Western Kentucky and Central Tennessee look to be the best spots weatherwise. All the fear mongering over traffic jams is keeping some people away; the reality is that the smart ones got out here Friday and Saturday. I anticipate Sunday as the big traffic day and then overnight Monday with a full on Gong Show of people trying to figure stuff out. The Amazon fiasco with the solar glasses, and some people stirring up clickbait about sex trafficking and crime syndicates hiring pick-pockets (Seriously??) may also lower crowd totals.

It is going to be a heat index of 100-110 from Carbondale to Nashville, so if you are headed this way, bring water and fill up your gas tank before you get too deep into the zone.

People out here are wavering from "KENTUCKY! FUCK YEA WE ARE NOT AN EMBARRASSMENT" to "WE ARE ALL GONNA DIE!!" to "Don't care, sounds like nerd stuff." Tons of signs on businesses that they are going to be closed for the time of the total, and there are state troopers EVERYWHERE. Do NOT speed if you are in the eclipse zone.

Looking forward to the after reports this week once I get on internet that is not a fucking war crime.