Anyone have plans for it. My only total eclipse in VA. when I was a kid. Road my bicycle to marsh & beach. I'll never forget the light, all the critters reacting. Being in nature is the best.
Great American Solar Eclipse
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Make sure to have a sweater with you. The temperature change is spectacular.
Lucky to see it in 2017. Traveled to Paducah yesterday to watch it on Monday. Here for the barbecue(mutton BBQ) and the eclipse. Should be fun.
It’s my older son’s 11th birthday. We happen to live in the path of totality so having an eclipse birthday party. Pretty cool coincidence.
Currently in WV visiting in-laws. Picked up some of the ISO rated glasses. I expect to be unavailable while remote working for a few hours while we drive over to Ohio to be more in the main path since Columbus is just a few hours away. Was on the fringes of the one that passed over the Carolina’s a few years ago, but wasn’t prepared. Not making the same mistake this time
Michi
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If at all possible (probably impossible), try to find a place away from people, so you don't get all the shouts of "oh" and "ah" and running inane commentary. To me, seeing an eclipse is truly awe inspiring, and I think it is best enjoyed in stillness. Closest thing to a religious experience I ever had.
It's harder now when I was 13 years old where marsh meets the beach by myself & the different water birds.
Certainly it's good to experience with your family.
Certainly it's good to experience with your family.
aporigine
The slow blade penetrates the winter squash
I am like totally ready
I also happen to live in the path of totality. The hype is absurd. Reminds me of y2k (anyone remember that non-event when all utilities would fail?). Governor is sending out national guard - to do what exactly? Prediction is traffic nightmare, the population will double for a few hours (I doubt it). Its like an inch of snow in Florida is about to occur.
Not to be a "Five Lagavulin Deep ********" right now, but the Y2K non-event took about 520 billion dollars (adjusted for inflation) and a global effort to mitigate, and it was mitigated so well it became a "non-event" meme in the eyes of the public 25 years later. It was a real thing though. It just got fixed before we saw the problem, and since we never *saw* the problem, obviously there never was a problem to begin with right?
The eclipse panic is utterly absurd tho lol
Animals get confused during eclipse. Birds sound off. I'm sure hominids would get freaked out several million years ago. The moon it is said used to be closer to earth over hundreds of millions years has drifted farther out. So coverage used to be more. Now moon is 239,000 thousand miles from earth, sun is 93,000,000. That's why small moon much closer can cover the sun. Now we know paths around the world into the future. Still it is event that is a spectacular experience. Reminds us that we live on a spinning planet slightly tilted on its axis. Your moving pretty fast just standing still. Orbiting our Sun.
So the hyped eclipse glasses don’t work if there are clouds!
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Where I live I know a lot of folks backed out last minute to make the road trip to Texas as the weather forecast was not ideal. Still plan on going to a local park shortly getting some calisthenics in then venturing to a local creek to be with the wildlife.
I remember the last eclipse in summer the wildlife were really odd. Dead silent and dead still. I was only in 80% eclipse but very odd to be outside. No wind, birds, bees, just dead silent.
So looking at the current maps the only good places to see it are Arkansas and Northern Maine.
Dead clear skies in Illinois. 0% cloud cover.
It looks to be about 25% right now... in our area, we're supposed to see 93-94%. That is still 30 minutes away.
Same here in Indy. Just some thin haze but otherwise clear
Dear Lord, give me clear skies and I promise not to buy a knife for the whole month of April…
Getting close
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The clouds broke up long enough for us to see it for a couple minutes here in Houston. My parents went to Austin and they only saw it for a brief moment.
I wish I knew where the sun is.
Totality!
NYC - picture taken with safety glass over iPhone
NYC, 3:19pm
Overcast and couldn’t tell which way to look for the sun. It was cool though at how quick the light changed and temperature dropped.
