[HN Gopher] Eclipse Tracks
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Eclipse Tracks
Author : thunderbong
Score : 49 points
Date : 2024-03-17 12:41 UTC (3 days ago)
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(TXT) w3m dump (eclipsetracks.org)
| JKCalhoun wrote:
| Looks like the next one in the continental US is 2045. Now,
| hopefully I can live to be 81....
| mordechai9000 wrote:
| I am planning on seeing that one, too. It doesn't seem as far
| away as it used to.
| tzs wrote:
| There's one a year before that one that is also in the
| continental US, although only near the end. Totality on the
| centerline in the US ranges from 1m 39s to 1m 47s.
|
| [1] https://theskylive.com/solar-eclipse?id=2044-08-23
| SamBam wrote:
| Yeah, I had no idea it was so far away.
|
| That makes the ~60% chance of clouds in the Northeast in April
| that much sadder...
| sp332 wrote:
| Places to stay are booked solid along the route. I've also seen
| reports of reservations made months in advance getting cancelled
| when the hosts discover they could get more money. Traffic tends
| to be epically bad on eclipse days, so keep that in mind too when
| planning.
| eddieroger wrote:
| I live in a city nearly directly under the middle of that
| route. Schools are cancelled for the day, and were known
| cancelled at the start of the school year. Everything is booked
| and has been for a while. It's crazy. I'm glad to live near a
| park that's got some events planned but doesn't require me to
| go far or past a lot of people to get there.
| tzs wrote:
| It looks like there are a few major airports in the path of
| totality, including at least one very close to the centerline
| (CLE in Cleveland, Ohio). Maybe just fly in, watch it from the
| airport, and fly home?
| inanutshellus wrote:
| I mentioned this a while back[0] but you really want to be in
| a rural area when it happens. Most important thing is being
| in totality, but if you're going to go all the way to
| totality, go rural.
|
| When the sky goes dark, and the world suddenly cools, and the
| birds and insects suddenly wake up and come to life all
| around you... you'll know you did it right. It's magic.
|
| I'll be at a YMCA camp that's hosting a family weekend of
| summer camp style events. Win win.
|
| [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39468875
| wcchandler wrote:
| I'm grateful to be ~30 minutes away from totality. But I'm
| still shooting to spend the extra 2-3 hours driving to a place
| typically only an hour away just because it affords
| opportunities after the eclipse to entertain us while the
| traffic leaving the destination can taper out. On the previous
| eclipse, it took us about 3 hours to drive 20 miles, after the
| event. I'm not making that mistake again.
| ilove_banh_mi wrote:
| Yes, it's better to stay put for quite a while, the roads and
| highways will be stupidly full as almost everyone rushes to
| leave the moment totality is over. Then party through the
| night after the eclipse, share with others what struck you
| the most.
| lastofthemojito wrote:
| If they're not booked they're exorbitantly expensive. I've seen
| one optimistic soul listing an unremarkable house in rural
| Arkansas for $7000/night:
| https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/905741949079877847?check_in=202...
| wwarner wrote:
| here's a map for just North America that includes weather
| forecasts
| https://ncsu.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id...
| jayknight wrote:
| Thanks. I don't quite trust it this far out, but where I'm
| going is around 50% chance of being clear. If it's supposed to
| be cloudy, I plan on driving toward clearer spots that morning,
| so this gives me an idea of which way I should go (matches what
| I had expected, which is to go south toward Texas.)
| margalabargala wrote:
| I don't think that's a forecast (eclipse is still 20 days away)
| but rather it's a count of how many days of each type of cloud
| condition that area has had in the past on this date.
| jayknight wrote:
| I like
| http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/TSE_2024...,
| you can click on any location and get the exact times for
| everything.
| maicro wrote:
| +1 for this link - lets you easily click around to see what
| different places will experience. In my case, at home the
| (total) eclipse will last ~2:37, but at my office it'll last
| ~3:41.
| gmiller123456 wrote:
| I like
| https://celestialprogramming.com/apps/SolarEclipseViewer/vie...
| . Well, mainly because I wrote it. But I think you'll find it
| has a few features others don't, which might make you like it
| less or more.
| politelemon wrote:
| That's pretty good, I am considering going to Spain in 2026 and
| this helps with planning.
| ralphc wrote:
| Sing along with me...
|
| "Then you flew your Learjet up to Nova Scotia to see the total
| eclipse of the Sun"
| ilove_banh_mi wrote:
| We plan on being in low-population SW TX (somewhat NW of the
| path), and the evening before we'll evaluate and pick an optimal
| sunny location to view totality; we'll have hours to drive a bit
| South or a bit East to get to the right location by dawn at the
| latest. Anybody else making similar plans?
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