Like, Totally

The big solar eclipse is coming up next Monday, April 8. I had been planning for months to take the day off work and head down into northwest Ohio to see it. A total eclipse? A once in a lifetime event? I wasn't going to miss it.

Then in yesterday's paper I read that Detroit, where I live, will be at about 99.4% totality. Almost ninety nine and a half percent of the Sun will be blocked right at home. Do I want to drive a minimum of an hour each way, and fight the expected crowds, for around three minutes of complete coverage? How much of a difference can point-six of a percent make?

So now I don't know. I reserve the right to make the trek. But is it worth it?