“Solar eclipses just love happening over places that Americans don’t live.”
This one occurred at my house: http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/1994-may-10
I went home for lunch break & took pictures of light donuts resulting from tree shadows.
There will be a total eclipse of the Sun visible from many parts of the U.S. from Oregon to the southeastern states in August 2017. Not that far away. It is also at a good time of day, starts around 1100h in the Pac northwest and ends in the afternoon in the southeast. As for this one, waste of time to chase it, 90% chance of cloud cover. The 2017 event will be a big deal and millions will be able to drive relatively short distances to be in the path of totality.
I witnessed one in March 1970 from Virginia Beach and it was awesome.