Posted on 04/08/2024 10:06:43 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
Many astronomers have stated that our total eclipse of the sun by the moon is a unique event in the entire universe since the odds against it make it almost an impossibility. Yet here it is happening on the one place in the universe where we know there exists intelligent life that can appreciate such a miraculous event, CLOUDY weather is predicted for much of the path of totality in the United States. As a result we now have an outbreak of extreme Eclipse Anxiety as you can see in this video. The funniest reaction was from Al Roker who is in Dallas and when asked about the eclipse weather could only answer "interesting." Despite Al trying to maintain an upbeat attitude it was later belied when he reported hail, wind, and tornadoes for Texas. Yeah, "interesting" weather for Texas, Al, which means a very lousy chance of seeing the eclipse there.
My biggest hope is that there will be few clouds south of Indianapolis where my friend Pastor Charles Henrickson will be participating in an Eclipse viewing party with his church group. So, please clouds, at least spare the Indianapolis area from clouds for Eclipse Day. Oooh! Oooh! OOOOOOOH!!! And now I think I am experiencing extreme Eclipse anxiety!
PING!
Forget the eclipse we had 2 inches of SNOW , I had to shovel
Fox Business was just broadcasting from Niagara Falls and Rochester, NY. They are both supposed to be completely overcast.
Sunny blue skies here in New England.
Yep. Ran through some flurries yesterday but no shovel ready job. 😳
I learned with Comet Kohoutek back in ‘73 (and the Harmonic Convergence in...88?) to avoid the hype when it comes to celestial happenings. Weather and overselling kill a lot events.
Same here in Philly. Overcast.
So true. The entitled people that paid big bucks to see this will blame the bad weather on globull climate change.
It's the "apoeclipse"!!
We’ve got the reflection pool (small wading pool for grandkids) set up so we can look at the eclipse through the water reflection instead of directly.
So far outskirts of Cleveland are near perfect with just a hint of cirrus to this point.
Pretty much 100% cloud cover here in Houston, TX, but we’re not in the totality zone anyway.
That's good for partial eclipse but if you are in the path of totality it is safe to watch it with the naked eye. Just make sure to stop when when the moon moves past the edge of the sun but you'll know that right away.
I’m afraid I’m not in the path of totality.
Hopefully the same weather where Charles is just south of Indianapolis at eclipse time. BTW, who would have guessed that the east would have less cloud cover than Texas?
Clouds rolling in here in Burlington VT with 50 minutes to go before start.
The cosmic ballet goes on.
Clear skies over Cleveland.
I even got a telescope for Christmas and I still couldn't find the darn thing up there in the sky. Probably because it was a cheap telescope. My parents didn't have a lot of money but I'd rather have gotten a Flexible Flyer sled. I did get my first transistor radio that year, one of those Radio Shack handhelds that only pulled in the AM stations but at least that gave me a lot of hours of use before I ruined it at the beach in the summer of '74.
FYI and hoping the skies will be clear there at Eclipse time.
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