Posted on 08/18/2017 7:29:53 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Traffic jams on U.S. 26 around Prineville eased late Thursday night, according to police,
But that mess was created by people heading to a single eclipse festival. Today, authorities expect an influx of people headed to destinations throughout Central Oregon.
And this is just the beginning. About 1 million people are projected to visit the state of Oregon to see the total solar eclipse Monday.
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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.
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In Eastern Oregon... some delays Thursday on U.S. 395 from the community of Dale to Middle Fork Lane. Traffic was also heavy at times in the Burns area on 395 and around John Day on 395 and Highway 26.
...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.
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Stay home and watch it on TV.
Haven’t the authorities up there ever heard of contraflow?
“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 . .
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.
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.
States and localities experiencing totality have had months, if not longer, to plan for this. What in tarnation have they been doing??
[What in tarnation have they been doing??]
Demonstrating and rioting against PRESIDENT TRUMP.
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.
Sigh. Apparently. Hope folks driving will prep accordingly. Looks like they’re on their own.
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.
They’ve done a lot. Adding 6-lane highways wasn’t in the cards, strangely enough.
Hey, and you are talking about a state that doesn’t think their residents are smart enough to pump their own gas.
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.
Dude: Contraflow.
This is going to be bad north of Bend.
Roads and support are not built for the load they are going to see.
“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!
Holy cr@p, that I had not even considered. Hope inspectors haven’t been asleep at the switch.
I live in the path of totality. I’ll be watching it from my deck.
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.
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