Early estimates show roughly 160,000 people visited Vermont for the eclipse [Video]

TODAY AT GOVERNOR SCOTT’S HIS ADMINISTRATION RELEASED SOME INTERESTING NUMBERS FOLLOWING MONDAY’S ECLIPSE AND THE PREVIOUS WEEKEND. THE STATE ORIGINALLY ESTIMATED ANYWHERE UP TO TWO-HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE COULD COME TO VERMONT FOR THE EVENT.. NBC 5’S STEPHEN BIDDIX JOINS LIVE OFF OF I-89 ONE OF THE BUSIEST ROADS THE PAST FEW DAYS. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? STATE OFFICIALS SAY 89 SOUTHBOUND HERE BEHIND ME DIDN’T RETURN TO NORMAL TRAFFIC FLOW UNTIL 2AM TUESDAY MORNING. BEFORE THEN AVERAGE SPEEDS WERE NEARLY 50 MILES PER HOUR LOWER THAN NORMAL… AT TIMES 12;22;53;05- 12;22;56;15 <IT PAID OFF WE THREW A GREAT ECLIPSE.> AFTER MONTHS OF PREPARATION AND EXPECTATIONS THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE HAS NOW COME AND GONE. 12;12;59;10- 12;13;03;22 <FROM MY PERSPECTIVE THE EVENT LIVED UP TO THE HYPE AND THEN SOME.> THE STATE NOW SHARING ESTIMATES ON JUST HOW MANY VISITORS THERE WERE FOR THE ONCE IN A LIFE TIME EVENT. …