rbowman Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 August 21, 2017 will be a once in a lifetime event for most of us on this forum. Much of middle Tennessee will experience a total solar eclipse. Looking forward to this, and just 2 years to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 August 21, 2017 will be a once in a lifetime event for most of us on this forum. Much of middle Tennessee will experience a total solar eclipse. Looking forward to this, and just 2 years to go. Yep, this is on my radar. I'll drive wherever need be to get clear skies to witness the event. Once in a lifetime for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbowman Posted August 21, 2015 Author Share Posted August 21, 2015 I'd take a duplicate of today's weather 2 years from now and be delighted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxjagman Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 The lunar is in Sept.,27,28,this year.Here's some of the next events coming up with maps http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/usa/nashville Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrgjeff Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Total Solar in 2017 requires booking a few motel rooms along the route, a hedge against weather. Make sure they have good cancel rules; then, cancel all but one when the forecast becomes clear. We get another long track total solar across the Continental US in 2024 and I plan on seeing both. I would recommend chaser mentality, even with the certain forecast. Plan ahead for obstacles, traffic, overzealous police, dueling banjos, or whatever else might come up. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stovepipe Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Total Solar in 2017 requires booking a few motel rooms along the route, a hedge against weather. Make sure they have good cancel rules; then, cancel all but one when the forecast becomes clear. We get another long track total solar across the Continental US in 2024 and I plan on seeing both. I would recommend chaser mentality, even with the certain forecast. Plan ahead for obstacles, traffic, overzealous police, dueling banjos, or whatever else might come up. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 I've been looking forward to this for the better part of the new millennium. Thinking it might be fun to experience the festivities in Hopkinsville, but there are probably a thousand quieter spots where totality is less than a second shorter. I trust that, as usual, the weather will ultimately make the decision easy for me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxjagman Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~jander/tot2017/tse17intro.htm We already got a 63% chance of rain..lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1122 Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 At least most of us are very close to this one. I'll probably be somewhere down 75 just south of Knox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxjagman Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Possibly looking like some intrusion of some high clouds Sunday for the TLE,especially with the Euro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayCee Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 This event has been on my radar for a long time. I've never experienced a TOTAL solar eclipse (I've seen an ANNULAR eclipse), and to have one right in our backyard is truly historic. Basically, the path of totality crosses right over the Plateau into east TN just south and west of Knoxville. There is no need for me to get a hotel room! I'm taking the day off, and just driving down 411 and finding a spot along the path. However, if the weather doesn't cooperate nearby, I'm up for a road trip. Fortunately, the eclipse occurs in August. Climatologically speaking, that's usually a sunnier time of the year around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stovepipe Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 This event has been on my radar for a long time. I've never experienced a TOTAL solar eclipse (I've seen an ANNULAR eclipse), and to have one right in our backyard is truly historic. Basically, the path of totality crosses right over the Plateau into east TN just south and west of Knoxville. There is no need for me to get a hotel room! I'm taking the day off, and just driving down 411 and finding a spot along the path. However, if the weather doesn't cooperate nearby, I'm up for a road trip. Fortunately, the eclipse occurs in August. Climatologically speaking, that's usually a sunnier time of the year around here. We should coordinate a forum meetup for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayCee Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 We should coordinate a forum meetup for this. Right in our neighborhood, and on a Monday. Going to make it a long weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Just one more year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Yay, other eclipse geeks here Here's about what it will look like in areas that aren't fortunate to be in the zone of totality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrgjeff Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Probably time to think about booking a few motels along the route in case it is cloudy here. Make Eclipses Great Again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbowman Posted August 22, 2016 Author Share Posted August 22, 2016 Here's a tip to help in viewing the eclipse. Buy a pair of shade 14 welders glasses. At that shade it is safe to look directly at the sun with those glasses on.Sent from my LG-H901 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 6 hours ago, nrgjeff said: Probably time to think about booking a few motels along the route in case it is cloudy here. Make Eclipses Great Again! I read that many places are already booked in the West (climo favors less cloudiness there). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 On 8/22/2016 at 7:17 PM, Hoosier said: I read that many places are already booked in the West (climo favors less cloudiness there). Wow, that's pretty crazy. I still haven't decided where I'll be setting up shop. Sort of thinking about Lake Marion in SC, since it's a relatively picturesque area for eclipse landscape photos, and probably the easiest drive to anywhere along the totality path. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxjagman Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 http://www.eclipse2017.org/2017/path_through_the_US.htm#Tennessee http://www.eclipse2017.org/2017/path_through_the_US.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbowman Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 Once in a lifetime event! I'm stoked for it. Sent from my LG-H918 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Forgot about this thread... Every hotel in Santee, SC was completely booked when I checked a few weeks ago. Lodging options are probably pretty well exhausted in most of the path of totality at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathertree4u Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 14 minutes ago, rbowman said: Once in a lifetime event! I'm stoked for it. Sent from my LG-H918 using Tapatalk I should be right in the most totality; I tried to find when the next total solar eclipse will take place over TN. Seems like there was one when I was in elementary school which would have been late 1970's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bob Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Just a 30 minute drive into the totality for me...wondering what traffic will be like....(hoping for a cloud free day!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastKnox Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 I'm hoping to make my way up the Cherohala Skyway to find a spot for viewing. I definitely need to grab a solar filter for my scope before then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlunderStorm Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Quote Here is another map just for the heck of it. I will be in the Smoky Mountains (withing the area of totality) where will you be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrgjeff Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 I had planned on booking 3-4 motels from here to the High Plains as cloud insurance, but procrastination struck. SC booked? Hopefully the Plains is not. Probably got places to stay along the way to at least KC if not a motel. Actually another total solar eclipse comes in 2024. They are streaky. Nothing for 40 years and then two in several years. Still traffic and motel rooms could make a storm chase in central Oklahoma seem like light traffic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookingnorth Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 For those who can't find hotels because they are booked, you could look into nearby campgrounds. That's what my dad and I decided on doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kvskelton Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Just received a Black Polymer Solar Filter for my Nikon DSLR. My largest zoom is a mere 200mm, so I'm not sure how well the photos will turn out but I want to be able to photograph the eclipse while it is progressing. I have used solar filters previously at work for our surveying instrument in order to conduct sun shots. I'm sure y'all know their importance! Someone once asked if a person could conduct a sun shot with a surveying instrument without a solar filter. My reply was "You can but only twice. Once with each eye." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrgjeff Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Camping in rural areas also offers the added benefit: Get out the scopes the night before or after for other viewing. I think we will book 1-2 hours off path and position early morning. It is a gamble, hopefully no worse than chasing central Oklahoma, lol! If the weather looks good here it will be a local project, which is my wish. I'm not sure I'd go for a scenic spot due to crowds. A total eclipse will blow your mind even on the flattest plains. Think parking lots of churches, schools, hospitals, anything not really commercial and with low risk of getting booted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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