Comment on xkcd #2915: Eclipse Clouds

Letstakealook@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• NotSteve_@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Niagara falls in Canada already declared a state of emergency and Kingston is expecting to see 3x the normal population visit during the eclipse. It’s going to be absolutely nuts and I feel for anyone living in a city like that.

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  • Morgoon@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I just left Niagara falls a few days ago and they are erecting barricades like they’re prepping for Canada to invade lol

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  • Letstakealook@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah, it’s going to be a mess. I’m really not looking forward to Monday.

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  • xpinchx@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s always a shit show. I drove to S Illinois in 2017. 6 hour drive in, 17 hour drive home I hated it. But worth it.

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    • numberfour002@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      My experience wasn’t quite that bad, but still sucked. It took about 4.5 hours to get to my perfect spot. I left within an hour or two after the eclipse was over, and then it something like 8+ hours to get home due to excessive traffic.

      It wouldn’t have changed my choice, but I would have appreciated a warning that post-eclipse traffic could/would be extreme because it wasn’t something I had even thought about. Figured it might be a little heavier, but wasn’t expecting that much.

      So this time around, I’ve mentioned it to folks who are planning to travel to see it.

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