Where will you be to watch the eclipse? Smothered, scattered, covered? (Only people in the south can appreciate this)

Its about a 5 hour drive from here, without all the traffic that is sure to be.
Double that for the trip home, with all those people with eye damage after staring at the eclipse without having protective eyewear.
I have been looking forward to this for many years, but I may pass.

Boston, where we’ll get about ¾ of the total.

I’m traveling to Wyoming for it!!!! I can’t wait. I secured my lodging more than a year ago and my flights several months ago.

I’ve got four Waffle Houses within a 20 minute drive.

My husband and a friend are driving about 8 hours to the South Carolina path of totality. All that for about 2.25 minutes of full eclipse… I turned-down the invitation. Yes, this is a once-in-a-lifetime experience, but what if the day’s cloudy and rainy? Here in Washington, DC, I’ll get to see about 85% obscurity if the sky’s clear, which should be fascinating while requiring no travel.

The possibility of bad weather is why so many people are going to Wyoming where the weather is pretty reliably clear! And totality is a totally different experience than a partial eclipse. The world goes dark, and the stars come out.

@mariah Please report back!
I’m in WV and we are supposed to have about a 90% view of it if it’s not cloudy. I’m buying my glasses tonight.

There’s been so much tropical storm activity, I’m concerned that the southeastern U.S. might be under clouds or rain. Of course, the day could be perfect, but…

The eclipse doesn’t care about me…..so I don’t care about the eclipse.

While my wife and all of the neighbors are outside once-in-a-lifetime oooing and ahhhing, I will be upstairs in my little studio, working on still another musical masterpiece….