after months of preps in cities and in towns on both sides of the Mississippi River the Great American eclipse is finally Upon Us yeah and holding COI is joining us live from Carbondale this morning where 50,000 visitors expected uh to come throughout the day so hold in question how are things looking out there so far well Michelle renie people are actually already starting to line up outside of SIU stadium and you know Carbell actually has the unique distinction of being in the path totality fo
r the past two eclipses and people who are flocking to this area and for a worldclass experience and while they're here they're also finding some worldclass food in nearby Murphy's Boro Illinois it's the home of 17th Street Barbecue the three-time world grand champions of barbecue and the first Grill Masters to ever get a perfect score in Memphis at May over the past few days they've had customers from all around the country and as far away as Brazil China and Thailand some are even seeing total
ity for the second time in under a decade all the colors kind of go away uh the colors are very muted and everything gets quiet and colder so it's a really cool experience it's absolutely amazing though you feel it you feel part of the universe you do you just feel in tune with everything if I could have barbecue and eat at the same time as totality that that would be the icing on the cake there though the crowds have been slow to arrive throughout the weekend there are cars again starting to li
ne up now in many restaurant resturants last night at over an hour wait and many of the repeat Eclipse Travelers told me they're not even going to attempt to try and leave town tonight they're waiting until Tuesday to try and head home to try and Beat the Traffic
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