Posted on 08/17/2017 1:39:31 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Lou Tomososki was a high school teen in 1962 when his science teacher told the class about a solar eclipse that was going to take place that afternoon, NBC affiliate KGW reported.
Tomososki and a friend viewed the partial eclipse outside Marshall High School in Portland.
"The sun at that time, at 3:30 p.m., was in the one o’clock position," said Tomososki. "I said to Roger, 'If you stare at it long enough the brightness goes away.'"
By that night, both Tomososki and Roger were having vision problems. He said the vision problems never got any worse — but they also never got any better. A doctor later him that he had burned his retina during the eclipse.
Now, at 70, he says he and his friend both still have vision problems to this day.
"You know how the news people blur a license plate out," said Tomososki. "That’s what I have on the right eye, about the size of a pea, I can’t see around that."
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The eclipse in 1962 was on July 31.
Sunset in Portland on July 31 1962 was at 8:40 PM (sunrise 5:51 AM).
So, at the time of the eclipse, there was still over 5 hours until sunset... so I guess the sun was still pretty high up in the sky.
http://suncalc.net/#/45.5231,-122.6765,10/2017.08.17/16:56
Remember they have a few more hours of daylight up that way.
Walmart has a lot of very good lawyers.
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Exactly and many on the taxpayers’ dime!!!!!
Nope, standard welders mask won’t do the trick. Most are level 12, solar viewer evidently has to be a 14.
“Walmart has a lot of very good lawyers.”
Yes, and those lawyers have all advised them to sell only those glasses that work. The best way to win a lawsuit is on the street before it ever happens.
I have enough eye problems as it is with glaucoma and a cataract (I’m having cataract surgery in October) in one eye. Besides, here in the Houston area, it feels like I’m on the surface of the sun when I step outside on the deck. I think I’ll skip looking directly at the sun, even with “safe” glasses.
“Welders mask”
At our senior center today a person gave a presentation on watching the eclipse. He said welders’ masks will NOT be safe unless they’re at a certain number. I’m not sure of the number — maybe 14 — but not positive about that.
Our town is in the “total” path and I guess hotels are full. We will watch on TV. We have enough eye issues; not taking any chances.
I have welder’s glass for my camera, with the film from an old floppy disk in front of that.
I’m also using eyepiece projection like I did for the Venus transits for my telescopes.
14 is the number I keep hearing.
Finding a 52mm solar lens is not so easy when I took pass through the search engines.
I don’t get the hype and have to row the galley on Monday. No doubt the leader types will let people take a look outside. HR gave away a lot of those cheap glasses.
As for the eclipse, I can take or leave. I’ll go outside but I have enough sense and existing eye problems not look at the sun.
I’d order some 14’s but I doubt they’d get here on time. The local stores are probably picked over.
Be careful! Amazon has recalled several types of ‘eclipse glasses’ that they sold, as they aren’t safe.
No. They cannot.
Same, same. But mine is undamaged. Only one eye. Only in perfect lighting. But it scares me how little parents know.
Teach your children how to play with matches and burn with a magnifier. Otherwise your house will burn down and your kid is blind. And throw in ringing ear deaf. Also teach your kid how blow stuff up safely. How to remove sticky candy. How to make nitroglycerine safely.
Amazing the negligence of parents about children.
HUMAN SAFETY #1
Oops. Prior poster gave very dangerous advice.
In other words,
DO NOT USE WELDER’S GLASS !!
If you order the wrong number, or they mistakenly deliver wrong number, you are SCREWED !
Instead use only clearly labeled cardboard glasses and double check their website. Even better, only oblique reflected, no mirrors.
NEVER MESS WITH LIFE OR LIMB !
Take the advice of a true Engineer. :-)
There, I may have saved one person’s sight today.
I am only interested in the total eclipse which lasts for about 2:20 mins/secs where we are going in the totality band.
As long as the photosphere of the sun’s disc is totally covered by the Moon there is no danger in looking directly at the eclipse as only the Corona is visible during totality and the Sun’s harmful rays can not reach your eyes.
Look away when the duration time is over or if you notice “Bailey’s beads” (caused by the valleys on the Moon) along the emerging edge of the Sun.
If you can only view the partial eclipse, use the eye protection everyone is recommending here.
Burnt his brain a little too.
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