USA TSE, total solar eclipse: April 2024 (was "three years away for USA" when started)

One year, a truly awful 7-day forecast came out a week before the Big Annual Event™ & someone asked my boss what he was going to do. Boss responded with, “Smile”
A very confused, “Why would you smile with that forecast?” was answered with

The weather forecasters are never right this far out, so if they’re calling for awful it’ll only get better, which makes me smile.