Rabid Cougar said:

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You have a typical football crowd at Kyle Field descend on a county with a total population of 18,000 with a David's supermarket, three Dollar Generals, two Allsups and three stop lights...

Do the math.

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120,733

I don't understand driving or flying hundreds or thousands of miles to see it get dark for four or five minutes.

If you are making scientific measurements, sure. But just to go see it

I guess the big cities may have problems with darkness, but around here, it gets dark every evening. I can see it get dark without having to go anywhere.

That said, freedom is golden. We are free to go see it get dark just about wherever we wish.

BCG Disciple said:

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Dead giveaway you have never experienced a total solar eclipse.

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Indeed.

eric76 said:

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I don't understand driving or flying hundreds or thousands of miles to see it get dark for four or five minutes.

If you are making scientific measurements, sure. But just to go see it

I guess the big cities may have problems with darkness, but around here, it gets dark every evening. I can see it get dark without having to go anywhere.

That said, freedom is golden. We are free to go see it get dark just about wherever we wish.

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The Incas used to think it meant the sun god was mad and required human sacrifice to pacify.

Really makes you think.

Robert C. Christian said:

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eric76 said:

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I don't understand driving or flying hundreds or thousands of miles to see it get dark for four or five minutes.

If you are making scientific measurements, sure. But just to go see it

I guess the big cities may have problems with darkness, but around here, it gets dark every evening. I can see it get dark without having to go anywhere.

That said, freedom is golden. We are free to go see it get dark just about wherever we wish.

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The Incas used to think it meant the sun god was mad and required human sacrifice to pacify.

Really makes you think.

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A human sacrifice? I can think of a few twits who would be good candidates for that.

C@LAg said:

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eric76 said:

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A human sacrifice? I can think of a few twits who would be good candidates for that.

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so you are volunteering?

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Only if I can pick the means of the sacrifice.

I'm not sure it is possible to die that way, though, unless I need viagra toward the end and the viagra gets to me.

Guppy91 said:

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BCG Disciple said:

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Dead giveaway you have never experienced a total solar eclipse.

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Indeed! Rex: Skip out to Bremond, Cameron, Rosebud if the weather is favorable. It will be unbelievably different than the B/CS experience …and you can be home before sundown. Get on or beyond this red line:

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If that map is accurate we are just outside of the red line. By outside I mean less than 5 miles as the crow flies.

Thanks for posting.

It's a bit like this worn thought: "I don't understand why any player would go to Texas A&M." -sip

From outside you can't understand it, from inside you can't explain it.

Sometimes you just have to trust the experienced and go for it!

Travel the 5 miles (or 10)… you will not regret it! Easy trip!

Viewable from Augusta?

For what it's worth, the 2009 eclipse I saw in China was with the Houston Museum of Natural Science and was a great overall trip to China with the finale being the eclipse at a site they reserved south of Shanghai on a island. The night before a monsoon blew in and it rained all night and was cloudy the day of the eclipse. While some were very disappointed, you could watch the entire eclipse without eye protection. Still a special experience.

Augusta is not in the path of totality. Your closest approach would be just west of Buffalo or west of Palestine. Awesome map here: http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/TSE_2024_GoogleMapFull.html

Guppy91 said:

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Augusta is not in the path of totality. Your closest approach would be just west of Buffalo or west of Palestine. Awesome map here: http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/TSE_2024_GoogleMapFull.html

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Augusta, Georgia

C@LAg said:

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Seattle is going to be the brightest major city that day

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I do like to gamble, but no bet! Could very well be!

I guessed Texas! -> Augusta, GA - 75% partial. No traffic. No emergency declarations!
Fwiw: Augusta, TX: 98.7% partial.

Rapier108 said:

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Good grief, is the OP really implying that there is something nefarious going on with the eclipse?

It is nothing more than small towns and rural counties preparing to have tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of people flood in on Sunday or Monday and probably a good number hanging around until Tuesday.

Imagine if you're a town of 10,000 people and all of a sudden your population swells to 100,000. Your infrastructure simply cannot handle it so better to prepare in advance. The disaster declarations, as others have stated, is about freeing up extra $$$ to be ready for it.

Now watch, on April 8th, Texas will be completely covered by clouds.

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I don't think there's anything nefarious other than the media love to create panic and generate clicks/views. So they'll stir things up as much as possible to reinforce this panic behavior so they can have more clicks and views.

BCG Disciple said:

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This is a total solar eclipse, not a partial like in October. The last total solar eclipse anywhere in the mainland US was 2017, and before that was 1979 (barely touched the northeast)! There won't be another one in mainland US until 2044 (in Montana and the Dakotas only).

In Texas, it has been more than a century since we have had a total solar eclipse. The last is technically in 1919, but it was an annular solar eclipse (the moon is in its closest orbital pattern to the sun and doesn't have totality like a total solar eclipse).

In short, it is a very rare occurrence and no one alive has ever seen one in the state of Texas. Im in my early 40s and have only experienced the 2017 even in my lifetime. It is a fascinating event and something that will be memorable to you and your family and help us all put down our devices and get outdoors and experience a very rare event!

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Can you describe the experience? Tell us what it was like .... total darkness? ... did you need a flashlight? ... how long did it last? ... did anything strange happen? ... etc., etc., etc.

I need to jack up the rate on my house in College Station and market it as a great spot to see the eclipse. If it's a T-sip renter I'll tell them the unique thing about this eclipse is they can stare right at it without glasses.

Seems like sitting on top of enchanted rock is the spot.

10 rookie mistakes first-time eclipse-chasers make (and how to avoid them)

https://www.space.com/eclipse-chaser-rookie-mistakes-how-to-avoid-them?fbclid=IwAR16KWGpGa5ZGM4ZReClwJV5VCmLztptaXmqK-hkt0BTZ7fSGVNxcplvAxM_aem_AVcz9PWtEH7xGWBnJYM7b5_UQrrjevXDhlf-Qk1LBzmSdf0wdYdDSDymr4e7gAO5t6w

AC Hopper said:

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BCG Disciple said:

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This is a total solar eclipse, not a partial like in October. The last total solar eclipse anywhere in the mainland US was 2017, and before that was 1979 (barely touched the northeast)! There won't be another one in mainland US until 2044 (in Montana and the Dakotas only).

In Texas, it has been more than a century since we have had a total solar eclipse. The last is technically in 1919, but it was an annular solar eclipse (the moon is in its closest orbital pattern to the sun and doesn't have totality like a total solar eclipse).

In short, it is a very rare occurrence and no one alive has ever seen one in the state of Texas. Im in my early 40s and have only experienced the 2017 even in my lifetime. It is a fascinating event and something that will be memorable to you and your family and help us all put down our devices and get outdoors and experience a very rare event!

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Can you describe the experience? Tell us what it was like .... total darkness? ... did you need a flashlight? ... how long did it last? ... did anything strange happen? ... etc., etc., etc.

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It doesn't get "dark". It gets darker. Like late into a sunset, but in every direction. You don't need a light. You're in a big shadow. Bugs come out, you can see the brighter stars. It's like sunset for 360 degrees, except you look up and there's a black hole in the sky. It's ****ing cool.
I drove from college station to the St. Louis area in 2017. One of the coolest things I've ver seen. Can't wait to take my daughter this time around. My folks live in the path of totality this time. I could stay there, but I'm going to drive farther and fight the crowds to max out our time and get ONE extra minute. It's totally worth it. And if the weather is crap that day, then we may have to drive out of state.

Yup. You need to turn off your stereo 4 minutes before totality.

Clear Skies!

I think the government knows full well the history of this eclipse pattern. Those earthquakes were no joke.

Again, are we sure this is visible from Augusta, Georgia?

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TyHolden said:

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Again, are we sure this is visible from Augusta, Georgia?

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partial, yes. total? no.

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I'm just trying to get in a humble brag. I'll watch it at Hooters with Daly.