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Heavy eclipse traffic expected today throughout Central Oregon
KGW ^ | 6:23 AM. PDT August 18, 2017

Posted on 08/18/2017 7:29:53 AM PDT by BenLurkin

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1 posted on 08/18/2017 7:29:53 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Stay home and watch it on TV.


2 posted on 08/18/2017 7:31:32 AM PDT by SkyDancer (There Are Three Great Ways To Perfect Landings - Unfortunately We Pilots Don't Know Them.)
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To: BenLurkin

Haven’t the authorities up there ever heard of contraflow?


3 posted on 08/18/2017 7:31:37 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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“Motorists were advised to stay in the their vehicles during traffic delays, and to not drive in wrong lanes of travel.”

This is what the Oregon government thinks of the average serf’s ability at cognitive thought, but then again just look to Portland today . .


4 posted on 08/18/2017 7:32:55 AM PDT by mazda77
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This sounds absurd, to tell motorists to not drive in the wrong lanes, but that’s exactly what happens in places like China. If there’s a traffic jam in one direction, cars just start using the opposite lane.


5 posted on 08/18/2017 7:35:24 AM PDT by KyCats
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I’ll have to dig up my pictures from Tehran in the early 70’s where drivers align their cars at red lights that looks like opposing football teams on the field with a traffic cop right in the middle of the intersection. Its amazing to watch what goes on when the light turns green.


6 posted on 08/18/2017 7:39:14 AM PDT by mazda77
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States and localities experiencing totality have had months, if not longer, to plan for this. What in tarnation have they been doing??


7 posted on 08/18/2017 7:39:50 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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[What in tarnation have they been doing??]

Demonstrating and rioting against PRESIDENT TRUMP.


8 posted on 08/18/2017 7:44:18 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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To: BenLurkin

This is gonna get interesting.

The region all of these people are trying to get to is remote, desolate, with little population, and virtually no services available (gas, food, lodgings, phones). I’ve been all through that region, and it’s all two-lane twisty roads and 100 miles to the next gas station.


9 posted on 08/18/2017 7:44:26 AM PDT by factoryrat (We are the producers, the creators. Grow it, mine it, build it. MAGA!)
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Sigh. Apparently. Hope folks driving will prep accordingly. Looks like they’re on their own.


10 posted on 08/18/2017 7:46:22 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: BenLurkin

I know some people who are going to Oregon for this. Apparently the near certainty that the skies will be cloudy isn’t deterring them. Better to go to Casper.

But they are liberals so logical thinking isn’t a strong suit.


11 posted on 08/18/2017 7:48:17 AM PDT by Seruzawa (FABOL - F*** A Bunch Of Liberals)
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To: mewzilla

They’ve done a lot. Adding 6-lane highways wasn’t in the cards, strangely enough.


12 posted on 08/18/2017 7:51:35 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: mazda77

Hey, and you are talking about a state that doesn’t think their residents are smart enough to pump their own gas.


13 posted on 08/18/2017 7:52:59 AM PDT by Reno89519 (Drain the Swamp is not party specific. Lyn' Ted is still a liar, Good riddance to him.)
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To: BenLurkin

Traffic in and around Portland is already gridlocked pretty much most every day, all day. No way I want to be shackled to bumper-to-bumper traffic for hours while people drive and strain out their car window for a better look. Just wait until the first image comes back of some dopey driver driving with eclipse glasses on. Oh, boy.


14 posted on 08/18/2017 7:52:59 AM PDT by Obadiah
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Dude: Contraflow.


15 posted on 08/18/2017 7:53:42 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: BenLurkin

This is going to be bad north of Bend.
Roads and support are not built for the load they are going to see.


16 posted on 08/18/2017 7:54:48 AM PDT by Zathras
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“Hey, and you are talking about a state that doesn’t think their residents are smart enough to pump their own gas.”

I thought that was only New Jersey!


17 posted on 08/18/2017 7:56:45 AM PDT by mazda77
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To: Zathras

Holy cr@p, that I had not even considered. Hope inspectors haven’t been asleep at the switch.


18 posted on 08/18/2017 7:57:48 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: BenLurkin

I live in the path of totality. I’ll be watching it from my deck.


19 posted on 08/18/2017 7:59:12 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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LOL! We visited Monmouth a couple of years back, and the full service attendants looked at us like we were nuts when we tried, unsuccessfully, to pump our own.


20 posted on 08/18/2017 7:59:42 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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