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We saw the one back in August, 2017 near Columbia, SC. We were at a SC State Park on a lake, wooded area. As the event approached totality, the woodland creatures and birds suddenly became silent (we noticed the silence even though we hadn't noticed their normal chatter before, it was suddenly silent). As normal daylight returned (luckily it was a sunny day) their chatter started up again, including the various insect sounds that had also quieted. One cool thing was the shadows on the ground of the sunlight shining on the leaves had crescent-shaped bites out of them as the sun returned. None of us had ever seen a total eclipse before and it was pretty cool.
There was some traffic for sure but nothing like what they are predicting for Monday.
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