Solar Eclipse

[Incogneeto]

I checked Cleveland hotels to see if they've gone up any more; they're still $250 to $450.

Enter Check in on the 7th to the 8th and see what you get.

[mowens]

I checked from the 7th to the 9th.
Checking just the 7th to 8th it's about a hundred dollars more.

[Incogneeto]

So....eclipse.earthquake planned for Monday then....

https://twitter.com/BGatesIsaPyscho/status/1776602142251299219

2 P.M. central time. 3 P.M. eastern.

[Del.]

 Gubmint can't force me to wear solar glasses so they can program my brain.

[RobertELee]

It's a thick cloud cover here in Minnesota, the eclipse will be a wash for us. This was just posted on our local FB page. Decided to dive into her page and, yup, checks out, Biden voter. 

[Del.]

We are 54 minutes from total eclipse. Partly cloudy.

[Del.]

I'm just about totaled! 😝

[gcode]

The guys at the lunch table outside had some eclipse glasses.
They said it would be visible from 10:30 to noon here in Cali.
I saw it at about 11:30 when it was nearly done.
I didn't really trust the 99 Cent Store glasses they were using so I only took a 1 second peak...
It wasn't nearly as cool as the last one I experienced when it actually got dark
like the sun went down, and then light again.

[Jim at Gentex]

It was partly cloudy here until about 2PM, and the sun was quite visible.

Then some thick rain clouds rolled in and are still here @ 4PM, so people here didn't see much of it.

I wasn't too excited about it anyway, so no loss for me. 

I've been spending the afternoon plowing through CMM reports on my current project, so I'm experiencing a different kind of blindness.   

[ghuns]

Watched it at the daughter's house in Bloomington with the tiny terrorists, age 2-1/2 and 4.

Had great weather. Just a few high, thin clouds.

They were intermittently interested when they weren't catching bugs, wrestling, or sending cars down their slide. About every 10 minutes one would run up and ask to see the moon. They are big fans of the moon for some reason.

And like most other wild animals, the 4 minutes of totality really shut them up. Might be the longest I've ever seen them motionless and silent.

Left at 6, home at 9:04. Only 6 minutes off my record pace. Traffic was a nothingburger. I had planned to go the back way but google didn't show any major slowdowns going 69-465-31. It wasn't wrong.

[pmartin]

Well that was my second and probably last total solar eclipse. The wife and I did some yard work and gardening as it was in the sixties and sunny, a rare event in itself in March. She was pooh poohing the eclipse till the sun was a mere sliver then she sat there rapt and in awe during the totality. very cool. Of course we were booked solid Sunday and Monday at the B&B so that's cool in itself. Breakfast this morning was great as everyone shared their stories. 

[ghuns]

A friend of mine snapped this in Bloomington, IN. Had to google it, but that big loopy thing at the bottom is called a solar prominence was visible with the naked eye.

[neurosis]

Anyone see that a Mexican news station got pranked with the ole nut sack eclipse video? 

[Incogneeto]

https://preview.redd.it/bro-might-be-on-to-something-v0-hscc8evpgvtc1.jpeg?auto=webp&s=05cdcb0760d3d89f46583bfe3b5b0e13b9b53720

[mowens]

Anyone see that a Mexican news station got pranked with the ole nut sack eclipse video? 

https://mastercamforums.com/forum/index.php/topic,2742.0.html