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twilightmoons t1_j5uluz5 wrote

Texas. Basically, Dallas/Fort Worth and to the south.

I am an Eclipse Ambassador (education project) and have been working on planning for this since 2018. I have a number of sites all over Texas, planning for inclement weather. My primary site is near the centerline, with 4:15 of totality. It is family land, and will be available to our local astronomy club members (and a few professional astronomers coming to town). I will also be doing a live YT broadcast from there, with 4K/6K cameras streaming live and recording for later.

Secondary and tertiary sites are located south and west of me - Lampassas, Fredricksburg, Kerrville, Vanderpool. I have contacts with clubs in those areas, and I want to have reciprocal agreements - if it is cloudy here and clear there, we have places to go, and vice versa.

I have contacts with an eclipse-chasing group coming from Europe. They are wary of going to Mexico due to the drug violence, and without knowing anyone there they do not want to show up and find out they were scammed and have nowhere to go. So, Texas it is for them.

This is the site you want for planning:

http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/TSE_20240408_pg01.html

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swingsurfer t1_j5uxu76 wrote

Wow, what a great site! Thanks for posting. I hope we will be able to see it here. This past year's eclipse it was far too cloudy.

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procyons2stars OP t1_j5wo12d wrote

Awwsome! Thank you! I work at a museum with the astro team in our planetarium and observatory. I got lucky last time bc we are in Columbia, SC and were right in totality. We had thousands of ppl on-site and a front row seat with Charlie Duke!

But now I actually gotta plan! Thanks for this info!

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GenericCleverNme t1_j5vteaj wrote

Great info! I've been planning to book a hotel in Waco as early as I can (1 year out). You are much more prepared lol.

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twilightmoons t1_j5vzcn5 wrote

Be aware - there may be hotels who don't know why people are booking that weekend/Monday in April so soon, why their hotel is full.

They will learn VERY quickly.

Last time, we had three club members who lost their "locked-in, guaranteed" reservations three to six months ahead of August, because the hotels realized that the rooms they booked at $50/night could be sold at $300+ a night instead. Luckily, we had LOTS of backups sites planned. They were able to meet at the family farm of one club member south of the path, then drive up early in the morning to a site along the centerline for a great view.

Just plan for something like that, just in case.

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