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The rare compound solar-lunar-nephelogical eclipse

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[-] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year 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.

[-] Morgoon@startrek.website 9 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Letstakealook@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

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

[-] xpinchx@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year 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.

[-] numberfour002@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year 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.

this post was submitted on 05 Apr 2024
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