You just know that there will be cars getting abandoned on highways, like the Atlanta snowstorm a few years back, air drops of bottled water, people bitching about no shitters available, gas shortages.Portland is on the edge () of totality at 99%. I'm fine with that. My in-laws however are eclipse chasers and have had this marked on their calendar for years. So, most of the extended family will be heading out to a spot they secured in the high desert for almost a week (a 2-3 day traffic jam is expected along the path of totality).
Watching just the logistical plan unfold has been fascinating (it cuts almost a 500 mile path across Oregon--much of which is fairly remote): mobile cell phone towers, pre-positioning emergency and wildland fire crews, mobilizing the National Guard, importing every available porta-potty in the west...The circus of a million tourists pouring in may damn well be more entertaing than the eclipse itself!
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. Apparently she is playing a concert somewhere in the eclipse path.
