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Re: The Path of Totality
Posted: Mon April 08, 2024 2:16 pm
by tree_
Decided to stay home with the boys today. Gonna be fun
Re: The Path of Totality
Posted: Mon April 08, 2024 2:27 pm
by BurtReynolds
tree_ wrote:Decided to stay home with the boys today. Gonna be fun
Did you instill in them a feeling of disinterest beforehand?
Re: The Path of Totality
Posted: Mon April 08, 2024 3:33 pm
by tree_
BurtReynolds wrote:tree_ wrote:Decided to stay home with the boys today. Gonna be fun
Did you instill in them a feeling of disinterest beforehand?
No. They don't know what to expect. Maybe if they are excited it will convince me of something
Re: The Path of Totality
Posted: Mon April 08, 2024 6:23 pm
by dad
I went outside and looked directly at it, no biggie. I think that means I get my own planet.
Re: The Path of Totality
Posted: Mon April 08, 2024 6:37 pm
by Bi_3
We only get 88% here but kids think it’s super cool
Re: The Path of Totality
Posted: Mon April 08, 2024 6:58 pm
by Farmer John
10 minutes until Totality. I am ready!
Re: The Path of Totality
Posted: Mon April 08, 2024 6:59 pm
by tommy
I don't have any eclipse glasses so I can't look at it, but it's getting pretty dark
Re: The Path of Totality
Posted: Mon April 08, 2024 7:06 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
Only 77% here. The "dark even though it is light out" effect was cool.
Re: The Path of Totality
Posted: Mon April 08, 2024 7:08 pm
by The Argonaut
Dark clouds just rolled in over the whole sky, 8 minutes before our peak of 97% here. Hard to know if the slight dimming is the clouds or the moon
Re: The Path of Totality
Posted: Mon April 08, 2024 7:13 pm
by doug rr
normal cloudy day here with some drizzle
Re: The Path of Totality
Posted: Mon April 08, 2024 7:18 pm
by tree_
It was fun but now my kids are blind. Dang it!
Re: The Path of Totality
Posted: Mon April 08, 2024 7:21 pm
by Bi_3
tree_ wrote:It was fun but now my kids are blind. Dang it!
I could totally see that happening
Re: The Path of Totality
Posted: Mon April 08, 2024 11:36 pm
by doug rr
the eclipse in California
Re: The Path of Totality
Posted: Mon April 08, 2024 11:47 pm
by The Argonaut
Bi_3 wrote:tree_ wrote:It was fun but now my kids are blind. Dang it!
I could totally see that happening
but his kids can't
Re: The Path of Totality
Posted: Mon April 08, 2024 11:56 pm
by tommy
The Argonaut wrote:Bi_3 wrote:tree_ wrote:It was fun but now my kids are blind. Dang it!
I could totally see that happening
but his kids can't
Too soon for your crass, factory humor
Re: The Path of Totality
Posted: Tue April 09, 2024 3:29 am
by tree_
April's Fool's!
Re: The Path of Totality
Posted: Tue April 09, 2024 1:44 pm
by washing machine
Totality achieved in northeast Texas. Clouds parted enough. At second contact, birds took cover in the trees and cicadas started humming. Totality was darker than I had expected it to be. Eerie moment. Memorable experience that felt nearly out of time, and then it was over. The rest of the day felt weird, like it was a second chance at daylight. We spent the rest of the afternoon fishing.
Re: The Path of Totality
Posted: Tue April 09, 2024 1:52 pm
by Higgs
Surely wasted time. The fish all would have 100% been like "What the fuck just happened??" and been extra fishy-cautious.
Re: The Path of Totality
Posted: Thu April 11, 2024 3:42 pm
by The Argonaut
What did you catch, Reid?
Re: The Path of Totality
Posted: Thu April 11, 2024 4:14 pm
by Alex
re*d knows a thing or two about fishy-cautiousness.