So I was originally planning on going to the Rochester or the Buffalo area and staying with relatives on my wife's side, but the forecast is looking like it'll be mostly cloudy there. Now I'm thinking of just waking up early Monday and heading to Plattsburgh to relive the Clifford Ball and catch the eclipse there.
The bigger question is why isn't Phish playing an outdoor show in Vermont on Monday afternoon? Talk about a Harpua waiting to happen!!!!
All I know is my house falls in the exact center of one of the 4 minutes and 37 seconds circles in Indy! I already told work that I'd be outside if they wanted me, but I wouldn't come if they called anyway. O0
Pretty cool that I'll be able to sit on my back deck and watch the whole thing. I just wish our governor had closed the State Library so the wife would be home with me. He closed the Public libraries, but not the State Library.
The forecast looks good up here for Monday, we'll drive a few hours North to catch totality. O0
We came to a family lake house in northeast Arkansas. Hoping for clear skies.
I'll be on a work zoom call.
Guess I'll have to live until the next one.
I am in the path of totality. Should be amazing if the cloud cover gives way... let's see... nope... zero-point-zero chance of that!
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Nice sunny clear day here but not really in the path. I'll try to take a look.
Quote from: PIE-GUY on April 08, 2024, 11:33:47 AMI am in the path of totality. Should be amazing if the cloud cover gives way... let's see... nope... zero-point-zero chance of that!
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Yeah, I just got off a call with my San Antonio hotel and they said the same thing. Sucks for you folks. We have 99% clear skies in Indy today! I've got a bowl of Moon Rocks packed-up to partake during the event! O0
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There will be blood
I know they say using you phone to take pics of the eclipse can damage it, so I'm using the wife's old phone and noticed a strange phenomenon!
The sun is partially eclipsed already. The pics don't look like it, but there is a smaller, reversed, sun beneath that does show the eclipse.
This guy just had his life changed!
was pretty cloudy in Portland but it w ashlar enough for a few minutes to see it. We only had about 25% coverage but it was still cool. We had one 3-4 months ago that was really good though.
I drove up into the mountains to get fully in to the zone of totality (98% or so at my house). Birds and cars were quiet for about five minutes.
We had 99.8% totality for a few minutes. Pretty cool as the darkness set in but when the light started coming back up and the birds started chirping like it was morning, it felt like I was coming off a bender.
Ended up heading up to a random park near Lake Acid and took it in with a field full of random strangers. 11 hours in the car and it was completely worth it. I had goosebumps and you couldn't wipe the smile from my face.
Quote from: sunrisevt on April 09, 2024, 08:49:11 AMI drove up into the mountains to get fully in to the zone of totality (98% or so at my house). Birds and cars were quiet for about five minutes.
It's true, many people discount the eclipse's effect on cars.
Drove up to the Adirondacks yesterday to see the total eclipse, and it was absolutely one of the coolest things I've ever witnessed. Waved at you across the Lake, Kelley ;)
My son is also in IN, Mr. C, and he got to see the full eclipse as well
Quote from: shoreline99 on April 09, 2024, 11:26:46 AMDrove up to the Adirondacks yesterday to see the total eclipse, and it was absolutely one of the coolest things I've ever witnessed. Waved at you across the Lake, Kelley ;)
My son is also in IN, Mr. C, and he got to see the full eclipse as well
I may be wrong, but it looked on Instagram like MBW took the family down to Bloomington to watch it. he and your son may have been in proximity.
Quote from: mistercharlie on April 09, 2024, 03:22:57 PMQuote from: shoreline99 on April 09, 2024, 11:26:46 AMDrove up to the Adirondacks yesterday to see the total eclipse, and it was absolutely one of the coolest things I've ever witnessed. Waved at you across the Lake, Kelley ;)
My son is also in IN, Mr. C, and he got to see the full eclipse as well
I may be wrong, but it looked on Instagram like MBW took the family down to Bloomington to watch it. he and your son may have been in proximity.
Awesome! Hope his traffic on the ride home wasn't nearly as bad as ours was
Pretty sure he wasn't at the same eclipse darty, but who knows? :hereyougoyousentimentalbastar :beers: :beerbang: :hereyougoyousentimentalbastar
Quote from: shoreline99 on April 09, 2024, 06:23:14 PMQuote from: mistercharlie on April 09, 2024, 03:22:57 PMQuote from: shoreline99 on April 09, 2024, 11:26:46 AMDrove up to the Adirondacks yesterday to see the total eclipse, and it was absolutely one of the coolest things I've ever witnessed. Waved at you across the Lake, Kelley ;)
My son is also in IN, Mr. C, and he got to see the full eclipse as well
I may be wrong, but it looked on Instagram like MBW took the family down to Bloomington to watch it. he and your son may have been in proximity.
Awesome! Hope his traffic on the ride home wasn't nearly as bad as ours was
Pretty sure he wasn't at the same eclipse darty, but who knows? :hereyougoyousentimentalbastar :beers: :beerbang: :hereyougoyousentimentalbastar
Yes, drove down to Bloomington with my boys. It was awesome.
Traffic was fine, only took 9 hours to get home. :o
Quote from: mbw on April 11, 2024, 10:41:49 AMQuote from: shoreline99 on April 09, 2024, 06:23:14 PMQuote from: mistercharlie on April 09, 2024, 03:22:57 PMQuote from: shoreline99 on April 09, 2024, 11:26:46 AMDrove up to the Adirondacks yesterday to see the total eclipse, and it was absolutely one of the coolest things I've ever witnessed. Waved at you across the Lake, Kelley ;)
My son is also in IN, Mr. C, and he got to see the full eclipse as well
I may be wrong, but it looked on Instagram like MBW took the family down to Bloomington to watch it. he and your son may have been in proximity.
Awesome! Hope his traffic on the ride home wasn't nearly as bad as ours was
Pretty sure he wasn't at the same eclipse darty, but who knows? :hereyougoyousentimentalbastar :beers: :beerbang: :hereyougoyousentimentalbastar
Yes, drove down to Bloomington with my boys. It was awesome.
Traffic was fine, only took 9 hours to get home. :o
Did you hang w/ Shatner?
Quote from: kellerb on April 11, 2024, 04:48:36 PMQuote from: mbw on April 11, 2024, 10:41:49 AMQuote from: shoreline99 on April 09, 2024, 06:23:14 PMQuote from: mistercharlie on April 09, 2024, 03:22:57 PMQuote from: shoreline99 on April 09, 2024, 11:26:46 AMDrove up to the Adirondacks yesterday to see the total eclipse, and it was absolutely one of the coolest things I've ever witnessed. Waved at you across the Lake, Kelley ;)
My son is also in IN, Mr. C, and he got to see the full eclipse as well
I may be wrong, but it looked on Instagram like MBW took the family down to Bloomington to watch it. he and your son may have been in proximity.
Awesome! Hope his traffic on the ride home wasn't nearly as bad as ours was
Pretty sure he wasn't at the same eclipse darty, but who knows? :hereyougoyousentimentalbastar :beers: :beerbang: :hereyougoyousentimentalbastar
Yes, drove down to Bloomington with my boys. It was awesome.
Traffic was fine, only took 9 hours to get home. :o
Did you hang w/ Shatner?
Didn't see Bill.
Quote from: shoreline99 on April 09, 2024, 11:26:46 AMDrove up to the Adirondacks yesterday to see the total eclipse, and it was absolutely one of the coolest things I've ever witnessed. Waved at you across the Lake, Kelley ;)
My son is also in IN, Mr. C, and he got to see the full eclipse as well
I considered driving to the High Peaks, but couldn't get any good info on back road conditions, and they'd had like 4 feet of snow in two recent storms, so ...
Quote from: mbw on April 11, 2024, 06:35:01 PMQuote from: kellerb on April 11, 2024, 04:48:36 PMQuote from: mbw on April 11, 2024, 10:41:49 AMQuote from: shoreline99 on April 09, 2024, 06:23:14 PMQuote from: mistercharlie on April 09, 2024, 03:22:57 PMQuote from: shoreline99 on April 09, 2024, 11:26:46 AMDrove up to the Adirondacks yesterday to see the total eclipse, and it was absolutely one of the coolest things I've ever witnessed. Waved at you across the Lake, Kelley ;)
My son is also in IN, Mr. C, and he got to see the full eclipse as well
I may be wrong, but it looked on Instagram like MBW took the family down to Bloomington to watch it. he and your son may have been in proximity.
Awesome! Hope his traffic on the ride home wasn't nearly as bad as ours was
Pretty sure he wasn't at the same eclipse darty, but who knows? :hereyougoyousentimentalbastar :beers: :beerbang: :hereyougoyousentimentalbastar
Yes, drove down to Bloomington with my boys. It was awesome.
Traffic was fine, only took 9 hours to get home. :o
Did you hang w/ Shatner?
Didn't see Bill.
He was in the IU stadium, with Janelle Monae! Gave a spoken word performance before the eclipse.
Quote from: mbw on April 11, 2024, 10:41:49 AMQuote from: shoreline99 on April 09, 2024, 06:23:14 PMQuote from: mistercharlie on April 09, 2024, 03:22:57 PMQuote from: shoreline99 on April 09, 2024, 11:26:46 AMDrove up to the Adirondacks yesterday to see the total eclipse, and it was absolutely one of the coolest things I've ever witnessed. Waved at you across the Lake, Kelley ;)
My son is also in IN, Mr. C, and he got to see the full eclipse as well
I may be wrong, but it looked on Instagram like MBW took the family down to Bloomington to watch it. he and your son may have been in proximity.
Awesome! Hope his traffic on the ride home wasn't nearly as bad as ours was
Pretty sure he wasn't at the same eclipse darty, but who knows? :hereyougoyousentimentalbastar :beers: :beerbang: :hereyougoyousentimentalbastar
Yes, drove down to Bloomington with my boys. It was awesome.
Traffic was fine, only took 9 hours to get home. :o
7.5 for us :/
Quote from: shoreline99 on April 15, 2024, 07:21:49 AMQuote from: mbw on April 11, 2024, 06:35:01 PMQuote from: kellerb on April 11, 2024, 04:48:36 PMQuote from: mbw on April 11, 2024, 10:41:49 AMQuote from: shoreline99 on April 09, 2024, 06:23:14 PMQuote from: mistercharlie on April 09, 2024, 03:22:57 PMQuote from: shoreline99 on April 09, 2024, 11:26:46 AMDrove up to the Adirondacks yesterday to see the total eclipse, and it was absolutely one of the coolest things I've ever witnessed. Waved at you across the Lake, Kelley ;)
My son is also in IN, Mr. C, and he got to see the full eclipse as well
I may be wrong, but it looked on Instagram like MBW took the family down to Bloomington to watch it. he and your son may have been in proximity.
Awesome! Hope his traffic on the ride home wasn't nearly as bad as ours was
Pretty sure he wasn't at the same eclipse darty, but who knows? :hereyougoyousentimentalbastar :beers: :beerbang: :hereyougoyousentimentalbastar
Yes, drove down to Bloomington with my boys. It was awesome.
Traffic was fine, only took 9 hours to get home. :o
Did you hang w/ Shatner?
Didn't see Bill.
He was in the IU stadium, with Janelle Monae! Gave a spoken word performance before the eclipse.
Did Janelle Monae show her boobs and something something boobieclipse?
Quote from: kellerb on April 15, 2024, 03:54:57 PMQuote from: shoreline99 on April 15, 2024, 07:21:49 AMQuote from: mbw on April 11, 2024, 06:35:01 PMQuote from: kellerb on April 11, 2024, 04:48:36 PMQuote from: mbw on April 11, 2024, 10:41:49 AMQuote from: shoreline99 on April 09, 2024, 06:23:14 PMQuote from: mistercharlie on April 09, 2024, 03:22:57 PMQuote from: shoreline99 on April 09, 2024, 11:26:46 AMDrove up to the Adirondacks yesterday to see the total eclipse, and it was absolutely one of the coolest things I've ever witnessed. Waved at you across the Lake, Kelley ;)
My son is also in IN, Mr. C, and he got to see the full eclipse as well
I may be wrong, but it looked on Instagram like MBW took the family down to Bloomington to watch it. he and your son may have been in proximity.
Awesome! Hope his traffic on the ride home wasn't nearly as bad as ours was
Pretty sure he wasn't at the same eclipse darty, but who knows? :hereyougoyousentimentalbastar :beers: :beerbang: :hereyougoyousentimentalbastar
Yes, drove down to Bloomington with my boys. It was awesome.
Traffic was fine, only took 9 hours to get home. :o
Did you hang w/ Shatner?
Didn't see Bill.
He was in the IU stadium, with Janelle Monae! Gave a spoken word performance before the eclipse.
Did Janelle Monae show her boobs and something something boobieclipse?
Dark side of the boob.