Eclipse

It’s probably pretty neat, but I’m in the camp of not interested.

I have a coworker who is taking 3 days off to see it. I honestly hope it’s a thunderstorm because we’re swamped and I’m pissed.

Night crawlers were out this morning. Do they come out again during the eclipse?

Netguy wrote:

Night crawlers were out this morning. Do they come out again during the eclipse?

I was wondering the same thing as I was walking this morning.

We seem to have a once in a lifetime Eclipse’ about every 4 years…

With today’s cloud cover it will dang near feel like a total eclipse here in MN. I’ve been a nerd about this stuff since I was a kid and still think it’s cool!

I’ve always thought it was a strange coincidence that the sun and moon appear the exact same size in the sky.

Get out your tin foil hats!

Ill certainly take note of how dim it gets here today by 2:02 assuming its noticeable. Ill never see a total eclipse.

The cloud cover here today will make it almost not even noticeable here – Bummer

You can drive to any Doppler Radio tower on a sunny day and see one…

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fishthumper wrote:

The cloud cover here today will make it almost not even noticeable here – Bummer

You’ll noice it a lot. It wills seem light twilight for about 30 min as the little sunlight there will be will also be blocked by the clouds. You jut wont be able to see the actual shape of it (with proper eye protection, of course)

I gave up chasing shadows when I was discharged.: woot:

Buddy got a good shot of it where he was from. Looks a lil funny but who am I too argue:???:

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Its a big nothingburger here. Its not even getting darker with all this cloud cover.

People were asking local businesses if they stocked up eclipse glasses for today’s event. My daughter had some from her school.

I was just outside and couldn’t even discern where the sun specifically was or any change in the amount of visible light.

…must be a slow national news week

CaptainMusky wrote:

Its a big nothingburger here. Its not even getting darker with all this cloud cover.

LOL that’s exactly how I felt at the peak eclipse time of 2:02pm. Cloudy and birds chirping just like the rest of the day. Life continues, as odd as it may be.

Just drove from Jerome to Scottsdale they had a 65% eclipse.
Nothin!
Maybe looked like a light cloud covering.

I can’t believe we’ve survived another one!!!

I guess Dallas was pretty awesome, but to travel there for 5 minutes is just ridiculous.

If you slammed a couple brewskies during the eclipse today, were you day drinking or not?

Hmmmm

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A whole lot of something about nothing here. I did not even notice a change at all from 2:00-3:00

If you missed it, there are plenty of videos out there… looked pretty cool in Mazatlan

Pailofperch wrote:

I can’t believe we’ve survived another one!!!

post of the day there POP!

Photo from a friend of mine.

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Another one…

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fishthumper wrote:

A whole lot of something about nothing here. I did not even notice a change at all from 2:00-3:00

Got about as dark as a normal cloudy/stormy afternoon.

Full show in Indiana. Whether you think it’s worth the drive or not, I’d do it again a hundred times to see what I just witnessed. It’s the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen.

More interested in how much of this s disappears

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A doe with last year’s twins moved through my neighbor’s yard at the “darkest” time in Minnetonka. I didn’t notice any change in the amount of light.
Maybe the eclipse made the one yearling mount it’s mom!!
NASA pic is amazing.
Space Station video showed the leading edge of totality moving in the NE USA. Looks like something from a science fiction movie. This is a pic of the video.

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Knob Creek! Good stuff.