The crush of traffic begins around noon.
Tens of thousands of cars steer toward Interstate 5, motorists in the Salem area immediately ready to hit the road after witnessing a solar eclipse beginning to end from inside the path of totality.
The freeway grinds to a halt. Onramps backup. Main roads become parking lots.
Crashes ensue. Someone gets injured. Emergency responders have trouble getting by.
It stays like this for hours.
In a world of worst-case scenarios, this is but one illustration of the type of trouble that could play out in Oregon as a historic eclipse traverses the nation Aug. 21. Source
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