eyewall Posted January 5, 2024 Share Posted January 5, 2024 On 1/3/2024 at 5:58 PM, lurker said: Here's a taste of what the traffic will be like (from 2017): Expand I went to Williamston, SC for 2017 outside of Greenville and it took 10 hours to get back to Raleigh, NC after. The worst traffic is right after, not before without question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted January 5, 2024 Share Posted January 5, 2024 On 1/5/2024 at 9:06 PM, eyewall said: I went to Williamston, SC for 2017 outside of Greenville and it took 10 hours to get back to Raleigh, NC after. The worst traffic is right after, not before without question. Expand Makes sense as everyone leaves at different times to get there but once it's over they all leave at the same time, that's why I wanted to spend an extra night wherever I am or I might end up sleeping in my vehicle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoCORH4L Posted January 5, 2024 Share Posted January 5, 2024 On 1/5/2024 at 9:19 PM, DavisStraight said: Makes sense as everyone leaves at different times to get there but once it's over they all leave at the same time, that's why I wanted to spend an extra night wherever I am or I might end up sleeping in my vehicle. Expand Gonna be chilly doing that, bring the mummy bag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTSkywarn Posted January 18, 2024 Share Posted January 18, 2024 Wow, I'm surprised no one has mentioned staying in southern Quebec or the Eastern Townships for this event. I've checked and hotel availability seems a lot better there than NNE. Sherbrooke, Quebec is my pick for this event. But Magog and other towns also seemed to have good hotel availability without the inflated prices I'm seeing here. The one exception may be Niagara Falls, ON. Rates were high over there. Sent from my moto g 5G (2022) using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoCORH4L Posted January 18, 2024 Share Posted January 18, 2024 On 1/18/2024 at 12:49 AM, CTSkywarn said: Wow, I'm surprised no one has mentioned staying in southern Quebec or the Eastern Townships for this event. I've checked and hotel availability seems a lot better there than NNE. Sherbrooke, Quebec is my pick for this event. But Magog and other towns also seemed to have good hotel availability without the inflated prices I'm seeing here. The one exception may be Niagara Falls, ON. Rates were high over there. Sent from my moto g 5G (2022) using Tapatalk Expand I was thinking of doing that, go up the day before or something. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice1972 Posted January 18, 2024 Share Posted January 18, 2024 Anyone traveling south for this? I went to MO in 2017 and was planning on Texas in April......have hotels booked in St. Louis (before shifting more south) and San Antonio......still investigating where to actually drive to to see this bad boy but at twice as long as the 2017 one man I can't fukin wait.......life changing experience for sure..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted January 18, 2024 Share Posted January 18, 2024 On 1/18/2024 at 12:49 AM, CTSkywarn said: Wow, I'm surprised no one has mentioned staying in southern Quebec or the Eastern Townships for this event. I've checked and hotel availability seems a lot better there than NNE. Sherbrooke, Quebec is my pick for this event. But Magog and other towns also seemed to have good hotel availability without the inflated prices I'm seeing here. The one exception may be Niagara Falls, ON. Rates were high over there. Sent from my moto g 5G (2022) using Tapatalk Expand Thought never crossed my mind but nor that you mention it, its a good idea. I also checked New Hampshire, according to reports, a lot more people are going to Vermont than New Hampshire so I did look into that. Northern Maine is also an option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted January 18, 2024 Share Posted January 18, 2024 On 1/18/2024 at 4:42 AM, DavisStraight said: Thought never crossed my mind but nor that you mention it, its a good idea. I also checked New Hampshire, according to reports, a lot more people are going to Vermont than New Hampshire so I did look into that. Northern Maine is also an option. Expand Only 2 minutes totality at CAR. PQI and especially HUL would be longer. So would MLT. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted January 19, 2024 Share Posted January 19, 2024 On 1/18/2024 at 4:30 AM, ice1972 said: Anyone traveling south for this? I went to MO in 2017 and was planning on Texas in April......have hotels booked in St. Louis (before shifting more south) and San Antonio......still investigating where to actually drive to to see this bad boy but at twice as long as the 2017 one man I can't fukin wait.......life changing experience for sure..... Expand Booked in San Antonio and plan to catch the eclipse as close to Eagle Pass as possible. We booked 9 months ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted January 19, 2024 Share Posted January 19, 2024 On 12/26/2023 at 12:23 PM, Chrisrotary12 said: How much for the flight? Expand Haven’t booked it yet but probably will in the next few weeks. We also have enough miles and have actually considered driving. Time is less of an issue for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorEastermass128 Posted January 19, 2024 Share Posted January 19, 2024 Ha, I booked Rochester, NY. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted January 19, 2024 Share Posted January 19, 2024 On 1/19/2024 at 12:29 PM, NorEastermass128 said: Ha, I booked Rochester, NY. Expand I considered New York too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted February 8, 2024 Share Posted February 8, 2024 2 months April 8th 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted February 10, 2024 Share Posted February 10, 2024 The plan if the weather is good. Is to visit my sister in law. She lives in Kirkland, just south of Montreal. Her house is just inside the eclipse path of totality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice1972 Posted February 10, 2024 Share Posted February 10, 2024 On 2/10/2024 at 2:48 AM, Sugarloaf1989 said: The plan if the weather is good. Is to visit my sister in law. She lives in Kirkland, just south of Montreal. Her house is just inside the eclipse path of totality. Expand If you can get yourself closer to the center line…..on the edge of the total path you’ll only get a matter of seconds in darkness…..at the center it will be like 3:15 or 3:30…..minutes….. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted February 11, 2024 Share Posted February 11, 2024 I was just offered a free week of a condo in Florida first week of April, I guess I'm going to miss it, my wife wants to take the condo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted February 11, 2024 Share Posted February 11, 2024 On 2/10/2024 at 10:42 PM, ice1972 said: If you can get yourself closer to the center line…..on the edge of the total path you’ll only get a matter of seconds in darkness…..at the center it will be like 3:15 or 3:30…..minutes….. Expand That's the plan if the weather is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstorm Posted February 11, 2024 Share Posted February 11, 2024 I booked a room just north of Syracuse so I can drive north, east or west based on weather conditions.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcglups Posted February 11, 2024 Share Posted February 11, 2024 I read an article in a local paper in Berlin where the town of Pittsburg is planning for the event and they are anticipating anywhere from 3,000 to 30,000 people (basically they have no idea, and just going to roll with it!) and all camping, cabins, vrbo, etc... are all booked in Coos Country. Colebrook on the other hand is planning for a big event of tens of thousands of people. Given the uncertainty of weather and crowds, I'm aiming to do a clockwise northern loop, and presuming I get passed Pittsburg and can cross the border, will take in the eclipse in southern Canada, and then venture home through Chain of Ponds and grab dinner in Rangeley. Alternatively, if I get to Errol in the morning and it is already a complete sh$t-show, I'll take a counter clockwise approach and venture up dead diamond road and get lost, sort of... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted February 12, 2024 Share Posted February 12, 2024 I can tell you don't settle for 90% or even 99%! Get into totality as it is a different world! I will be in Texas for this one. In 2017 I was on the centerline in South Carolina. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted February 12, 2024 Share Posted February 12, 2024 On 2/12/2024 at 2:36 PM, eyewall said: I can tell you don't settle for 90% or even 99%! Get into totality as it is a different world! I will be in Texas for this one. In 2017 I was on the centerline in South Carolina. Expand You should be skiing at Smuggs for this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted February 12, 2024 Share Posted February 12, 2024 On 2/12/2024 at 2:52 PM, mreaves said: You should be skiing at Smuggs for this! Expand Too much risk of cloud cover in New England 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisrotary12 Posted February 13, 2024 Share Posted February 13, 2024 Does anyone have the percent chance of cloud cover map? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted February 13, 2024 Share Posted February 13, 2024 On 2/13/2024 at 2:15 AM, Chrisrotary12 said: Does anyone have the percent chance of cloud cover map? Expand Basically these are percentages on the right so 0.9 equates to 90% (ie cloudy) and 0.1 would be 10% (mostly clear). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted February 13, 2024 Share Posted February 13, 2024 On 2/13/2024 at 12:12 PM, eyewall said: Basically these are percentages on the right so 0.9 equates to 90% (ie cloudy) and 0.1 would be 10% (mostly clear). Expand How accurate is that ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klw Posted February 13, 2024 Share Posted February 13, 2024 My office is very close to the blue line and the totality should be around 3:30 according to the net. Just have to hope it is good weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted February 13, 2024 Share Posted February 13, 2024 On 2/13/2024 at 2:25 PM, Damage In Tolland said: How accurate is that ? Expand Not 100% sure but based purely on climo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted February 13, 2024 Share Posted February 13, 2024 On 2/13/2024 at 4:08 PM, eyewall said: Not 100% sure but based purely on climo. Expand I’ll be in BTV for it, so I hope that’s totally wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted February 13, 2024 Share Posted February 13, 2024 On 2/13/2024 at 4:10 PM, Damage In Tolland said: I’ll be in BTV for it, so I hope that’s totally wrong Expand Hopefully you will luck out. No way to know for sure now of course. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted February 16, 2024 Share Posted February 16, 2024 On 2/13/2024 at 4:31 PM, eyewall said: Hopefully you will luck out. No way to know for sure now of course. Expand Hi Eyewall. How is life down south? Hey, I think you are the most knowledgable about solar eclipses on the forum and I have a question that I can't find the answer to on the web. Here in my hood of Central NH I will be at 98% coverage. I know that if you are not under totality the difference is like almost being dead and being dead. ( I heard that once from someone describing a total solar eclipse). It is true with my experience in Aruba years ago. My specific question is at 2% would people that stay here be able to see the Diamond Ring? I know Bailey's beads will not be possible. I think shadow bands will be visiable. I will wait right up to the day before the eclipse to decide my travel plans. I do know the back roads to at least get me north of Littleton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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