eclipse warning
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Topic: eclipse warning
Posted By: Greg (Hillsboro, OH)
Subject: eclipse warning
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2024 at 12:04pm
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Received a notice from one of our vendors today warning about potential disruptions due to the eclipse next week. Never thought of this being an issue, but different areas are planning for HUGE numbers of people converging into those areas to see it. We hope this message finds you well. We are writing to
inform you of a potential disruption that may affect the timely delivery of
your packages to our labs early next week. As you may be aware, there is a
solar eclipse scheduled for Monday, 08 April 2024, and while this celestial
event promises awe-inspiring views, it also poses logistical challenges as XXXXXX is in the path of totality. We have been advised by local and state
authorities to expect widespread road closures and general difficulty with travel
in our local area on Monday due to the extremely high influx of visitors hoping
to see the event. If you
anticipate having samples sent to us, please plan to have them delivered by
Friday, 05 April, or we ask that you please hold and ship on Tuesday, 09 April,
to ensure your samples are not delayed in transit and arrive intact. |
Replies:
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2024 at 12:43pm
| Unless weather turns to crap, going to my brother's in Jackson MO day of, then return home. |
Posted By: DaveKamp
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2024 at 9:13pm
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I think they should reschedule the eclipse for Sunday instead. ;-) ------------- Ten Amendments, Ten Commandments, and one Golden Rule solve most every problem. Citrus hand-cleaner with Pumice does the rest. |
Posted By: Lars(wi)
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2024 at 9:38pm
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Texas DPS has published a list of counties where all ‘permitted loads’ are suspended for the day. Wifey and I are probably going head over to Lampasses for the day, and check out all the craziness. Don’t really care about the eclipse itself, as it’s not the first one, won’t be the last. Just want to view humankind being a couple bubbles off level. ------------- I tried to follow the science, but it was not there. I then followed the money, and that’s where I found the science. |
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2024 at 6:52am
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Here are talking of Secondary highways around Fredericktown to the Bootheel being impassable in places, hotels are full up all around Cap Girardeau even as inclement weather forecast. Some that usually provide rooms at $85-$150/night are now well over $600 IF can locate one. Interstate 55 is predicted to be a royal mess as is I-57 in IL in southern end of state. Wife and I will be leaving EARLY to head to my brother's in Jackson MO, he just remarried and has been in this house less than 3 years, time for a visit anyway.
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Posted By: RP Farms
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2024 at 7:14am
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When the eclipse happened in Southern Illinois in 2017 traffic was a bit busy. I've lived on my road my whole life, minus 5 years after I moved out and bought a house in town, and I have never seen traffic like that out our way. I live about 15 miles from Carbondale where this eclipse crossed path with the one from 2017 and alot of people are all about standing in the same place to watch two eclipses. |
Posted By: ACinSC
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2024 at 7:20am
| Seems crazy to me but my brother and 2 sisters are flying to Texas for the eclipse. |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2024 at 11:31am
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We have a convention here this weekend. Well less than Half the normal amount are booked for this due to the eclipse. We scheduled this a year ago and had no idea how big a deal this would be. |
Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2024 at 1:06pm
I will be staying home. Sounds like there will be enough idiots on site without me adding to the crowd.  ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2024 at 2:58pm
| We have family flying in from Flordia, 4 of them and 2 from Virginia and one from Lancaster Ohio coming and I thought I would be home with peace a nd quiet |
Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2024 at 3:01pm
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Just wait until the clouds roll in 1/2hr before the 'big event'.... ..you'll need earmuffs from all the 'vocal complaints' !! ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: TramwayGuy
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2024 at 4:06pm
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My son is flying home from China, just for this event. Totality right over our house, and it looks like we might not have too much cloud cover. Expecting upwards of 140,000 people possible in our normal town of 30,000. Businesses and schools will be closed. It’s a big deal, though. |
Posted By: Lars(wi)
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2024 at 4:52pm
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Just east of us about an hour so, it’s the same story. Totality, not sure on the schools, but all hotels, campgrounds, rv parks are booked solid. We will probably head over to our rv that we have at an rv campground a couple miles outside of Lampasses Tx, for a long weekend. The eclipse itself I don’t care two shakes about, it ain’t the first won’t be the last. I just wanna see how ‘off level’ people get on something they have zero control over. ------------- I tried to follow the science, but it was not there. I then followed the money, and that’s where I found the science. |
Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2024 at 6:10pm
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hay, just keep spreading the word that during the total eclipse , all cell phones will be cutoff ! ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: DaveKamp
Date Posted: 05 Apr 2024 at 6:45am
For all you that haven't already bought, a FEW tickets for the Eclipse are still available on my web-store...  ------------- Ten Amendments, Ten Commandments, and one Golden Rule solve most every problem. Citrus hand-cleaner with Pumice does the rest. |
Posted By: BrianC
Date Posted: 05 Apr 2024 at 6:57am
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Dave, thanks for the right up-font tickets, do you still have the Eclipse flashlights? Did you sell off your solar system?
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Posted By: Lars(wi)
Date Posted: 05 Apr 2024 at 7:03am
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I own a Hahn-Eclipse rototiller, and a Hahn-Eclipse riding lawn mower, can I use them both during the eclipse? ------------- I tried to follow the science, but it was not there. I then followed the money, and that’s where I found the science. |
Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 05 Apr 2024 at 8:00am
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Frankly ,while the eclipse is kinda neat... I'd be more concerned if we don't see the Sun 8 minutes later ! ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: DaveKamp
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2024 at 12:44am
Yes, Brian- I DID sell off my solar system, but I downloaded a new one, along with the latest version of Pluto, over the internet. Jay- if the sun doesn't come back, we've got about 37 hours before the entire earth's surface temperature falls below 32F, and within another 40 hours, the equator will reach -40F... In between those times, Most every place will be subjected to straight-line winds in excess of 200mph as differential temperatures cause incredible convection... and the end result will be very, very unavoidable... ------------- Ten Amendments, Ten Commandments, and one Golden Rule solve most every problem. Citrus hand-cleaner with Pumice does the rest. |
BrianC wrote:Posted By: dr p
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2024 at 6:19am
| Dave, when you pass on, i think you should donate your brain to science. How the heck did you know that!?! |
Posted By: WF owner
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2024 at 6:51am
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We are in Syracuse for granddaughter's volleyball tournament. The hotel (Marriott) we are staying in is completely full through the weekend for the eclipse. We were told that there is only one hotel in the Syracuse are that has rooms and they are $900 night. We will be going home today and watching it from our backyard.
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Posted By: PaulB
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2024 at 7:50am
The economy is terrible isn't it when people can travel and spend $900 a night just to watch a natural phenomenon? They will see the same thing watching the evening news. ------------- If it was fun to pull in LOW gear, I could have a John Deere. Real pullers don't have speed limits. If you can't make it GO... make it SHINY |
Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2024 at 5:25pm
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hmm, my crystal ball seems to be working, .. I said it'd be CLOUDY tomorrow between 2 and 4......seems the feds agree ! Might even get RAIN around 'the time' ! ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2024 at 6:23pm
I plan on cutting the grass, trimming a couple trees, and watching the 6 pm news ...  ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: thendrix
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2024 at 6:49pm
Hey Hubert!! Want to come to my house and watch the eclipse? We can turn our vehicles sideways and block Henderson Mountain and give the south east corner of Pickens county a new definition of idiocy We don't need to do that. There's enough idiocy here to last 3 lifetimes ------------- "Farming is a business that makes a Las Vegas craps table look like a regular paycheck" Ronald Reagan |
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2024 at 6:01am
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My little must make or take any excuse to not visit my family Wife and I had planned to go visit my Brother at Jackson MO today, she knew had been FOREVER since been to Cape Girardeau area. Decided over three weeks ago, regardless of weather regardless of anything just time to make a visit see his new to him home, his recent purchase 1972 Pontiac Gr Prix and his kids our nieces and nephews. So Friday I reinforce that visit with no response but Saturday evening I am told that she already cancelled her day off, did so on THURSDAY, will be Far Too Cloudy. I throw a Fit, refuse to be around her much at all remainder of weekend, as to that Always Find a Excuse, texted my brother would not be down and why. This morning, I hear a softly issued 'I screwed up' from her, 'should have gone' from her, 'should have kept the day off' from her, and twice since my tirade she asked if could contact my brother to say we would still be down she would ask her boss off for the day by email, which BTW is how she cancelled said day off on SATURDAY as she finally admitted this morning. Just told her NO both times. Is regretting her game yet again where I am allowing her to sit and wallow in it.
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Posted By: WF owner
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2024 at 6:36am
| Why would you air your dirty (family) laundry on the internet? |
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2024 at 7:21am
| Not dirty Laundry, ANGER at the one person that pulls a Stunt time and again, and Caught Time and Again . |
Posted By: injpumpEd
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2024 at 7:49am
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I'm making my very rare "Eclipse Tea"! Only happens on rare occasions! ------------- 210 "too hot to farm" puller, part of the "insane pumpkin posse". Owner of Guenther Heritage Diesel, specializing in fuel injection systems on heritage era tractors. stock rebuilds to all out pullers! |
Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2024 at 8:24am
If ANGER at “the one person”, who happens to be your wife doesn’t qualify as dirty laundry then what does? |
Posted By: Lars(wi)
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2024 at 9:57am
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Wifey and I decided to stay home also. She was getting a uncomfortable, nagging sense to just stay close to home today, which is fine with me, forecast is cloudy for our region anyway, have plenty of chores around home to do anyway. ------------- I tried to follow the science, but it was not there. I then followed the money, and that’s where I found the science. |
Posted By: dr p
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2024 at 7:59pm
| We were in the zone of totality for the eclipse however it was overcast so could not observe it. It did get crazy dark and the birds became quiet. And at the darkest moment, if you listened closely, you could here Charlton Heston say" pharaoh, let my people go!" |
Posted By: Mikez
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2024 at 10:33pm
| I don’t know guess my bad I didn’t pay attention. But I’m blown away at the traffic going by yesterday heading north and right now heading south. I can see through trees the nys thruway. Steady stream of headlights. And my road is bumper to bumper. |
Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 09 Apr 2024 at 5:46am
------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 09 Apr 2024 at 5:47am
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Friend captured this from his driveway about 10 miles from me. What impresses me are seeing the 'corona discharges' ! It's the BEST picture I've seen so far...
------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: ACinSC
Date Posted: 09 Apr 2024 at 5:58am
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Sure didn't do anything here Nice picture Jay Thanks for sharing |
Posted By: NDBirdman
Date Posted: 09 Apr 2024 at 10:47am
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We were cloudy for most of it but managed a few pictures of it.  ------------- 1955 WD45 S#205467, 190XT #6652 DXT |
Posted By: RP Farms
Date Posted: 09 Apr 2024 at 12:52pm
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My place was directly inthe path of totality and within a few miles of where a total eclipse crossed paths in August of 2017. It was a big deal for our area in 2017 and 2024, I wouldn't have though it but alot of people traveled long distances to be here to see it twice, some determined to stand in the exact same spot they were standing in 2017. My wife and I watched it from our backyard each time. My county has a population of roughly 55-60,000 people and there were easily 100,000 visitors into this county the past 4 days. Spread that across the other counties of Southern Illinois and yes, it was a big deal for this region, and outside of Jackson County, IL it was equally as busy and visited. Alot of people spent money here with local owned places, alot of local people (including me) were glad they came and enjoyed, spent, and had memories. I thanked them all as I met them, invited them back to enjoy when it is less occupied, and gave all the good intel I could on eateries, trailheads and directions. I didn't venture off the farm until it was over and traffic on my normally not so buy neck of the woods had died down. When my son and I jumped on the side by side and went on patrol I noticed there wasn't any more trash than before the visitors were here and it was quiet again. It really was an enjoyable time, my aunt and uncle across the farm had a nice family get together and the out of town kids enjoyed the farm for a day or two.
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Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2024 at 2:24pm
| We were in the path of it, step son and his family flew in from Florida with his two kids and his daughter boy freind, Grandson and his wife drove over from Virginia and his mother drovve up from Lancaster, Ohio. We seen the whole show it put on. |