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Originally Posted by redpoint5
The rate begins to taper around 50% if I recall correctly, and becomes nearly pointless to continue charging after about 80%, unless that extra bit of range is a requirement to get to the next location.
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Correct. That last 20% takes about as long as the first 80%
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Originally Posted by redpoint5
Salem Walmart? I'd have invited you to the farm. We had maybe 30 people there, half of which I'd never met before.
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McMinnville Walmart. It was a quick 30 minute trip and a place with bathrooms for my elderly parents. (My mom thought it was boring - I have no idea were I got my interest in the natural world from - certainly not my parents)
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Originally Posted by freebird
Not for 50 years? As I said in Permalink #8, I've seen IIRC four so far.
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I was a bit off. The next total solar eclipse that will pass over Oregon is in 2169
In the last century Oregon had total a total eclipse in 1918, 1979, and 2017.
Eclipse Date:
https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/solar.html
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Originally Posted by redpoint5
It was the first full one for me, and I was 34 at the time. Hate to say I'll miss the one coming up.
Was in Redmond about a year ago when we had a partial, but it was overcast. For those who say they saw a 95% eclipse, so it's just as good as a full, I say they missed 95% of the wonder of a full eclipse.
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We travelled to see one when I was 13 but it was cloudy. It was still cool to see it go completely dark in the early afternoon and have the crickets start chirping.
Yes, that last few percent makes all the difference in the experience. I'm trying to convince my sister-in-law that it is worth it to drive my nieces the 2 hours to see a total eclipse insteady of 95%