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Orion hasn't made anything significant in the USA since forever. Even in the 80s, their house branded telescopes were made by the likes of Vixen in Japan, and later various Taiwanese/Chinese firms like Synta, GSO.

Caveat Emptor. https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/meade-and-orion-cease-operations-maybe/

In Ohio, there's a 60-75% chance of it being cloudy on April 8th. See http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/TSE_20240408_pg01.html

Just about anywhere in Texas has a 50% chance of being cloudy on April 8th. In the rest of the US, the farther NE you go, the worse it gets. I made my reservations several years ago to go to Mazatlan Mexico, and will be heading up to a ranchero north of Durango MX the day before the eclipse...