We were just talking about the same thing last night. Our plan is to have a backup location, and we're going to stop short and fill it to the brim prior to CSV for just that reason.
Lucky! Do you have a rental car? Can you drive into the totality zone? I've seen 99, maybe 99.5%... clearly not the same thing!I will be Anderson, SC on a business trip... 99.5 % coverage - while only flying commercial, timing for that business trip couldn't be better...
During the eclipse we have a break which unfortunately is not long enough to drive into the 100% area. 99.5% is more than I would get if I were in Michigan... 
Yay!We ARE in the 100% zone!!!Just checked on my freshly installed Eclipse Map App.
Pretty much. KAIA just got approval,for a temp tower this week. KGUR tower only open M-F (Army helos) but decided it should open today ( Sunday ).
I fell on it hiking, almost a month ago now. 'Twas stupid on my part. There was a place where a trail coming down Camels Hump turned into a stream for 100 yards or so. I was tired and not thinking straight, should have taken my boots off and waded it but tried hopping from rock to rock instead. One rock didn't have enough room for both of my feet and I slipped and crushed my right hand against a boulder. It's a "boxer's fracture" of the 5th metacarpal.Ouchie. What'd you do? I missed it if you posted it.
Traffic forecast on I25 thru NM-CO-WY is " 6 home Broncos games letting out at the same time"Unable. Traffic.
You might be in luck, but only because Cairo is right on the edge of the totality path so it's not as desirable a destination. According to timeanddate.com you'll have about 25 seconds of totality.
I reserved a spot at MDH for the 310. The shop didn't finish my G4/GTX345 installation yet so someone can have my slot if they want. I'm not sure if they have a no swap policy. If you're interested you can call the FBO and if they agree it's whoever wants it first.
Possibly 45 seconds. I know the field is north of town and it's impossible to zoom into the timeanddate.com map close enough to get good resolution, and the duration of totality falls off very sharply near the edge of the zone. You could probably bicycle into 1 minute of totality, if you brought a bike along.
Nope, never been down that way. I'm just reporting what the manager said. If you're not comfortable with poor asphalt then by all means, don't attempt it. But you could call the manager yourself to get the most recent lowdown - that's what I'd do myself if I was flying in, since on paper 2200 sounds a little tight in my Cardinal but doable unless there are obstacles or the pavement is REALLY bad.
Don't know about the Walking Dead, but unless your automatic headlights are really bad they'll turn on during totality. But why would anyone be driving then? Pull over and enjoy the rare event!
I hope it heals quickly.I fell on it hiking, almost a month ago now. 'Twas stupid on my part. There was a place where a trail coming down Camels Hump turned into a stream for 100 yards or so. I was tired and not thinking straight, should have taken my boots off and waded it but tried hopping from rock to rock instead. One rock didn't have enough room for both of my feet and I slipped and crushed my right hand against a boulder. It's a "boxer's fracture" of the 5th metacarpal.
I had it x-rayed the same day but the first pictures didn't show a fracture. Second series last week did. My orthopod said that does happen sometimes, the fracture is so subtle it doesn't show at first. He recommended a cast instead of a brace but from his description of the cast, it would have made a lot of routine things impossible including writing with my right hand (fall semester starts in a week!) and getting my arm through the sleeve of most of my t-shirts and blouses, and likely the Army uniform profs here have to wear.
Very bad timing... was looking forward to this one for several years.
Check NOTAMs for the airport(s) you are visiting and use the listed frequencies for them, otherwise the published frequencies. Or ask for flight following if you are concerned for other traffic.
Thanks - I hope so too, but the damage is already done.
Not sure there is any discrepancy there. Cape G. is farther than Cairo from the southern limit of the totality zone, which actually stretches NW to SE. I'm not sure what your blue line corresponds to, but you have to think in terms of miles measured at right angles from the edge of the zone. Try timeanddate.com's eclipse path map: it shows the entire swath, with special shading for the full totality zone.
Not at all, you're absolutely right about the details. And yes, the *airports* may see about the same length of totality. As I wrote earlier, a few miles makes a big difference *especially* near the edge of the totality zone.
Yep, that's why I prefer to use an interactive map such as the one at timeanddate.com.