Start looking for a boondocking site: eclipse (Aug 21 2017)
It's never too early to plan that trip! Path of totality
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Even more alarming -- I have just read several articles predicting (of course) heavy traffic on the highways and the forest roads by folks who are not familiar with wildlands and wildfires. Hot tailpipes, a cigarette, a "let's make a campfire" moment, and we have a new fire.
And the roads are clogged. The firefighters can't get to the fire. The hordes are trapped. The fire spreads.
I got dibs on the screenplay! ;) I see Dennis Quaid as the beleaguered rural fire chief and Meryl Streep as his brilliant, take-charge wife -- she guides the hordes to safety over a sketchy forest road driving her Tiger 4WD Class C. She helps someone get unstuck, etc. The eclipse happens, but it is just a pause in the action.
We give the whole thing a slight tilt toward AARP moviegoers, an underserved demographic. Streep and Quaid both win Oscars, but the screenplay does not. Tragic.
And the roads are clogged. The firefighters can't get to the fire. The hordes are trapped. The fire spreads.
I got dibs on the screenplay! ;) I see Dennis Quaid as the beleaguered rural fire chief and Meryl Streep as his brilliant, take-charge wife -- she guides the hordes to safety over a sketchy forest road driving her Tiger 4WD Class C. She helps someone get unstuck, etc. The eclipse happens, but it is just a pause in the action.
We give the whole thing a slight tilt toward AARP moviegoers, an underserved demographic. Streep and Quaid both win Oscars, but the screenplay does not. Tragic.
