Current Events > Please don't travel to see the eclipse.

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I dont want to bother with all the extra hooligans on the road.

What makes you think hooligans would travel to see an eclipse?

Imagine paying money and traveling hundreds of miles to look indirectly at the sun for a couple minutes.

__starsnostars posted...

What makes you think hooligans would travel to see an eclipse?

https://www.axios.com/2024/04/05/airbnb-bookings-eclipse-april-8-map

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eclipse glasses are a thing. and the coolest part about the upcoming one is going to be experiencing totality, not staring up at the covered up sun.

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Yea. Im in Indianapolis and I have to still go to work. I really dont care about the eclipse.

I was right in the path of the one in 2017 or 2018 and honestly it was pretty fucking cool. I totally get people travelling to see it.

I live in northern KY and my work is letting us out to experience the eclipse. I dunno how much of it is actually going to cover us, though.

cuttin_in_farm posted...

I dont want to bother with all the extra hooligans on the road.

total eclipse of the road

Plz

I will go see the birth of a God Hand and you will not stop me

Delta airlines has a flight that lets you view it from the sky.

I don't get why it's a big deal. there were a couple I remember as a kid and it was just a thing the weather channel mentioned, not a thing anyone traveled to see.

I'm close enough to a total eclipse point that it will get annoyingly dark for a few minutes. I'll have to make sure I'm not driving at that time.

The prices of hotels in the line of it are going to be insane lmao

__starsnostars posted...

What makes you think hooligans would travel to see an eclipse?

They're blinded by staring at the eclipse with their naked eyes.

You can park at my house.

divot1338 posted...

Delta airlines has a flight that lets you view it from the sky.

I have my doubts on how cool thatll be. Youll only be able to see out your window, possible wing in way and wont be able to look up.

thronedfire2 posted...

I don't get why it's a big deal. there were a couple I remember as a kid and it was just a thing the weather channel mentioned, not a thing anyone traveled to see.

I'm close enough to a total eclipse point that it will get annoyingly dark for a few minutes. I'll have to make sure I'm not driving at that time.

Its not going to be darker than night. You can drive during it if you want.

bfslick50 posted...

Its not going to be darker than night. You can drive during it if you want.

do you... not drive at night?

cars have headlights for that reason yknow

Agreed, people should just wait their turn for an eclipse.

Waxitron_Gazer posted...

do you... not drive at night?

cars have headlights for that reason yknow

I don't drive at night

and tons of cars have stupid headlights that make it harder for everyone else to see

thronedfire2 posted...

I don't get why it's a big deal. there were a couple I remember as a kid and it was just a thing the weather channel mentioned, not a thing anyone traveled to see.

There haven't been that many total solar eclipses that could been seen in the US.

Ive seen a weird amount of posts online that think the eclipse is risky to look at. Do people not know about eclipse glasses?

A full eclipse like this is also pretty infrequent. I dont blame people for wanting to travel for it.

divot1338 posted...

Delta airlines has a flight that lets you view it from the sky.

The flight attendants will probably make everyone close their shades

__aCEr__ posted...

There haven't been that many total solar eclipses that could been seen in the US.

I dunno I guess I just don't get it

we've had rainstorms with clouds that blocked out the sun like 4 times this month already

Irony posted...

I will go see the birth of a God Hand and you will not stop me

But... you'll die.

Strider102 posted...

Agreed, people should just wait their turn for an eclipse.

Eclipses have shown bias against some communities though

Gritty posted...

Eclipses have shown bias against some communities though

math hates 90% of Americans

I remember during the last eclipse how you could tell exactly where it was by looking at the traffic maps

thronedfire2 posted...

math hates 90% of Americans

Thats true. Have you seen how stupid the average American is at anything, especially math?

UnholyMudcrab posted...

I remember during the last eclipse how you could tell exactly where it was by looking at the traffic maps

I live in eastern MA and there's a week in the fall and a week in the spring where I drive home at 3pm and the sun is just a gigantic ball of fire directly at eye level. like, picture the regular size sun, and this one is 5 times that size and a very angry dark orange. most people usually go 80 on the highway, but everyone has to slow down to 30.

I put my sunglasses on and put my visor down, but it's still worse than trying to see in a blizzard or a hurricane

nothing wrong with traveling to see the eclipse. You also get to chance to do stuff in another state before traveling back. You guys have no issues spending over $200 on DLC or on Anime figures.

I have to work anyway

It must suck for the people who have to drive while the eclipse is in progress and their reason for driving is unrelated to the eclipse. Such as driving to work or coming home from work. Those people might accidentally catch a glimpse of the sun with unprotected eyes if the sun happened to enter their field of view while driving. I'm not sure if this hypothetical scenario would run the risk of causing eye damage to someone's eyes if the exposure to the sun was very brief. Eclipse sunglasses can't be worn while driving for eye protection against possibly getting an accidental glimpse of the sun.

a total eclipse is a once in a lifetime event for some people. all because you personally wouldn't travel to see one it doesn't mean you should be hating on those who want to travel to see one.

LusterSoldier posted...

It must suck for the people who have to drive while the eclipse is in progress and their reason for driving is unrelated to the eclipse. Such as driving to work or coming home from work. Those people might accidentally catch a glimpse of the sun with unprotected eyes if the sun happened to enter their field of view while driving. I'm not sure if this hypothetical scenario would run the risk of causing eye damage to someone's eyes if the exposure to the sun was very brief. Eclipse sunglasses can't be worn while driving for eye protection against possibly getting an accidental glimpse of the sun.

The eclipse wont vaporize your eyes if you just get a glimpse of it when driving.

Continuous exposure to your eyes would likely cause more damage than the sun usually would, but if youre not intentionally staring it down its not dangerous.

My state won't have a total eclipse till 2079. Now ik some people will not live to see this so I can understand why they'd travel

LusterSoldier posted...

It must suck for the people who have to drive while the eclipse is in progress and their reason for driving is unrelated to the eclipse. Such as driving to work or coming home from work. Those people might accidentally catch a glimpse of the sun with unprotected eyes if the sun happened to enter their field of view while driving.

It's not like it's some kind of eldritch abomination that will blind you as soon as you look at it. People who damage their eyesight during eclipses do so because they think that because it's not as bright, it's not as dangerous, so it's okay to just stare at it for minutes on end. If I were driving, I'd just be annoyed that the roads will all be jam-packed with people viewing the eclipse.

also not all glasses you get on Amazon are that safe. Even if the lenses themselves are NASA certified the glasses should look more like goggles or else you'll be blinded from the sides.

It's too late, if you're traveling what used to be 30 minutes to see the eclipse it's gonna take several hours. You better leave like at least 3 hours early.

Beveren_Rabbit posted...

also not all glasses you get on Amazon are that safe. Even if the lenses themselves are NASA certified the glasses should look more like goggles or else you'll be blinded from the sides.

You are correct.
I'm surprised more people haven't made that point.
~Or maybe I'm not..

Beveren_Rabbit posted...

a total eclipse is a once in a lifetime event for some people. all because you personally wouldn't travel to see one it doesn't mean you should be hating on those who want to travel to see one.

Nobody should be traveling hours for a 3 minute experience.

Time to be adults and realize FOMO is not something that important.

Beveren_Rabbit posted...

also not all glasses you get on Amazon are that safe. Even if the lenses themselves are NASA certified the glasses should look more like goggles or else you'll be blinded from the sides.

Yep, Amazon had this problem in the lead-up to the 2017 eclipse where poor regulatory oversight over the products being sold on their site allowed for eclipse sunglasses to be sold that did not offer sufficient protection for sun viewing (or worse, absolutely no protection at all). I do hope Amazon took this matter much more seriously for the 2024 eclipse.

LusterSoldier posted...

It must suck for the people who have to drive while the eclipse is in progress and their reason for driving is unrelated to the eclipse. Such as driving to work or coming home from work. Those people might accidentally catch a glimpse of the sun with unprotected eyes if the sun happened to enter their field of view while driving. I'm not sure if this hypothetical scenario would run the risk of causing eye damage to someone's eyes if the exposure to the sun was very brief. Eclipse sunglasses can't be worn while driving for eye protection against possibly getting an accidental glimpse of the sun.

All of our drivers have been ordered to pull over.

thronedfire2 posted...

I don't drive at night

and tons of cars have stupid headlights that make it harder for everyone else to see

I have more driving experience at night and would rather drive at night. Having the sun glaring in your face is worse than those obnoxious headlights. When I drive home in the morning for like half my trip the sun is behind me but shining right into all my mirrors making them damn near useless

One of my co workers took vacation time for this

I'm just gonna watch it on the nasa wwebsite. Not worth traveling to a state I could physically watch it from.

looks like you can watch it from Arlen , Texas. Would be neat to see all the places where King Of The Hill was filmed.