|
|
Post by Rokia on Aug 4, 2017 2:57:14 GMT
Any of you going to be able to view the eclipse sweeping across the US on the 21st of this month? I live pretty right in the middle of the ultimate viewing zone. (In fact, I live in between the two places with the longest period of totality (total darkness) -- Carbondale, IL and Hopkinsville, KY. I'm getting 2:20 here (that's two minutes, twenty seconds) which is good enough - not driving 50 miles one way or 70 miles the other way for another 20 seconds.  Already got our eclipse viewing glasses!  BTW, JD's in a pretty good spot for the west coast. |
|
|
|
Post by Joyce on Aug 4, 2017 11:47:41 GMT
It won't be total where I live in Michigan but it'll be pretty spectacular! I'll be at work but I'm sure people will be running outside all during the eclipse so I'm not concerned about missing it. The library has some viewing glasses but I have to wait till their programs are over to claim one.
|
|
|
|
Post by JD on Aug 4, 2017 14:16:15 GMT
Yup, totality here. I shall go out on my back deck with my eclipse glasses and look at it -- and stay home, out of the traffic caused by 200,000 + people descending on our city! Of course, if it's like today, with complete smoky haze due to wildfires up in British Columbia -- yes, that's a long way for smoke to travel, but it does! -- no one will be able to see a thing anyway!
|
|
|
|
Post by Scott on Aug 4, 2017 14:49:20 GMT
Yeah, I'm thinking I should go see it, but even driving a short distance will be hell.
I have a co-worker whose wife was in school during the last total eclipse. Her teacher wouldn't let students look out the window to see it. He closed the blinds just to make sure they weren't distracted by a once-in-a-lifetime event.
|
|
|
|
Post by Rokia on Aug 5, 2017 2:37:51 GMT
It's going to be crazy all through here. I found out why Hopkinsville will be so popular... it will have the most symmetrical corona! (I will be happy with our less symmetrical corona! ). Still not travelling 80 miles to a madhouse! Paducah is going to be crazy enough. (yay front yard!) |
|
|
|
Post by skyhappysal on Aug 5, 2017 15:15:28 GMT
I'm jealous. I don't live in an area that will see the total eclipse. It'll still be pretty impressive though. ☺
|
|
|
|
Post by Robina on Aug 5, 2017 16:55:54 GMT
The sun will only be obscured by 70 -75% here but it should still be quite dramatic. Winnipeg was an almost perfect place for viewing the eclipse in February 1979 and I remember being outside and thinking that it got colder when the sun was fully obscured.
|
|
|
|
Post by Joyce on Aug 5, 2017 20:04:22 GMT
Here's a webpage that will tell you exactly how much of the eclipse you'll see. You put in your zipcode and it tells you how much of the sun will be obscured by the moon and how far you'd need to travel to see a total eclipse. It also tells you times that it will start and end. My area will have the sun covered 80.9% and to see a total eclipse, I'd have to travel 376 miles (I won't). Very cool! www.vox.com/platform/amp/science-and-health/2017/7/25/16019892/solar-eclipse-2017-interactive-map |
|
|
|
Post by Rokia on Aug 7, 2017 5:02:16 GMT
I did a hotel search for the town I live in - every single hotel is sold out the night of the 20th.... I could not find one hotel that had rooms listed on any of the travel websites.
Yup, eclipse mania has hit.
|
|
|
|
Post by Rokia on Aug 7, 2017 5:06:13 GMT
And on further reflection, I think I am going to tell Elaine to get here EARLY -- because no way do we wanna deal with traffic anywhere close to eclipse start time (ie, around 12:50 pm is when it STARTS... full totality around 2:20)
|
|
|
|
Post by laurie on Aug 7, 2017 23:01:21 GMT
We have 94% here, but I think we're going over to a friend's house for 100% - it all really depends, so I'm trying not to get to built up to it in case we can't go (ok, who am I kidding, I'm built up about it already!). I wouldn't drive into the chaos to a hotel, but a friend's place is available and we can get there in an hour, come back that night, and I don't work Monday anyway, so as long as my father in law is having a good health day, we're set!
|
|
|
|
Post by Rokia on Aug 8, 2017 3:03:03 GMT
Sounds like a good plan. I would invite people to Paducah but I don't think ANYONE lives anywhere closeby to where I live. I don't have a free room either (3-bedroom house - parents in one, me in one, brother in the Master, since he owns the house). Still, we have couches... and a floor. |
|
|
|
Post by fflurcadwgawn on Aug 8, 2017 16:08:08 GMT
I have no idea what the weather will be like but I might try borrowing my brother's welding helmet and watching from the roof of my office (we're in a basement office under a parking garage). Not sure yet, though.
|
|
|
|
Post by laurie on Aug 9, 2017 0:16:20 GMT
I'm hoping for great weather, but should be good regardless in the middle - and eyesight should be pretty much back to normal by then. Hadn't thought about a welding helmet, but it should work. And Rokia - I've had worse than the floor, lol, but you're right about not being near your place. My parents are closer and I'm there pretty often, only about 50 minutes from KY, but the wrong end. People forget how long KY is!
|
|
|
|
Post by Rokia on Aug 9, 2017 21:14:15 GMT
Yup, for all you live in a state attached to mine - I'm closer to Oklahoma which is a whole state away . (the other side of Missouri). (actually, you'd be better off going to Hopkinsville or Nashville -- they're both closer. |
|
|
|
Post by fflurcadwgawn on Aug 10, 2017 20:23:45 GMT
Just read a cool article this morning about how you can watch the eclipse happen in the shadows of any tree. Apparently the leaves act as filters and the eclipse is projected one-thousandfold onto the ground. I will definitely be checking that out if a, I can get outside during the eclipse hours, and b, if it's a clear day that day.
|
|
|
|
Post by zenfrodo on Aug 12, 2017 5:01:20 GMT
Here in Columbus, we'll get about 86% totality. Fflur, you can also make pinhole projectors easily -- SciShow Space has directions & lots of cool info: youtu.be/sIUMcCH0pugAlso, for folks who can travel, Clingman's Dome, the highest point of the Great Smoky Mountains, is in the path of complete totality. I'd love to be able to go there & watch it. *sigh* Nearby Gatlinburg is just within the totality range, for those who don't want to deal with mountains. |
|
|
|
Post by Rokia on Aug 14, 2017 3:33:26 GMT
Oooh that'd be fun - but I'm still not leaving Paducah. One week and one day till Eclipse time! |
|
|
|
Post by zenfrodo on Aug 14, 2017 6:08:55 GMT
Also -- if you bought "eclipse glasses", beware. Some of those glasses are junk & will end up hurting your eyes permanently. Amazon has a recall currently for such things. More information: gizmodo.com/amazon-is-cracking-down-on-fake-eclipse-glasses-that-co-1797796665Tip: for those in the US, Lowes Home Improvement/Hardware is selling cheap cardboard eclipse glasses that ARE certified by American Paper Optics, one of the accredited vendors listed in the article. We picked ours up for about $3 each. Look for the displays near the entrance. |
|
|
|
Post by Rokia on Aug 14, 2017 14:39:41 GMT
Mine are approved! YAY! I have to check with Elaine to make sure HERS are approved. |
|
|
|
Post by Joyce on Aug 14, 2017 16:29:10 GMT
Tip: for those in the US, Lowes Home Improvement/Hardware is selling cheap cardboard eclipse glasses that ARE certified by American Paper Optics, one of the accredited vendors listed in the article. We picked ours up for about $3 each. Look for the displays near the entrance. Oooo! Thanks for the tip! I'll check out my Lowes tomorrow and see if they have them! |
|
|
|
Post by fflurcadwgawn on Aug 14, 2017 18:53:46 GMT
Here in Columbus, we'll get about 86% totality. Fflur, you can also make pinhole projectors easily -- SciShow Space has directions & lots of cool info: youtu.be/sIUMcCH0pugAlso, for folks who can travel, Clingman's Dome, the highest point of the Great Smoky Mountains, is in the path of complete totality. I'd love to be able to go there & watch it. *sigh* Nearby Gatlinburg is just within the totality range, for those who don't want to deal with mountains. Thanks for the tip, but I will be in the middle of downtown during it. If I am lucky we'll get to go outside the office for it.......and there are trees right out front. If worse comes to worse I can watch the dappled sunlight from our conference room! If possible I'm going up to the archaeology dig site I volunteer at......lots of dappled shade and it's close to my office.  |
|
|
|
Post by PaulinaAnn on Aug 20, 2017 0:31:27 GMT
I will get 91% totality. I have bought no glasses nor made any plans. It's my first day back to work and I'm sure that a lot of us will go outside around 2:46 to see how things are. Maybe some of them will have glasses. I'm fine watching it on youtube or the news.
I did find it odd that when I made a rare summer trip to work on Thursday, that I-95 had an electronic sign reading: August 21, Eclipse Traffic, Plan Ahead. Or something like that. You still have to drive 186 miles from there to get to totality so I'm thinking that at least traffic for the morning shouldn't be bad... I hope it won't be bad... maybe I'll check on taking a side road. |
|
|
|
Post by Robina on Aug 21, 2017 16:09:58 GMT
It's overcast and raining here and that probably won't change.
|
|
|
|
Post by fflurcadwgawn on Aug 21, 2017 16:35:51 GMT
Managed to get stuck at reception this afternoon, but 1. It's sunny and 2. There are maple trees right outside, which means I miiiight be able to see it happen. |
|
