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The Eclipse Didn't Trigger a Wyoming Traffic Apocalypse

But it was hard to get a cup of coffee this morning.
Torrington, Wyoming, got a lot more crowded today. Kriston Capps/CityLab

TORRINGTON, WYO.—Bada Bean made its major mistake before Eclipse Day ever arrived.

The line of customers that snaked down the block outside nearby Java Jar was proof. Hundreds of eclipse-watchers descended on Torrington, Wyoming, early Monday morning, boosting the town’s population (6,501) by a not-insubstantial degree. All of them needed coffee, badly.