That could totally be. I don't remember discussions of the "field of totality" or anything, so I bet we were only partial!
I'm creeping on 40 in a few, yo! I figure I'll just own it.
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That could totally be. I don't remember discussions of the "field of totality" or anything, so I bet we were only partial!
I'm creeping on 40 in a few, yo! I figure I'll just own it.
You can tell on google maps right where it went...
We were just shy of 80% here. Definitely dimmed quite a bit, and I kept checking outside the window to see if it was clouds or the eclipse (there were defnitive shadows on the ground, so it was definitely the eclipse).
A lot of people were disappointed in that they were expecting it to be darker. That's the thing - it doesn't get really dark, even 99%, except for those in the path of totality. As I said earlier, in 2024 Detroit will get 99% of totality. I really want to go out to my wife's family's place in northeast Ohio (about 4 hours from where I live) to experience the total eclipse. Plus I absolutely love that part of her family, and, considering how my wife's aunt liked my Facebook comment about them having the total eclipse in 2024, I'm pretty sure we already have the invite.
A lot of people were disappointed in that they were expecting it to be darker. That's the thing - it doesn't get really dark, even 99%, except for those in the path of totality. As I said earlier, in 2024 Detroit will get 99% of totality. I really want to go out to my wife's family's place in northeast Ohio (about 4 hours from where I live) to experience the total eclipse. Plus I absolutely love that part of her family, and, considering how my wife's aunt liked my Facebook comment about them having the total eclipse in 2024, I'm pretty sure we already have the invite.
Just a warning to everybody...be wary of texts you get. I've gotten 3 of a ballsack being dropped into an eclipse video.
When Nebraska 511 alerts you of a "critical disruption" in traffic along I-80, you're gonna have a bad time. Streets in Lincoln were fine, but the interstate......good lord!
If I recall correctly, there are no pain receptors for the damage caused by looking at the sun. However, in about 12 hours, if your eyes won't focus when you are trying to read CF, the eclipse glasses you bought off the dude on the street corner might have been fakes...
Know a guy who "burnt" his eyes while using no mask welding. I will take his word that it hurts immensely.
Had my glasses in my car. Went to take my lunch outside at my car to watch it, only to realize I left my keys at my desk. Looked at it twice for less than a second each time but couldn't see anything. I heard Chris say on the radio he has a bit of a headache from looking; I'd say the same thing for me. Not my brightest moment but I can see fine.
This is pretty cool, and very similar to what I got in the KC area, but with less clouds (crazy I was only 9 miles east of downtown)
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We were going to go to Missouri or Nebraska but decided six plus hours in the car wasn't worth it given the forecast. Instead we left the Des Moines area around 11 and drove around central Iowa for a bit, trying to track where the clouds might break and we could get some kind of view. We wound up in Winterset which worked out okay. It was partially overcast but with glasses we had pretty good views of the eclipse itself. I thought it would be darker than it was, but overall it was cool but not as good as I hoped/expected. But I've seen some of the time-lapse video from clear skies inside the path, and they looked very cool.
We stayed the night in Chillicothe, MO and ended up just south of Marshall, MO. The clouds cleared literally minutes before the total eclipse! It was pretty cool!