Was it a non-event there, like it was here, after all the media hype? Few people went out to the Oregon coast so the restaurants who spent thousands of dollars on food don't have enough customers. That means the highways near my house were not packed like I expected, and no one detouring down the road I live on. After the initial 30-mile back-up to get to the eclipse parties in Madras, there was some stop and go around Portland, Salem and Central Oregon, but not like what was expected. Our two-lane roads and highways along the path of totality were not built to handle all the traffic expected so this was a surprise. Another Y2K style event where I had to work all night at a hospital expecting a disaster . Bonnie AB7ZQ From: arrl-odv [mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org] On Behalf Of James F. Boehner, MD via arrl-odv Sent: Monday, August 21, 2017 11:48 AM To: arrl-odv@arrl.org Subject: [arrl-odv:26696] Solar Eclipse Just came out of the 99.9% Totality in Aiken, SC! '73 de JIM N2ZZ Director - Roanoke Division Serving ARRL members in the Virginia, West Virginia, South Carolina and North Carolina sections ARRL - The National Association for Amateur RadioT