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wadesworld

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Eclipse
« on: April 08, 2024, 11:49:14 AM »
Anybody traveling to/live in the full eclipse path?  My parents came to visit us in Columbia over the weekend, then went to my brother's and his fiance's yesterday in St. Louis, and are now in Mount Vernon, IL to see it before driving back up to Milwaukee.  Hoping I led them the right way, as most of the stuff closest to Missouri was showing partly cloudy.  Mount Vernon showed 46% cloud cover at 1 PM and 11% cloud cover at 2 PM.  They said clear blue skies right now.

We're supposed to get a 94% covered sun this afternoon here in Columbia.
« Last Edit: April 08, 2024, 11:51:59 AM by wadesworld »
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tower912

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Re: Eclipse
« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2024, 11:51:00 AM »
I am busy doomsday prepping for the coming zombie apocalypse.
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Re: Eclipse
« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2024, 11:55:01 AM »
Quote from: tower912 on April 08, 2024, 11:51:00 AM
I am busy doomsday prepping for the coming zombie apocalypse.

I took Ivermectin, I’m good
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tower912

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Re: Eclipse
« Reply #3 on: April 08, 2024, 11:56:46 AM »
That is like Old Bay seasoning to the zombies.
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Luke 6:45   ...A good man produces goodness from the good in his heart; an evil man produces evil out of his store of evil.   Each man speaks from his heart's abundance...

It is better to be fearless and cheerful than cheerless and fearful.

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Re: Eclipse
« Reply #4 on: April 08, 2024, 12:24:01 PM »
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jesmu84

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Re: Eclipse
« Reply #5 on: April 08, 2024, 12:51:03 PM »
I live in downtown Indianapolis.

Majority of schools are off all day.

Lots of businesses are closed or closed at 12.
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tower912

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Re: Eclipse
« Reply #6 on: April 08, 2024, 12:52:23 PM »
Did you offer lodging to wayward scoopers during the first weekend of the tourney?
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Luke 6:45   ...A good man produces goodness from the good in his heart; an evil man produces evil out of his store of evil.   Each man speaks from his heart's abundance...

It is better to be fearless and cheerful than cheerless and fearful.

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Re: Eclipse
« Reply #7 on: April 08, 2024, 01:37:28 PM »
92% blockage here in Southern Connecticut

My daughter at the University of Vermont gets 100% blockage.  She said they were locking down campus because they were expecting so many people in Burlington to watch.
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jesmu84

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Re: Eclipse
« Reply #8 on: April 08, 2024, 01:52:32 PM »
The overreaction to this, at least in Indy, by news and the state has been dumb.

"Fill up your gas tank. Make sure your fridge is stocked. Get supplies."

Wtf?
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Re: Eclipse
« Reply #9 on: April 08, 2024, 01:56:17 PM »
We have over 90% as well...and I thought it would be darker than it is. Oh well.
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jesmu84

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Re: Eclipse
« Reply #10 on: April 08, 2024, 02:01:05 PM »
Sad that cancel culture has gotten to the sun
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Re: Eclipse
« Reply #11 on: April 08, 2024, 02:12:35 PM »
Quote from: wadesworld on April 08, 2024, 11:49:14 AM
Anybody traveling to/live in the full eclipse path?  My parents came to visit us in Columbia over the weekend, then went to my brother's and his fiance's yesterday in St. Louis, and are now in Mount Vernon, IL to see it before driving back up to Milwaukee.  Hoping I led them the right way, as most of the stuff closest to Missouri was showing partly cloudy.  Mount Vernon showed 46% cloud cover at 1 PM and 11% cloud cover at 2 PM.  They said clear blue skies right now.

We're supposed to get a 94% covered sun this afternoon here in Columbia.

I think you steered them right and they got the full monty.
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jesmu84

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Re: Eclipse
« Reply #12 on: April 08, 2024, 02:14:46 PM »
Okay. That was awesome
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tower912

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Re: Eclipse
« Reply #13 on: April 08, 2024, 02:15:02 PM »
94% here.   No clouds.  About as dark as a summer afternoon cloud passing over.
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Luke 6:45   ...A good man produces goodness from the good in his heart; an evil man produces evil out of his store of evil.   Each man speaks from his heart's abundance...

It is better to be fearless and cheerful than cheerless and fearful.

cheebs09

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Re: Eclipse
« Reply #14 on: April 08, 2024, 02:16:35 PM »
Pretty cool. I couldn't imagine going further than outside my front door to see it though.
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Re: Eclipse
« Reply #15 on: April 08, 2024, 02:29:51 PM »
Other than several hundred people skipping out of work in downtown MKE, not much to see. It got much darker and cooler in 2017 than it did today.
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tower912

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Re: Eclipse
« Reply #16 on: April 08, 2024, 02:32:08 PM »
Awaiting tales of die-offs
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Luke 6:45   ...A good man produces goodness from the good in his heart; an evil man produces evil out of his store of evil.   Each man speaks from his heart's abundance...

It is better to be fearless and cheerful than cheerless and fearful.

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Re: Eclipse
« Reply #17 on: April 08, 2024, 02:45:49 PM »
I'm glad I got the viewing glasses because it looked like a weird shaped bright sun without them.  Glasses allowed the obstruction shape perfectly visible.
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Re: Eclipse
« Reply #18 on: April 08, 2024, 02:46:29 PM »
Here in the suburbs of Indy. Totality was very nice, in was dark like sunset/dusk, and being able to look at it without those stupid glasses was cool.Oh, and they said to make sure you will up your tank becasue of traffic. 125,000 expected in downtown/Speedway.
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tower912

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Re: Eclipse
« Reply #19 on: April 08, 2024, 03:13:51 PM »
Anybody else sit in a Mitsubishi, listening to Bonnie Tyler, chewing mint gum?   Is that how you achieve true zombie?
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Luke 6:45   ...A good man produces goodness from the good in his heart; an evil man produces evil out of his store of evil.   Each man speaks from his heart's abundance...

It is better to be fearless and cheerful than cheerless and fearful.

lawdog77

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Re: Eclipse
« Reply #20 on: April 08, 2024, 03:21:14 PM »
Quote from: tower912 on April 08, 2024, 03:13:51 PM
Anybody else sit in a Mitsubishi, listening to Bonnie Tyler, chewing mint gum?   Is that how you achieve true zombie?
Mama always told me not to look into the eyes of the sun
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Re: Eclipse
« Reply #21 on: April 08, 2024, 03:27:39 PM »
Quote from: tower912 on April 08, 2024, 03:13:51 PM
Anybody else sit in a Mitsubishi, listening to Bonnie Tyler, chewing mint gum?   Is that how you achieve true zombie?

Only my heart was obscured.
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Re: Eclipse
« Reply #22 on: April 08, 2024, 03:36:48 PM »
I flew my Lear Jet to Nova Scotia to see the total eclipse of the sun
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Pakuni

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Re: Eclipse
« Reply #23 on: April 08, 2024, 03:37:16 PM »
@HubieTalksHoops
Now THAT was an excellent box out by the undersized moon. Give the celestial body a ton of credit here.
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StillAWarrior

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Re: Eclipse
« Reply #24 on: April 08, 2024, 03:48:13 PM »
We had 3+ minutes of clear-skied totality here. Very cool. Seeing the partial obstruction through the glasses is neat, but the totality was much, much cooler.

I was really surprised how "normal" everything looked outside even when just a sliver of the sun was apparent through the glasses. That big ball of fire is pretty impressive how it can illuminate things with even a sliver. Once totality ended -- with the sun almost appearing to burst through the lower left edge of the moon -- it was almost immediately imperceptible without the glasses.

I think that this graph pretty well sums it up:

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