Posted on 03/01/2017 10:24:23 AM PST by Red Badger
The center of the eclipse will be right over where I live at 10:15 AM. It’s usually not cloudy in August here, but you never know. Damn shame if it is. I already missed one total solar eclipse because of clouds.
Already have tickets and reservations to Boise and plan to drive north into the totality zone. Just ordered solar filters for the binocs.
Had a friend who went to Mexico for a total eclipse back in the 80’s and when he got to where it was it was rainy.................
It’s like God’s playing a joke or something.
I’ll be on my sail boat at an undisclosed lake, with thousands of firearms at the bottom, right in the path. Should be fun.
Well, after Halley’s Comet fizzled back in 1986, this is probably the last great astronomical event of my life...............
You didn’t see Hale-Bopp? It was impossible to miss. That was once in a lifetime.
“I’ll be on my sail boat at an undisclosed lake, with thousands of firearms at the bottom, right in the path. Should be fun.”
I hope you have your SCUBA gear with you. With PRESIDENT Trump there are gong to be lots of underwater metal recovery operations going on.
It was just a fuzzy ball from where I was................
Traveled to Hawaii to visit my mom and see the eclipse. Spent the night on Mt Kilauea. Woke to partly cloudy skies only to have complete, thick cloud cover for the eclipse itself. It did get dark and I did see the moon’s shadow race from Maui towards me, but missed the main. I now live in the path of totality (S.E. Missouri) and am looking forward to it.
Thanks for that- my post though was tongue in cheek- as no maN knows the ‘day or hour’ of Christ’s return-
is that a real site?
Yeah, there was some thrill seeing the shadow approach and the birds freaking out as it suddenly got dark, but I’d like to see it without cloud cover this time. Fingers crossed.
There was an eclipse in the early 80’s. I remember it got dark enough for the street lights to come on. Dogs were freaking out.
Silly scientist -- You inject the energy into the lime, then you insert the lime into the Corona. What are they teaching in colleges nowadays? That's basic Beer Drinking 101 material.
True enough.But I'd be bringing my camera.
Made my hotel reservation last November.
GSMNP? Clingmans Dome?
A 20 minute ride to totality from here.
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