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A local business advertised that they would have at least 40 of the cardboard eclipse viewing glasses in stock upon opening this morning but said that this bunch would be priced at $15.00 each. Other retailers that are still able to get some in are still selling theirs for between $2.00 to $5.00 tops. We paid $3.00 for ours.

Saw a photo earlier this evening of bumper to bumper traffic on both lanes of the Audubon Pkwy as far as you could see headed toward the the area of KY that is supposed experience the total eclipse for the longest period with only a very few vehicles going in the opposite direction.

THIS !

You just drove it right out of the park !

Fellas and Gals ,...this is the ONLY way to do this correctly, and for BEST protection, use REAL GLASS lenses. There's a LOT of junk floating around out there, at this point in "free trade with most favored nations",.......A LOT of this so called eye protection gear is junk, or next thing worse.

GTC

I suspect that there's going to be a lot of lawsuits by people who bought the junk that didn't work.

Everyone that wasn't wiped out by the last Ebola epidemic will surely be blind by Monday night.

Pretty sure it's in the Bible.

Haha good stuff. I am sure people can influence others on internet forums. Just ask...you!

Just make a viewer out of a cardboard box, some white paper, and some tinfoil with a pin hole in it. Works great.

The last time that I looked at an eclipse, I had access to a sun filter and a transit. Not only the correct amount of darkness, but magnified picture. I do not have that now. I have a transit, but no sun filter for it. In fact, I do not have tripod for the transit. miles

That's what I'm using. had someone tell me it wasn't safe to do so. I'm guessing they heard it from the person trying to sell eclipse glasses

Who cares done seen one anyhow.

Your retinas don't register pain so you can cook them with the IR w/o feeling a thing. Be careful.
For a good chart of how different filters relate to light transmission see the link, go half way down to the chart.

https://photo.stackexchange.com/que...slate-to-stops-when-used-as-an-nd-filter

Happy birthday, Colorado. The following isn't just for you:

Normal welding hoods are NOT dark enough to protect your eyes from the sun.

If your eyes aren't important to you, go ahead and look at the eclipse with any half-ass, slipshod, homemade shades. But if your eyes ARE of value...

This is what I'll use. I used it last time with no problems.

Where is EYEBALL when you need him?

Well, kinda' sad here,......seems that some just aren't going to pay attention to that FACT.

GTC

Make sure your mask is shade 12 or higher.

https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/safety

As an extra safety measure for kids to wear while watching the eclipse most local elementary schools are adding paper plates with cutouts the size of the lens and nose/mouth area of the eclipse viewing glasses with glasses taped to the back.

http://www.classicalhomemaking.com/2017/08/worry-less-eclipse-glasses-for-kids.html

The local schools received boxes of the 'fake' eclipse glasses. Since they don't have enough for all the kids they have decided to cancel school on Monday.

A few of the surrounding counties have also cancelled school on Monday for the eclipse.

Yep, I just looked at my welding mask and it's a 10. I took a quick glance at the sun through it and it's still really bright. I think last time, we took a couple of shades and over lapped them.

Local schools around here canceled classes for Monday, too, and also gave eclipse viewing glasses to each student on Friday.
The public has been made aware of the 'fake' glasses for around a week or so now, so hopefully those they are giving to students are legit and not the fakes.