Ask HN: Any of you going to be at the Texas eclipse festival?

5 points by newman8r 1 year ago | 6 comments
I'll be road trippin' it from Southern California! Curious how many other HNers will be there - might be worth meeting up for a drink.
  • silverquiet 1 year ago
    I’ll be at my desk doing a regular work day and stepping outside to observe it; my office is in the path of totality and I figure there’s no other time in my life that an eclipse is going to come to me, so I’m taking full advantage.
    • newman8r 1 year ago
      Nice. I wonder how many people will end up being in the path of totality but not able to see it anyway - like mission critical jobs at a power plant. That would be painful!
      • silverquiet 1 year ago
        Yes, I went to Wyoming in 2017 to observe the eclipse and couldn’t believe that people were still driving around within minutes of totality - at that point just pull off the highway and stop and look!
    • gcheong 1 year ago
      Going to be in Austin for the eclipse but may drive out somewhere to see it. Not going to the festival specifically though.
      • qup 1 year ago
        Similarly, if anyone is in Hot Springs, AR, that'll make two of us.
        • newman8r 1 year ago
          Viewing the eclipse from an actual hot spring would probably the perfect viewing scenario.