not leaving Oregon until the day after for a reason. Even still, probably better to come home a route that doesn't go through I5 by jblm/Tacoma, it will be a parking lot for sure.

Posted: 7/10/2017 1:03:46 PM EST

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Don't forget they'll probably only have 2 gas attendants going around yelling at people trying to pump their own gas while going as slow as possible.

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Eastern Oregon.
Putting a barrel of gas on my trailer plus all of the cans we have to get there and back even if every station is sold out

Don't forget they'll probably only have 2 gas attendants going around yelling at people trying to pump their own gas while going as slow as possible.

And the card readers will all be down when the networks are overwhelmed, so it will be prepay inside cash only