And so the eclipse traffic begins

[Tully Mars]

That's what I did for the DiL and Gkids here. The hood they were using had a #12 lens IIRC so to be safe I had them use the cutting goggles as well.

 

[WAYNO]

The post-ecliptic apocalypse...

 

[Rickenbacher39]

 

[The Heretic]

Looks like the bad traffic is staying out of PDX so far - wait until the commute rush hour - although it will be hard to tell the difference on the maps.

 

[Sgt Nambu]

When oh when will we a have some millennium, hippy chrystal, mothership coming, Y2K, spirit guide, total eclipse event that ends in a flaming, tsunami waveing, volcano spewing, you get the ammo, I'll get the guns, apocalyptic, disastrous, Satan is here, betsh slap for humanity! I've been waiting patiently since 1965!!! Sigh!!!

 

[The Heretic]

Looks like a crash a few miles on the Salem side of Willamina on 22.

Going to have to hit my brother up and ask him about the data on the traffic today.

 

[41mag]

why Sgt. Nambu.....yer missing out, that happens every week on the radio shows from what I'm told....

 

[v0lcom13sn0w]

screw this. java crew is closed today... ive waited long enough... im goin out.


went to dutch brothers... for the small-ish town i live in there is a CRAPLOAD of people tryin to get to I5. tried driving my kid to sleep on my normal route(passed wheatland ferry and do the loop) Mission accomplished but there was a lot of people and traffic( which on a backcountry road there never is traffic and I mean never) was backed up pretty far so I turned around.



going home with my coffee now

 

[11Charlie]

screw this. java crew is closed today... ive waited long enough... im goin out.


went to dutch brothers... for the small-ish town i live in there is a CRAPLOAD of people tryin to get to I5. tried driving my kid to sleep on my normal route(passed wheatland ferry and do the loop) Mission accomplished but there was a lot of people and traffic( which on a backcountry road there never is traffic and I mean never) was backed up pretty far so I turned around.



going home with my coffee now

quit driving and typing!!

 

[v0lcom13sn0w]

quit driving and typing!!

but I'm king of the road. I do what I want.

 

[Foreverlost]

The idiots are flying past my location trying to get past L.A. Pine, Rt 97 south bound has a 20min-2hr delay. Gravel road out front....sheriff cruiser just went past.

Foreverlost,

 

[11Charlie]

but I'm king of the road. I do what I want.

I knew that I was more concerned one of those bubblegumming idiots would jump out in front of you.

 

[bbbass]

When oh when will we a have some millennium, hippy chrystal, spaceship coming, Y2K, spirit guide, total eclipse event that ends in a flaming, tsunami waveing, volcano spewing, you get the ammo, I'll get the guns, apocalyptic, disastrous, Satan is here, betsh slap for humanity! I be been waiting patiently since 1965!!! Sigh!!!

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I love that knife!!!

 

[P7M13]

From 3 p.m. to 4 p.m., I drove south from downtown PDX to Salem, exit in Highway 22 traffic on I-5 Northbound is bumper to bumper over 90% of the way from The Market Street exit in Salem, all the way up to I-205. Side roads along the way are also choked up, as well as many of the East-West roads on Bridges crossing over I-5.

 

[v0lcom13sn0w]

shoulda stopped by and had a beer or somethin. im at exit 263

 

[The Heretic]

screw this. java crew is closed today... ive waited long enough... im goin out.


went to dutch brothers... for the small-ish town i live in there is a CRAPLOAD of people tryin to get to I5. tried driving my kid to sleep on my normal route(passed wheatland ferry and do the loop) Mission accomplished but there was a lot of people and traffic( which on a backcountry road there never is traffic and I mean never) was backed up pretty far so I turned around.



going home with my coffee now

yeah, it appears people finally discovered river road - or they were locals who knew about it already and the non-locals did not. or someone followed someone who did know and the rest of the herd followed too. but early on river road was clear for a while. my bet is on locals knowing and non-locals not.

Interesting watching the travel patterns. In a SHTF situation, depending on the scenario, I would bet the main routes would clog up first, then the known alternatives, then the lesser known alternatives.

One thing I did not anticipate. Apparently Madras airport is clogged with private small planes that flew in and are flying out now. I did notice more planes today when I was outside watching the eclipse - I am under a flight path from Hillsboro to Salem - then it quieted down as totality arrived, and less afterwards. So I assume some percentage of that was watchers going south - most seemed to be going south. I guess there were events at airports for watching.

So yeah, if the weather is okay and you know someone with a plane willing to fly you out of danger, maybe that would be a good way to bug out.

 

[v0lcom13sn0w]

yeah, it appears people finally discovered river road - or they were locals who knew about it already and the non-locals did not. or someone followed someone who did know and the rest of the herd followed too. but early on river road was clear for a while. my bet is on locals knowing and non-locals not.

Interesting watching the travel patterns. In a SHTF situation, depending on the scenario, I would bet the main routes would clog up first, then the known alternatives, then the lesser known alternatives.

One thing I did not anticipate. Apparently Madras airport is clogged with private small planes that flew in and are flying out now. I did notice more planes today when I was outside watching the eclipse - I am under a flight path from Hillsboro to Salem - then it quieted down as totality arrived, and less afterwards. So I assume some percentage of that was watchers going south - most seemed to be going south. I guess there were events at airports for watching.

yeah no kiddin! there were planes all over the skies today. neighbors hd their drones up in the air too

 

[Foreverlost]

Go home.......................

 

[RVTECH]

The idiots are flying past my location trying to get past L.A. Pine,

Yep - just came back from LaPine - bumper to bumper heading South - and Huntington is backed up as far as I could see from Burgess.

 

[Foreverlost]

Yep - just came back from LaPine - bumper to bumper heading South - and Huntington is backed up as far as I could see from Burgess.

............with luck the local county mounties have blocked off the residential streets and are keeping traffic on Huntington thru Burgess and back on to Rt97. Just no way to get past a one horse town

Foreverlost,