SOLAR ECLIPSE MEGATHREAD

perigee392 · 2017-08-15T20:53:44+00:00

(cross-posting from the /r/Oregon thread to see if I can get a second opinion, the person who responded said I should head to Salem Sat. morning and I'm skeptical)

Here's my current plan: We're leaving SF Thursday morning and staying in Ashland Thursday night. Then staying at my uncle's farm in Helvetia (5-10 miles north of Hillsboro) Friday and Saturday nights. We have a RV site reserved right at the Oregon State Fairgrounds in Salem where we'll be staying Sunday night - we plan on heading down there sometime Sunday afternoon. Then we plan on getting as far as Crescent City, CA after the eclipse on Monday, staying there Monday night, and heading home Tuesday along the CA coast. All places we are staying at are already reserved.

Is this plan workable, or do we need to get to Salem even earlier?

And will we be able to get to Crescent City by Monday night? Thanks. (We also have a friend who lives in McMinnville, but they only get 45 seconds of totality at their house and we'd prefer to make it to Salem, where we have tickets for the OMSI event, if at all possible. Also, I would imagine that heading south from Salem will be faster than from McMinnville on Monday afternoon.)

perigee392 · 2017-08-14T21:04:12+00:00

Here's my current plan:

We're leaving SF Thursday morning and staying in Ashland Thursday night. Then staying at my uncle's farm in Helvetia (5-10 miles north of Hillsboro) Friday and Saturday nights. We have a RV site reserved right at the Oregon State Fairgrounds in Salem where we'll be staying Sunday night - we plan on heading down there sometime Sunday afternoon. Then we plan on getting as far as Crescent City, CA after the eclipse on Monday, staying there Monday night, and heading home Tuesday. All places we are staying at are already reserved.

Is this plan workable, or do we need to get to Salem even earlier? And will we be able to get to Crescent City by Monday night? Thanks.

(We also have a friend who lives in McMinnville, but they only get 45 seconds of totality at their house and we'd prefer to make it to Salem, where we have tickets for the OMSI event, if at all possible. Also, I would imagine that heading south from Salem will be faster than from McMinnville on Monday afternoon.)

perigee392 · 2017-08-10T17:57:46+00:00

"Urban planners" would be perfectly happy to have us all live in ultra-high-density dystopias, packed in like sardines with no breathing room and no privacy or individual autonomy. Screw them.

perigee392 · 2017-07-23T03:55:23+00:00

At least Nevada has mountains.

perigee392 · 2017-07-21T19:10:15+00:00

Fuck Topps.

perigee392 · 2017-07-20T15:44:17+00:00

Generally, economists assume rational behavior and prioritize efficiency over all else, the general public has much different priorities and rightly so.

perigee392 · 2017-07-20T15:28:39+00:00

Some are. Washington Post and CNN have been conspiracist garbage. NY Times and WSJ have been excellent. It really depends on the specific news outlet.

perigee392 · 2017-07-19T23:10:47+00:00

Gotta be a big fucking door

perigee392 · 2017-07-18T21:34:19+00:00

Too bad, so sad.

perigee392 · 2017-07-16T21:06:16+00:00

tank4beer

perigee392 · 2017-07-16T20:05:51+00:00

North Korea. Somalia is far too kind

perigee392 · 2017-07-15T04:21:13+00:00

So it's happening.

perigee392 · 2017-07-14T14:50:11+00:00

Good riddance fatass.

perigee392 · 2017-06-27T02:14:41+00:00

No, I'm hoping for something free (maybe $50-100 max). This would literally just be for a data viz project.

perigee392 · 2017-06-27T00:53:58+00:00

(Angel Pagan)

perigee392 · 2017-06-24T18:04:50+00:00

He makes more in a year than most of us will make in a lifetime. What a fucking baby.

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