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Glad to see that so many of you survived the apoceclipse.
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We went to my younger brother’s house in the 100% eclipse area. Had a cookout and watched the show. It was amazing! I’ve been busting the balls of my friend who bought into the conspiracy BS.
Ron
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. Orwell
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I heard Fireworks go off from three directions- and distant cheering. It was neat to see.
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There's an eclipse up there somewhere. [/url]
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There's an eclipse up there somewhere. [/url] Want quite that bad here, clear enough to see the sun. No idea what it looked like, but it was no darker than a stormy day. Knew why, NBD. It's not the 1600s. Now 21 years ago when we were coming home one winter night, and suddenly it turned into day? Bright as noon, the mountains lit up but casting shadows. That made an impression. Post 911, I was puckered! Found out later a substation blew up one ridge and about 2 crow miles away. Low cloud cover reflected the arc flash back down.
Parents who say they have good kids..Usually don't!
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Fresh from Central Texas We drove to Anna Illinois I took a dump at the walmart 7:15am Drove further to Alto Pass Shawnee Natl Forest, within a few miles of the nadir centerline of totality We set up in a cemetery and got about 4 minutes, 28 seconds of totality Some faint high ice cirrus clouds but it gave the corona a bluish effect. Incredible!! Oh and Anna, Ill… historic acronym for Aint No Niqquers Allowed. LOL factoid of the day along with site of the Lincoln-Douglas debate, yeh Other mentions- crickets started chirping about 20 mins before Totality A batch of roosters started up across all the farmland beyond the federal land. A pair of doves lit in a cedar tree above our campset and flopped around to roost. All good The light returning even with a fraction of the sun was brilliantly intense strangely. You could see the umbra sweep our position as it moved on, a dark sky to the northeast liken to a thunderstorm cloud.
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We weren’t supposed to see it up here, but the clouds parted …
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We got a break in the clouds, right at peak time, 3:07, and watched the eclipse for one minute. 85 percent eclipse, I love it. Wish I could have seen the total eclipse.
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As cool as it looked, one of the coolest things was how dark it got. The street lights came on. We had a partial eclipse here in 2017 but I was working and only got to see a little bit of it. Traffic wasn’t nearly as bad as they predicted. All the stuff predicted by the doom and gloom crowd never materialized.
Ron
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. Orwell
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It was only 95% here, so not too impressive... about like being outside on a cloudy day for 5 minutes, except with the sun shining.
I was driving home from work when it peaked, and amount of people stopped along the side of the highway to watch was crazy, given general traffic levels on that same stretch of road.
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The eclipse was just perfect in Indianapolis, Indiana. Full totality completely visible. What Fun!!!
If you do what you've always done, then you will get what you've always got. Carpe Diem, bgcatty NRA Patriot Life Benefactor Member
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Glad to see that so many of you survived the apoceclipse. Too bad you didn't die in a flaming car crash Paul.
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An eclipse is not too exciting to watch but... the reactions of some are amazing. You obviously never saw one! A total Eclipse of the sun is incredible. I went for my jacket before realizing the instant darkness hit so did the cold. The tiniest sliver of sun everything was still visible and warm although the pelicans were already flying around crazily.
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Eclipse is just like quicksand—not near the problem I thought it would be as a kid.
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