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well its over here

1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
edited August 2017 in General Discussion
all few seconds of the eclipse

sunny day all morning, time to totality was 1:18

1:15 clouds rolled in and blocked most of it out followd by a storm

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in the shade


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  • bigoutsidebigoutside Member Posts: 19,443 ✭
    edited November -1
    The clouds parted here and we got to watch!

    Very cool to be able to experience.
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  • Smitty500magSmitty500mag Member Posts: 13,623 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
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  • William81William81 Member Posts: 25,484 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I had a decent viewing sitting in my driveway.....the clouds obscured some of it but it did almost clear off for about 30 seconds and I did get a few decent pics. It was interesting watching the birds all settle into the trees and go quiet. The shadows all around were pretty cool also.
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  • Sam06Sam06 Member Posts: 21,244 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    We had 95% so it got darker and cooler. We had the arches all over the place. I went to a friends house down the road and we had a few beers and let our dogs play with each other.

    He had glasses so I looked at it and it looked just like the last one I saw.

    Now that its over I am going to have a few more beers and a good cigar.
    RLTW

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  • riflemikeriflemike Member Posts: 10,599 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Sam06
    We had 95% so it got darker and cooler. We had the arches all over the place. I went to a friends house down the road and we had a few beers and let our dogs play with each other.

    He had glasses so I looked at it and it looked just like the last one I saw.

    Now that its over I am going to have a few more beers and a good cigar.



    minus the cigar................[:D]

    no need to start at 65
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  • shilowarshilowar Member Posts: 38,811 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I was unimpressed. We had about 90% and it didn't even get dark here.
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  • Mr. PerfectMr. Perfect Member, Moderator Posts: 66,437 ******
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by shilowar
    I was unimpressed. We had about 90% and it didn't even get dark here.
    Best way to describe it (90% here also) was that it was brighter than the sunrise, when it is still behind the hills around you.
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    And fiery auto crashes
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    While sifting through my ashes
    Some will fall in love with life
    And drink it from a fountain
    That is pouring like an avalanche
    Coming down the mountain
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  • Marc1301Marc1301 Member Posts: 31,895 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    We had 85.6% peak here at 2:48pm. Looked like you had dark sunglasses on, and there was no heat on your skin when standing in the sun. The temperature drop was quite noticeable.

    Pretty much what I expected,...nothing more, or less.
    "Beam me up Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here." - William Shatner
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  • Wild TurkeyWild Turkey Member Posts: 2,425 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Drove 2-1/2 hours to be in Hopkinsville, KY for the longest duration.

    Wonderful view, but pavement was so hot didn't notice cooling.

    Cell towers switched from white day-time light to red night version.

    Then I drove 5 hours in heavy traffic to get home.[:(]

    May try to post some pix tomorrow.
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  • M1A762M1A762 Member Posts: 3,426 ✭
    edited November -1
    Meh - it was cloudy here and it didn't get dark or even dim.

    A non-event here.

    I think with all the beer drinkin', cheese eatin' farters here in Wisconsin we have done F'ed up the ozone layer above the state so bad that even an eclipse is obscured by the fart smell. [:D][:D][:D]
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  • montanajoemontanajoe Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 60,240 ******
    edited November -1
    Seen one,seen them all.
    All that wasted hype,,,
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  • armilitearmilite Member Posts: 35,490 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by M1A762
    Meh - it was cloudy here and it didn't get dark or even dim.

    A non-event here.

    I think with all the beer drinkin', cheese eatin' farters here in Wisconsin we have done F'ed up the ozone layer above the state so bad that even an eclipse is obscured by the fart smell. [:D][:D][:D]





    Same here.
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