How busy will Columbia be with the Eclipse

[RockThrillCock]

thinking of coming down there

 

[JSpears5]

1 million +

 

[Art__Vandelay]

1 million +

No damn way? Is that an accurate estimate? I thought I heard like 150k

 

[DC-99]

No damn way? Is that an accurate estimate? I thought I heard like 150k

I've seen 400,000-600,000.

To answer the op's question, very.

 

[KoSimpson101]

please don't come to Charleston

 

[Poultry King]

I'm seeing no vacant rooms from GSP to Charleston

 

[king ward]

What if it's cloudy?

 

[jbouton]

What if it's cloudy?

Or raining....

 

[KoSimpson101]

Charleston is closed

 

[PapaJNick]

Lol! People are really gonna travel for this?

 

[cocky4]

I have had two instances of old friends from out of state call me for a place to stay. I don't know the estimates...but I know there are a lot of people that want to be a part of it.

 

[Art__Vandelay]

Crazy stuff. I will be in Charleston until that Sunday and then headed back to Atlanta. I should've taken that Monday off of work as well and stayed in SC

 

[JSpears5]

I know a guy that has been planning the trip for 4 years from Germany

 

[winloseortie]

There is not a vacant hotel room in the statr

 

[atl-cock]

Going to a BBQ lunch and eclipse lecture in Cola for this. Maybe with the residents and visitors combined there will be 1 million+ in the area.

Even if it's raining or overcast, it will still get dark for the 2.5 minutes of total coverage.

 

[world famous 3rd base hecklers]

I'm seeing no vacant rooms from GSP to Charleston

Go to Walterboro or Rock Hill

 

[atl-cock]

Go to Walterboro or Rock Hill

And leave early on Monday morning to arrive at your viewing destination in time.

 

[chucktowncock]

Charleston:

"Nobody goes there anymore.

It’s too crowded."

- Yogi Berra

 

[sandlapper59]

Lol! People are really gonna travel for this?

Don't keep up with important events the rest of the world follows do we?

Desirable lodging anywhere in the eclipse path has been sold out for over a year. Many who keep up with such events travel nationally and beyond in hopes of having a good view of an event that many never get the chance to see.

 

[anon_n4c0cp5zhdxn7]

Schools are delayed because of the eclipse. I'll be watching it on Lake Murray. Very excited.

 

[king ward]

Or raining....

Contact God for a refund, I reckon.

 

[king ward]

1 million +

That would be like the first Obama inauguration. Hard to imagine.

 

[king ward]

I have had two instances of old friends from out of state call me for a place to stay. I don't know the estimates...but I know there are a lot of people that want to be a part of it.

Some people are real cheeky.

 

[king ward]

Schools are delayed because of the eclipse. I'll be watching it on Lake Murray. Very excited.

Weather permitting.

 

[JSpears5]

People do not think I know things

http://www.wthr.com/article/1m-visitors-expected-for-columbia-south-carolina-eclipse-in-august-2017

Really did not know, was guessing

 

[Sulayman]

I'm heading to Greenville from Charlotte to hangout with my parents. It's a good excuse to take off work. I just realized that traffic will probably be a total nightmare.

 

[Shadow86]

I work downtown. I'm thinking I will be sick that day. 1 million plus visitors. Oh hell no.

 

[king ward]

I'll play golf.

 

[cockhornleghorn]

The eclipse is a big deal, but it's a weekday so I don't think the crowds will be overwhelming. Think like a little more than a football weekend.

 

[lostcock]

Very. One of my friend's from NOVA is talking about flying down for a couple of days, but hotels are like $300 (if you can even find one)

 

[Cocky kebo57]

Or raining....

It will still get pitch dark outside.

 

[Cocky kebo57]

I have had two instances of old friends from out of state call me for a place to stay. I don't know the estimates...but I know there are a lot of people that want to be a part of it.

Tell em I will rent my spare bedroom for $400 for Sunday night, $600 for Sunday & Monday night lol. The centerline of the path of totality is about 250 yds down the street from my house.

 

[king ward]

Tell em I will rent my spare bedroom for $400 for Sunday night, $600 for Sunday & Monday night lol. The centerline of the path of totality is about 250 yds down the street from my house.

No doubt for that kind of money you will be offering a shuttle service and a box lunch.

 

[Cocky kebo57]

No doubt for that kind of money you will be offering a shuttle service and a box lunch.

Shuttle service to where??? And they can make their own damned sammiches!!!

 

[Plateman]

thinking of coming down there

Busy enough to open a sunglasses concession stand

 

[king ward]

Shuttle service to where??? And they can make their own damned sammiches!!!

Do you realize how few people today volunteer to walk 250 yards?

 

[king ward]

Is Rock Hill in the totality zone?

 

[cockofdawn]

thinking of coming down there

Great viewing from Nichols Store parking lot..

 

[radcock]

The hospitals will be in disaster readiness mode.
The university scheduled move in day around it fortunately. Hopefully everyone leaves when the sun peeks back out.

 

[Sulayman]

Do you realize how few people today volunteer to walk 250 yards?

It's truly mind-blowing. I love to walk. One of my favorite things to do when visiting a new city is just start walking nowhere in particular. My mom is in good shape for 69, but she told me one time, "I don't like to walk." That statement dumbfounded me, but I think it may be from growing up in the first generation of suburbia when everything was built around the automobile and marketed on ease, convenience and saving time.