[h=1]Eclipse to cause 'biggest traffic event in Oregon history'[/h] Nina Mehlhaf, KGW 11:33 AM. PDT July 19, 2017
[ PORTLAND, Ore. -- ODOT is staffing up and warning drivers to be prepared to be stuck in their cars for hours during the solar eclipse.
Oregon Department of Transportation spokesman Don Hamilton says the eclipse will cause "the biggest traffic event in Oregon history" on August 21.
... "One of the things that we're doing is tracking rumors, and we're hearing a rumor on Twitter that a lot of people from Seattle are going to be coming down very, very early on Monday morning of the eclipse and that's going to complicate the morning commute in the city of Portland," said Hamilton....
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