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ice1972

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  1. Oh wait I got the shading backwards.....IDK....NE down into MO looks fine.....it doesn't have to be 100% clear.....you just need 2.5 min of clear.....the sun is like 0.02% of the sky.....final assessment SundH night....good luck everybody
  2. Also the almost new moon is passing by the sun now .....I tried to find the sliver by couldnt
  3. Anybody believe that's what it's gonna be like in Casper? Lol.....I hate that cloud cover map
  4. Flight leaves early tomorrow out of Logan.....pick up car at MSN then drive to Omaha.....will assess forecast early Monday morning it target is still central NE NW of Grand Island......I hope that's NW enough - I don't want to keep going west.....puts me further from hotel room in Iowa City.....lol these travel plans....
  5. Ya good luck man...you going towards De Soto? Right on center line.....if you have to bail on that would you try to blow through IL and set up in KY? I just think the southern IL situation is gonna be crazy....good luck
  6. Ya.....cancelled hotels in Quincy IL and Louisville KY.....Missouri looked awful and I really didn't want to contend with southeast traffic.....I've got an ambitious/aggressive schedule that has fail written all over it but it won't be dull and will be an all time great tale.....wishing everybody the best of luck and looking forward to all the posts.....I'll post to if I have cell in BF Nebraska....lol
  7. Glad I didn't pick there.....lol..... https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.businessinsider.com/solar-eclipse-car-traffic-travel-delay-maps-2017-8
  8. Final preps under way.....leave for Tewksbury MA tomorrow afternoon to stay with sister and she'll take me in to Logan early Sunday......nervous AF
  9. I also have these maps downloaded and accessible without internet.....
  10. That is tremendous.....I put Google maps on my iPad and am downloading maps - actually areas I window out - for use without internet/cell service.....supposedly it behaves just like google maps - that is you can zoom in and out and it will adjust the detail like normal.....I was nervous to be in BF Nebraska and not have cell
  11. Also I think it is the point of max eclipse or whatever.....past that point totality gets shorter as it moves east
  12. With 1million of your closest friends.....lolz.....meanwhile P&C forecast for NE got better
  13. I'll be coming from Omaha leaving probably early early Monday morning and sticking to back roads......my target is northwest of Grand Island - Ravenna......theres a 9 hole golf course that was selling admission onto the property for $11.....I just booked it not knowing if I would go there but since I have to pull the trigger on my hotel reservations I am thinking this is gonna be my target......I have three reservations - Omaha, Quincy, and Louisville.....probably cancel Quincy and Louisville....
  14. Oh wait.....you're targeting MO.....I meant better in NE.....
  15. I subscribed.....it was 99 cents for 4 weeks....whatever
  16. lol I was looking at that earlier......here is the 12z GFS valid same time......
  17. Right now I'm planning on NE.......central NE.....it looks dicey but ATM Monday looks Mostly Sunny sandwiched between convection on Sunday evening and Monday evening....playing with fire.....I'll be driving to Omaha from Madison all day Sunday....
  18. Meanwhile....Fayette MO still looks good.....decisions decisions.....
  19. I really want my Ravenna NE golf course viewing thing to work out......seems like the best location I've found based on Google Earth views......
  20. Also.....if it wasn't so far wouldn't you rather be behind the spill over rather than trying to out pace it and risk the chance its faster than expected.....thats part of the reason I like Nebraska.....but I also have an Omaha hotel reservation.....
  21. Ya....I have until late tomorrow to make the call otherwise I'm on the hook for the reservations.....honestly I can't believe I got the rates I did but they are a few hours outside the totality zone.....still thinking Nebraska is my final target.....once the decision is made its an all in thing.....no regrets.....can't wait
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