Total Eclipse coming soon

[JackBull]

the local school system decided they could not stop the children from looking directly at the sun and so for the "children's protection" they have decide to not have school that day all children will be at home.

So they cant look directly into the sun at home?

 

[IKE]

 

[Danjet500]

So they cant look directly into the sun at home?

They have no responsibility for the kids if they are not in school.

 

[Johnnu2]

I've lived thru many "once in a lifetime" events....... none required eye protection
We'll probably watch it on TV.... Sort of a ho-hummer (without the hummer).
J.

 

[Watertender]

I've lived thru many "once in a lifetime" events....... none required eye protection
We'll probably watch it on TV.... Sort of a ho-hummer (without the hummer).
J.

It's like Geraldo Rivera and AL Capone's vault.... A big fat nothing for the most part. It's cloudy and overcast here so I think we will be dark for a few minutes and life will go on...

 

[caryc]

I don't whether it's true or not but I heard that Joe Biden is going to use an executive order to cancel the eclipse. He says it's just a waste of time.

 

[Kevin]

We just we to the closest park

 

[txramfan]

I will be standing in the graveyard behind my house when totality occurs.
Maybe the ghost in my house will visit again, yes there is a ghost I have experienced in my house.

 

[Kevin]

and now

 

[Kevin]

Just mintues left

 

[Kevin]

 

[Kevin]

And it's so quiet. No traffic noises at all

And very interestingly, we are out back in our backyard.

No barking dogs. Usually our dogs try to talk to the neighborhood dogs.

But during the totality, no dogs were barking at all.

It's over now and they just started barking again.

 

[Kevin]

I've lived thru many "once in a lifetime" events....... none required eye protection
We'll probably watch it on TV.... Sort of a ho-hummer (without the hummer).
J.

Well my wife and I were very impressed. It got dark, and as it was getting dark, it wasn't the normal light from a regular sunset.

And the timing was spot on. Dark at 1:41 until 1:44 and change.

I do agree though there are many "once in a lifetime events." While this makes the list, and is definitely "oh-so-cool" it isn't #1…it will be remembered for many years though.

 

[nekvermont]

Well, that was very cool. Temperature here dropped 7*, we still have some snow on the ground, perhaps that has something to do with the drop. Like Kevin said, the lighting was strange, and it got darker than I expected. Corona was impressive.

 

[Armybrat]

Very cool event.
The sudden "nightfall" followed by the lightening up was surreal
Luckily our heavy cloud cover broke up a couple of times, the last giving us a few seconds of this:

 

[Hawk-in-Wi]

couldn't tell any difference where I'm at in WI too cloudy I guess

 

[krw]

Well I went down on our hunting lease. Logging crew long ways of but cood clearly make out cutting machine. When it started getting dark they shut down. Couple minutes before total I hooted and sure enough Bird gobbled!! Now would He have gobbled anyways, you guess as good as mine. I really enjoyed the Eclipse!!

 

[Cholo]

Akron, OH.

 

[hittman]

Was a perfect day for it here. Not a cloud in the sky, no wind, about 70 degrees.
They said we'd have something like 90% coverage here. Seemed about right as I saw it.

 

[Johnnu2]

Nothing spectacular here....
But I would imagine that where it was 100%.... (like Texas...) it would indeed be "cool"; and my jaded reaction would be different.
Here...? just a ho hum....
p.s. being old, we won't remember it past Friday )... forgot lunch already..!!
J.