My daughter lives in Marble Falls, Texas north of Austin. Ground zero for great viewing in Texas. The town and surrounding area only have about 20,000 population. They expect 300,000 people to arrive for the eclipse.
Roads, stores, restaurants, gas stations, etc... aren't built for that amount of people.
Locals were told to get any groceries by Thursday night (yesterday) or forget it. She went to HEB grocery on Wednesday afternoon and it took 3 hours to get out of the store. Everything was flying off the shelves. People were grabbing food faster than it could be restocked. It was madness, but at least they got what was needed. By this weekend, the stores will be packed, and long lines everywhere.
They were told to get gasoline and fill up all cars & gas cans by Thursday night, don't expect gas to be available again until next Wednesday. If you find a gas station open, expect a mile long line and hours wait time. She is staying at home on Monday, not driving anywhere.
It's stupid. I'm staying in Houston and will see 90% of eclipse. That's good enough for me. No lines, no crowds, no chaos.
...there is an eclipse everyday...
...it is called "night"...
...doggy winks...
Not the same.
...perhaps not, but it sounds cool and it is as legit as 98% of what's been written about the event so far...
...howls...
I've never found eclipses interesting, but I'm very interested in how the cultists who run our world are influenced by them.
...doggy winks...
My daughter lives in Marble Falls, Texas north of Austin. Ground zero for great viewing in Texas. The town and surrounding area only have about 20,000 population. They expect 300,000 people to arrive for the eclipse.
Roads, stores, restaurants, gas stations, etc... aren't built for that amount of people.
Locals were told to get any groceries by Thursday night (yesterday) or forget it. She went to HEB grocery on Wednesday afternoon and it took 3 hours to get out of the store. Everything was flying off the shelves. People were grabbing food faster than it could be restocked. It was madness, but at least they got what was needed. By this weekend, the stores will be packed, and long lines everywhere.
They were told to get gasoline and fill up all cars & gas cans by Thursday night, don't expect gas to be available again until next Wednesday. If you find a gas station open, expect a mile long line and hours wait time. She is staying at home on Monday, not driving anywhere.
It's stupid. I'm staying in Houston and will see 90% of eclipse. That's good enough for me. No lines, no crowds, no chaos.
And looks like those 300,000 people will be staring at clouds.
I will never understand the hype for a total eclipse!
...scaremongering clickbait...
It's a Bonnie Tyler thing.
No one I know is “making the pilgrimage” to view the eclipse. I think it’s all just hype.
One of my coworkers is flying to Texas to watch it. I'm not even planning to go outside.
I'll watch it online, relaxing and ready to spring into action if the unexpected happens.
I’ll be looking for some mischief that the Deep State may want to pull while most of the country is distracted.
...absolutely...
I just walk to the parking lot during lunch time and it'll be right on top of me. Blessed! :D