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Totally the same experience for us in Irving…..we were trying to get east of Dallas but I kept seeing that cu field getting closer so I bailed in Irving and camped out in a vacant parking lot…..we only had some annoying stray clouds right before - like 30 seconds - totality….and then poof….it disappeared right before went total…..just as amazing as 2017 but better with the lack of clouds and twice as long…..

Shadow bands…..we saw them too in Dallas…..

Wow wow wow enjoy guys further northeast that was amazing full corona Jupiter

Can totally feel it

Shadow bands!!! Fuck a duck

Oh shit Dallas!!!!

Oof - we’re scheduled to fly out 10:30 tonight to Reno…..hopefully we get good eyes on eclipse…..

Happy chasing everyone…..halfway to Dallas now…..cutting it close…..trying to get to park about half an hour outside DFW…..had to move flight to next one out of LaGuardia

Dallas is still in play

I'm sticking with TX and will see whats what.....climo will save us in the end right? lol Enjoy your eclipse - its the only eclipse you got......

That is a cool site….definitely bookmarked….

Gonna need to keep building that ridge eastern half of country.....I am so nervous with my plans for Dallas.....

Also it’s embarrassing the airfare gouging happening…..not cool

Initially flying in Monday morning was the only option but our plans changed and now the change of flights would be way too expensive…..the logistics of trying to chase this thing and get to Reno later are a lot….I’ll be regrouping tomorrow….man

What is your reroute plan if you needed to? We are flying into Dallas and landing at 9:00ish that morning and getting a rental car….we’d have about 3 hours to get rental and go to a target but that’s only gonna buy us like 100 miles radius tops, which if there’s significant clouds won’t work probably…..I’m getting nervous for sure….we spent way too much dough on the flight and it’s part of a larger vacation where we leave Dallas that night to Reno for snowboard vacation in Tahoe….the logistics are a nightmare….. Were you prepared to fly elsewhere or get in earlier and drive further?

Don't trust these cloud cover maps too much......gonna have to wait until middle of next week to really get a feel for where we stand......the cloud cover maps are typically way overdone......

How good are the cloud cover maps anyway? Are they experimental? Are they shit even inside 2 or 3 days? Like the clown snowfall maps lol

Gonna need to see that wave speed up and get out of the way....

Ya was looking at this earlier......had to reel it in a bit with the 276 hr lead but if this stays on the models for another few days I'll be getting nervous for our Dallas plans......that would suck so bad......

We’ll hope it’s clear cuz the flight to Dallas is booked and it wasn’t cheap…..

You sure about that chief?

Mega lol......OK I'm not too worried yet for Dallas......

LOL.......is the eclipse modelled?

I did and they seem OK but TBH I'm not sure you can 100% be certain they're not fake unless you actually test them with expensive scanning equipment or whatever.......the ones I used in 2017 were good and the 3 I just bought are the same kind so IDK.......trying to take all the precautions as much as I can

Here we are folks.....we talked so much about whats happening in 2 weeks......dang..... This time I am chasing with the whole crew......the kids have to see this......April 8 is beginning of spring break for them so we are heading to Lake Tahoe for a week of snowboarding but on the way we will stop in Dallas to catch the eclipse......crazy schedule but who cares......if all goes well should be amazing.....leave LaGuardia at 6am Monday and land in Dallas Fort Worth at like 9:30am and we will chill out and eclipse watch before we board plane for Reno at 10pm......the rest is just a vacation......can't wait