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I'll take it. Well, maybe not 10 days worth. If we got that much rain here we'd have some major flooding. Not to mention that it'd be hot, humid and buggy like back east.
We worked on a big sign yesterday. It was the best chance of no rain for the first time in a week. Even without rain we were drenched with sweat. It was so muggy and uncomfortable, but at least the job is done now and billable. On the way there it was so foggy I never got over 50mph, on the way home it started raining and I couldn't go over 40mph with the lack of visibility. I guess I should be greatful we didn't get rain while working on the sign but it was so hot I almost would have welcomed it.
 
Dry and sunny here today with storms rolling through the next 2 days . Ground hasnt dried out in over a month .
We're in pretty much the same weather zone. I'm on a high spot here so don't have to worry about flooding at home at least. I'm appreciative of the moisture as we were in a dry spell at the beginning of it for a month. Most things in life are feast or famine. Canning helped fix one aspect of that!
 
We did get some rain yesterday, but only .06". Hardly enough to settle the dust.

We had two days of rain, all week going to be cloudy in the low to mid 70s.

On a side note, people and media are getting nervous about the cloud cover prediction for the eclipse on the 21st. It looks like some folks are in the meltdown mode already blaming global warming for the predicted cloud cover, I'm really going to enjoy the meltdown if there are cloud covers.
 
I don't know how well the eclipse will be viewable with the weather but I do know I was really disappointed with the perseid meteor showers this year. We were going thru the best meteor event all last week, culminating this past weekend. It rained and had cloud cover every day. I didn't see a single flash in the sky.
Same here. I always like to get out at night & watch the skies during the Perseids but could not because of the clouds. Plus side is that we've had over 7" of rain so far this month. Makes my garden happy.
 
As far as the eclipse goes, I'm always looking for any opportunity to throw a party of some sort. Solar eclipse will do nicely. I'll get out my welding masks and other appropriate lenses, mix some drinks and set out some chips and see as much of it as we can......we're only in the 75% zone here. Close enough. I remember the last one (here) in the late 70's. Pretty cool to watch. Especially due to how rare one is at any given location. If people are getting excited & even a little silly/stupid....Good! At least the occasion is not one that people are showing up to do damage to each other. That's a nice change.
 
Our local weathermen are all in with the eclipse too. They can't stop with the videos 'how to' make your own projectors out of cereal boxes. It seems to be contained to making sure no one gets eye damage from looking directly at the sun though. Watching it, photographing it, videoing it, but none of this craziness.

They did issue an alert from Amazon that paper glasses sold on there could be counterfeit and not to use any eclipse glasses bought on Amazon. This is just fueling the cereal box obsession though.
 
I remember growing up we had a partial eclipse, and I heard about using binoculars to focus the image on a sheet of paper. My mother had heard all the "don't look at the eclipse" paranoia and thought that looking at the image projected on the sheet of paper would blind me. LOL

Just point the objective lens (the big one) at the sun. Then find the distance from the sheet of paper where the image is in focus. You'll get a much brighter and sharper image than using a cereal box.
 
The sad thing is this whole area is a tinder box, very little escape rout in case of fire, it's generally windy! You will have a very fast grass fire that can sneek up on you before one would even know till too late.

And it's only Thursday!
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https://twitter.com/OchocoNatForest...traffic-already-hits-central-oregon/464948514

PRINEVILLE, Ore. -- Despite the total solar eclipse still being days away, heavy traffic in Central and Eastern Oregon started mid-day Wednesday and continued Thursday.

This is just the beginning. About 1 million people are projected to visit the state of Oregon to see the total solar eclipse Monday.

The Deschutes County Sheriff's Office expects about 30,000 people to arrive in Central Oregon Thursday, then 37,000 Friday, 44,000 Saturday, and 43,000 Sunday.

The vast majority of those people are expected to leave Monday afternoon and Tuesday.

In Madras, traffic was picking up Thursday but so far there were no traffic jams. The town of about 6,000 is considered one of the best viewing locations in the nation and is expecting at least 100,000 people to pass through over the next four days.

Police and the Oregon Department of Transportation rerouted festival traffic in Prineville due to a standstill on Highway 26. They plan to send people on a another route to Big Summit until Highway 26 is no longer blocked.

"Event coordinators are working fast to get people into the event, and will work all night and into tomorrow to do so. Please be patient, you will be there soon," police said.

Motorists were advised to stay in the their vehicles during traffic delays, and to not drive in wrong lanes of travel.

In Eastern Oregon, Tripcheck showed heavy traffic Thursday morning on U.S. 395 from the community of Dale to Middle Fork Lane. Traffic was also heavy in the Burns area on 395 and around John Day on 395 and Oregon 26.

For months, ODOT has warned that the eclipse would lead to the "biggest traffic event in Oregon history." ODOT recommends travelers leave early, be patient and be prepared.
 
Entire city of Ben Oregon is out of fuel and most of the rural towns are running near empty because of the eclipse. All I can do is shake my head :-/
Damned tourists! I grew up near Daytona Beach and never care if I see souvenir or t-shirt shops again....lol
At least this is a positive event that is getting people out of their daily rut.
 
The sad thing is this whole area is a tinder box, very little escape rout in case of fire, it's generally windy! You will have a very fast grass fire that can sneek up on you before one would even know till too late.

And it's only Thursday!
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. -- Despite the total solar eclipse still being days away, heavy traffic in Central and Eastern Oregon started mid-day Wednesday and continued Thursday.

This is just the beginning. About 1 million people are projected to visit the state of Oregon to see the total solar eclipse Monday.

The Deschutes County Sheriff's Office expects about 30,000 people to arrive in Central Oregon Thursday, then 37,000 Friday, 44,000 Saturday, and 43,000 Sunday.

The vast majority of those people are expected to leave Monday afternoon and Tuesday.

In Madras, traffic was picking up Thursday but so far there were no traffic jams. The town of about 6,000 is considered one of the best viewing locations in the nation and is expecting at least 100,000 people to pass through over the next four days.

Police and the Oregon Department of Transportation rerouted festival traffic in Prineville due to a standstill on Highway 26. They plan to send people on a another route to Big Summit until Highway 26 is no longer blocked.

"Event coordinators are working fast to get people into the event, and will work all night and into tomorrow to do so. Please be patient, you will be there soon," police said.

Motorists were advised to stay in the their vehicles during traffic delays, and to not drive in wrong lanes of travel.

In Eastern Oregon, Tripcheck showed heavy traffic Thursday morning on U.S. 395 from the community of Dale to Middle Fork Lane. Traffic was also heavy in the Burns area on 395 and around John Day on 395 and Oregon 26.

For months, ODOT has warned that the eclipse would lead to the "biggest traffic event in Oregon history." ODOT recommends travelers leave early, be patient and be prepared.
I hope it clouds up and rains on their little festival. I don't see what the big deal is. People are nuts.
 
Brent, you should be pretty close to the total eclipse path. I'm tempted to drive up that way, but I'd have to go through Atlanta and that will probably be gridlocked.

Oh well, I guess I'll stay home and settle for a .93 magnitude partial eclipse.
 

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