And so the eclipse traffic begins

[AirResq]

I think I found the cause of the Wednesday traffic back-up in Prineville.

 

[USMC-03]

I'm at Chicago-O'Hare waiting to board my last flight home to Portland and CNN has all the eclipse traffic stories on. They aren't 100% Trump? Wow, my mind is blown...

 

[Mikej]

They aren't 100% Trump? Wow, my mind is blown...

You mean Trump is only partly responsible for this eclipse mess!? Well I'll be!

 

[USMC-03]

You mean Trump is only partly responsible for this eclipse mess!? Well I'll be!

No, he's altogether at fault, they just forgot to mention him for a few minutes.

 

[P7M13]

It sure was & I didn't take his advice of RUN & never look back either.....
Our 34th anniversary is in 2 weeks....

Took the opposite: ran straight to her and always looked forward. Congrats. Lots of work, worth every second of it.

Do we really want to know the true ratio ??

Ask any motorcyclist - it'll be closer to 4 or 5 in 10. Although, to stay alive, you presume ALL of those others out there.....

 

[Oathkeeper1775]

Snuck into Beaverton and back before 0900 today; along HWYs 47 & 8; few problems.

A load of free 10' Hardy Plank was too hard to pass up....

 

[P7M13]

Snuck into Beaverton and back before 0900 today; along HWYs 47 & 8; few problems.

A load of free 10' Hardy Plank was too hard to pass up....

Double Plus Good !
And that quote from a book that was written in 1962, and which has a plot line that you see unfold regularly today. Weepy devotschkas don't stand a chance.

 

[11Charlie]

Not sure about the rest of you but the roads were dead this morning coming into work. People are hunkering down in antisipation of all the idiots is my guess.

 

[41mag]

been scanning ODOT road cams this AM a bit; so far, 'normal traffic' is all I can spot in all the Central Oregon access routes I looked at.

We'll see in the next 24 hours I suspect, more evidence of which theory of Mad Max VS Solar Eclipse Mania is accurate.

 

[notazombie]

My location is south of the target zone. I've been working outside at my place all morning along the state highway that borders me on the east side. It's not typically busy but gets it's fair share of traffic. While I haven't taken a formal tally, it appears to me that there are more RV, trailers, etc heading south than there are going north. Traffic volume isn't noticeably abnormal.

 

[Oathkeeper1775]

Mt Hood repeater report; cell towers @Esteceta jammed.

 

[11Charlie]

Mt Hood repeater report; cell towers @Esteceta jammed.

Of course they are the damn freeks can't stay of the interweb. So in hopes of helping things out I guess I'll see you all on Tuesday.

 

[Burt Gummer]

Going to Seattle tomorrow I sure hope it doesn't turn into a many-hours return tomorrow night with all the idiots on the road to Portland. I'm a geek that can rattle off how far the moon and sun are from the Earth and crap like that, but comeon, I'll step outside and take a peak that is all.

 

[wcdubois]

I just pulled off highway 101 at Rockaway Beach, headed home.
Traffic Northbound is about normal, Southbound is heavy with lots of trailers, campers, and motor-homes.

 

[Aero Denezol]

Not sure about the rest of you but the roads were dead this morning coming into work. People are hunkering down in antisipation of all the idiots is my guess.

Yes. Highway 22 West of Salem was eerily quiet this morning.

 

[rick benjamin]

Black flags on this map are traffic cameras

 

[pease]

Yes. Highway 22 West of Salem was eerily quiet this morning.

The same thing this morning but this evening was a little heavier than normal.

 

[cookie]

The same thing this morning but this evening was a little heavier than normal.

Friday night?

 

[pease]

Yes heading east

 

[Mygrainman]

Fire danger is bad enough in those parts, If central OR gets through this without wildfire it'll be a miracle. My Uncle has a guest ranch just outside of Sisters. It's one of my favorite places on earth... between all the brush clearing I helped him with, and the wildfires, the smell of burning juniper is embedded in my olfactory nerves. He's got lots of irrigation on standby just in case.

...and it's already started burning just outside of town west of Sisters... the ranch is a to the NW, a ways out of town so its safe for now. I have a feeling it's gunna get ugly.