Hmmmm, is 97% good enough or do I get up in the middle of the night and try to drive 100 miles? I'm such a procrastinator.
Quote from: whitelancer64 on 08/20/2017 05:13 pmQuote from: gongora on 08/20/2017 03:58 pmHmmmm, is 97% good enough or do I get up in the middle of the night and try to drive 100 miles? I'm such a procrastinator.If you're that close to totality, well, I'd drive it.Indeed.Partial eclipses aren't the main event, they're mostly the same effect a few hundred miles from totality.It's the totality that makes the event. Both seeing the outer corona/streamers, as well as watching the shadow approach and depart around you.
Quote from: gongora on 08/20/2017 03:58 pmHmmmm, is 97% good enough or do I get up in the middle of the night and try to drive 100 miles? I'm such a procrastinator.If you're that close to totality, well, I'd drive it.
I just arrived in Bend, OR from CA. What about the hype of heavy traffic? Don't believe a word of it... Route 97 (and I-5 yesterday) only had marginally more traffic than during any weekend. Bend so far looks no more busy than any other decent sized town to my eye.For those in the Bend/Madras area, here is a good map showing how long the totality will be in different spots. You don't have to drive too far north to quickly get to 1 minute totality, and after that it seems like dwindling benefits to go further to Madras for the full 2 minutes.The image comes from this link, where they have similar maps from all large areas: https://www.greatamericaneclipse.com/best-places-to-view/I haven't yet decided how far into the totality path I want to drive... it will depend on crowds and traffic.