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Reports down here in South Carolina say 1,000,000 extra people will be in the state from the eclipse. Greenville, Columbia, and Charleston are all in the totality.
At least Charleston will pretty much be shut down that day. All the schools have closed already, and pretty much any outdoor structure is hosting an event.
In Columbia, the low A baseball team (the one Tim Tebow played for), is playing a 1:05 game, and taking a break during the eclipse.
This isn't specifically about the North/South Carolina areas but I was listening to a popular radio show, Coasttocoastam the other night and they had an astronomer guest on that said he thinks anywhere in the path of totality will be completely gridlocked. Not only did he say the roads would be jammed but he said the gas stations will run out of gas and the local stores will be picked through like they are before a major snowstorm or Hurricane hits. I don't know if it was just fear porn or if it's really going to be like that but if it is, God help us. I live in another state that has a wide path of totality. So I guess I'll find out.
This isn't specifically about the North/South Carolina areas but I was listening to a popular radio show, Coasttocoastam the other night and they had an astronomer guest on that said he thinks anywhere in the path of totality will be completely gridlocked. Not only did he say the roads would be jammed but he said the gas stations will run out of gas and the local stores will be picked through like they are before a major snowstorm or Hurricane hits. I don't know if it was just fear porn or if it's really going to be like that but if it is, God help us. I live in another state that has a wide path of totality. So I guess I'll find out.
South Carolina is probably going to get hit the worst because if you are coming from Florida or the crowded Northeast, that's the easiest state to get to driving wise.
(That is to say, you can still get them through Amazon ... just be sure that they're from one of the four NASA-approved companies)
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