[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] FW: [lexington] 2024 total eclipse

[Ted Kochanski]

All,

If you want to stay relatively local -- my choice at this point is
northern Maine -- more flat spots than VT or NH

Check-out the National Solar Observatory website
https://nso.edu/for-public/eclipse-map-2024/


[image: image.png]

To the west is Mt Katahdin and Baxter State Park -- could be an amazing
view from the top of MT. Katahdin -- but you have to schlep your stuff up a
biggish mountain in April
To the east is the border with Canada
Coming up from the SW is I-95 from Bangor, Portland and yes Lexington

More detail -- it looks as if the pick is  Merril on ME 212 (more or less
E-W)  near the junction with (N-S) ME Rt-11 -- this gives you a good chance
to move if the weather is locally questionable

[image: image.png]

3+ min Totality

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Try not to miss it!!!


Ted

PS: I was at the "Big one" Baja California sur Mexico -- nearly 7 minutes
on the beach @ La Paz July 11, 1991  with a clear view of the approaching
Moon's shadow [for the 2nd time 1rst was it was approaching Nantucket on a
cold day in March

[image: image.png]



On Tue, Feb 20, 2024 at 10:48 PM John P. Rudy via LCTG <lctg at lists.toku.us>
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> *Subject:* [lexington] 2024 total eclipse
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> The media is starting to buzz about the next (and last for a while)
> total solar eclipse visible from the US on April 8.  The totality path
> includes a swath of northern New England (see the map below unless I
> forget to include it :) ).
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> As a veteran of the 2017 eclipse, some words of advice if you are
> planning on a day trip to go see it.  Particularly if you are thinking
> of it as a "quick" day trip.
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> I saw the 2017 eclipse in Casper, Wyoming. You probably know that
> Wyoming is the least populated state - fewer people than DC. And also
> that it's BIG, so the density is very low.  And the only nearby city
> with a decent sized population is Denver to the south.  It also contains
> mountainous terrain and very few north-south routes. I-25 is the only
> interstate to Denver or anywhere in Colorado and it's 2-lanes in each
> direction for most of the way.
>
> After the eclipse was over, all roads south were gridlocked and didn't
> really free up for at least 12 hours. If you didn't have a place to stay
> near where you watched the eclipse, or somewhere to the north, you had
> to spend the time in your car, at a Starbucks, or wherever.  All the
> warnings about having enough food and water in your car were not a scare
> tactic.
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> I suspect it's going to be even (probably much) worse in New England.
> VT, NH, and ME have pretty sparse populations, but there will be people
> making the trip from every point along I-95 from Portland to NYC, not to
> mention the people coming south from Montreal (but if it were me, I'd
> find a vantage point in Canada). So, unless you have a place to stay
> (and if you didn't book it months ago, you probably won't), be ready to
> be immobile for hours. I suggest finding a place with a rest room (I
> spent most of the evening at a rest stop where some people were camping
> out) and bring something to do with your time.
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> JJ Krawczyk
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