mackerel_sky Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 On 8/20/2017 at 5:20 PM, drfranklin said: my wife and I were at Pita House last night (live close by) and the line was out the door! had a large group of out-of-town "eclipsers" behind us ordering - they asked us, "is this Greenville?" Expand Lol! We were at the " Shuckin Shack" on Pelham, great seafood by the way! On Friday, walked right in, was fairly crowded, but no wait! Grit, how bad is it in CLT/ Lake Norman area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griteater Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 On 8/20/2017 at 5:37 PM, mackerel_sky said: Lol! We were at the " Shuckin Shack" on Pelham, great seafood by the way! On Friday, walked right in, was fairly crowded, but no wait! Grit, how bad is it in CLT/ Lake Norman areaI'm in route to Emerald Isle. I was just replying to the infrastructure comment. I-77 north of Charlotte can never be trusted (frequent backed up traffic) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No snow for you Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 On 8/20/2017 at 5:37 PM, mackerel_sky said: Lol! We were at the " Shuckin Shack" on Pelham, great seafood by the way! On Friday, walked right in, was fairly crowded, but no wait! Grit, how bad is it in CLT/ Lake Norman area Expand I can respond to this. It's horrible 247 since they are putting in the toll road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Seems like all the models except th NAM seem like partly cloudy at worst for Greenville area. NAM really likes thick CU for tomorrow. I'll ride the euro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wow Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Looking at Google traffic maps, I-81 looks terrible all the way through VA and I-85 from NC/SC line to GSP looks bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 On 8/20/2017 at 8:46 PM, Wow said: Looking at Google traffic maps, I-81 looks terrible all the way through VA and I-85 from NC/SC line to GSP looks bad. Expand It's happening! I guess I won't get a true feel of the trafficpacolypse, until I'm heading to work at 6 AM tomorrow in Greenville, SC. They are halting all road construction through tomorrow, and there is tons of it, to help with traffic, in all of SC I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drfranklin Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 On 8/20/2017 at 8:52 PM, mackerel_sky said: It's happening! I guess I won't get a true feel of the trafficpacolypse, until I'm heading to work at 6 AM tomorrow in Greenville, SC. They are halting all road construction through tomorrow, and there is tons of it, to help with traffic, in all of SC I believe. Expand looks like inbound lanes into GVL from NC are congested - inbound from GA are mainly clear ATM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted August 20, 2017 Author Share Posted August 20, 2017 We have arrived in Orangeburg. Traffic was light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kvegas-wx Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 I85 south from china grove thru the construction (concord mills area) is crawling. Just drove back north from charlotte to gso and the backup was miles long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 On 8/20/2017 at 9:42 PM, kvegas-wx said: I85 south from china grove thru the construction (concord mills area) is crawling. Just drove back north from charlotte to gso and the backup was miles long. Expand Probably going through that way in a few hours. Hoping it clears by then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 I-81 wasn't really bad at all today. One little slower section around Harrisonburg due to an accident, a little slow around Roanoke, but the rest of it was well above the speed limit travel...and the speed limit on large sections is 70mph. Can't complain a bit with the directions that my Highlander suggested through Charlotte into Laurens it seemed to shave off a dozen miles (had minor slowing at times through NC on I-77) and overall a little quicker than anticipated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Penland Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 I'm in Northeast Georgia. Very minimal southbound traffic on 40 or 23. Quite a bit coming north up 441 but still not bad. Today's model runs have me extremely nervous. Sent from my SM-G930R7 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculus1 Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Arrived in Brevard a couple hours ago. Traffic was very light on my backroads, in addition to US 74 W, I 26 N and US 64 W.Sent from my 6045O using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wow Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Good to hear. I think I'll make a run to northern end of Anderson SC in the morning (exit 27 off I-85). Should be about a 2 hr drive if traffic is still good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallsLake Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 For folks not in totality(like me), it'll still be very interesting. Found this verbiage: Once the sun is about 75% covered you'll start to notice environmental changes: The temperature will drop and skies will begin to darken more quickly. Temperatures can drop up to ten degrees if you're in the path of totality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 It took us three hours to get into Hartwell. Trip should have only taken about two hours. It was stop and go a large part of the way up I85 from Atlanta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxBlue Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 I drove down to Charlotte this afternoon and, other than your typical traffic on I-85 to NE of Charlotte, it wasn't bad. Feeling very optimistic about tomorrow's trip to southeast Tennessee (planning on leaving here at 3 am). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Greenville is a pretty sweet city. Starting to wish I had some more time to explore the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 On 8/20/2017 at 11:19 PM, Juliancolton said: Greenville is a pretty sweet city. Starting to wish I had some more time to explore the area. Expand It is great! Hopefully you get downtown, to liberty bridge, it's cool! Just glanced at the radar, the storms between CAE and GSP! Wasn't expecting that today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeyefan1 Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 On 8/20/2017 at 9:06 PM, jburns said: We have arrived in Orangeburg. Traffic was light. Expand It wasn't bad coming up 95 to 26 towards St Matthews Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a5ehren Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 For people familiar with Helen, GA, today looks like an Octoberfest weekend. Tomorrow might be apocalyptic in the mountain roads north of here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxBlue Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 On 8/20/2017 at 11:19 PM, Juliancolton said: Greenville is a pretty sweet city. Starting to wish I had some more time to explore the area. Expand Definitely check out downtown's waterfall when you can! One of more underrated southern cities to live in, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 On 8/20/2017 at 11:52 PM, mackerel_sky said: It is great! Hopefully you get downtown, to liberty bridge, it's cool! Just glanced at the radar, the storms between CAE and GSP! Wasn't expecting that today Expand On 8/21/2017 at 12:17 AM, WxBlue said: Definitely check out downtown's waterfall when you can! One of more underrated southern cities to live in, IMO. Expand Yup, hanging out in the falls park right now, have been for a couple hours. Awesome place and especially nice as the bridge starts getting lit up. Real energetic atmosphere here tonight... not sure what it's like on a usual Sunday but the excitement is definitely building for tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Made it to Greenville SC without a problem. Traffic sucked on 85 north of Charlotte and in northern SC. When that occurred we switched over to 29 with little trouble. 5 hours from Raleigh to Greenville. We will head toward Lake Keowee in the morning.Sent from my VS995 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drfranklin Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 On 8/21/2017 at 1:07 AM, eyewall said: Made it to Greenville SC without a problem. Traffic sucked on 85 north of Charlotte and in northern SC. When that occurred we switched over to 29 with little trouble. 5 hours from Raleigh to Greenville. We will head toward Lake Keowee in the morning. Sent from my VS995 using Tapatalk Expand used to live on Lake Keowee a number of years ago - that will be a fantastic setting - pristine lake - and, LK will have a significant amount of totality time - don't forget to visit Falls Park on the return trip home... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Just got into Greenville. Traffic on 85 had mostly disappAted. Let's do this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 I imagine radar watching tomorrow, could rival an approaching winter storm! Y'all stay safe and those who made it to Greenville, welcome and enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avdave Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Had no problems this evening from Raleigh to Fort Mill,SC. Outside of the construction zone on 85 near Kannapolis, it was an easy drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshM Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 On 8/21/2017 at 2:21 AM, mackerel_sky said: I imagine radar watching tomorrow, could rival an approaching winter storm! Y'all stay safe and those who made it to Greenville, welcome and enjoy! Expand Will nature screw us at the 11th hour, like every other event we look forward to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCSNOW Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 On 8/20/2017 at 10:32 PM, FallsLake said: For folks not in totality(like me), it'll still be very interesting. Found this verbiage: Once the sun is about 75% covered you'll start to notice environmental changes: The temperature will drop and skies will begin to darken more quickly. Temperatures can drop up to ten degrees if you're in the path of totality. Expand Temp could drop 10 degrees and it'll still manage to be 90+ around the SE lol. I need this eclipse during one of our precip always seemingly arrives late afternoon winter weathe events. Yall remember those where you wake up to milky sky's and just enough solar radiation gets through half the day and raises temps into upper 30s while the DP's creep up and your wetbulb hoovers around 33 to 34. Then the precip arrives during peak heating about 3:00 in the afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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