The Great American Eclipse Aug. 21 2017

[WCWIII]

Who's going?

Our clan heads to a lake at the Idaho/Utah border and then plans an early drive up into the path of totality near the Tetons on Monday.

[fellahmuskie]

I'll be driving down to Tennessee. Planning to get there early in case traffic gets bad.

[GoMuskies]

I'm going to simulate it by looking outside in the middle of the night.

[MauriceX]

Happened to have a work trip that lines up with the path of totality. Pretty awesome that I'll be able to see it with the company footing the bill. I'm weirdly excited about it!

[xu82]

I'll be driving down to Tennessee. Planning to get there early in case traffic gets bad.

We have a son in Nashville and he says people are pretty worked up about this. Here in Atlanta we are supposed to get about 97%, and I figure in school I was thrilled to get a 97%, so I'm not driving north (but my niece and mother are going 2 hours north for the event). Finding the glasses turns out to be a little tricky, but libraries near us seem to have them.

[paulxu]

Will be tailgating on the Clempson campus with a bunch of family...smack in the middle of the path of totality.

Will have X hat and lots of X stuff around. Thinking about wearing a Gamecock shirt to liven things up.

[xudash]

Will be tailgating on the Clempson campus with a bunch of family...smack in the middle of the path of totality.

Will have X hat and lots of X stuff around. Thinking about wearing a Gamecock shirt to liven things up.

Please do not do that! For those of us who have met you, we like you very much. We would like to see you remain in the land of the living.

[xumuskies08]

I'm in KC where it's like 90-95% totality, but I'll be heading up to St. Joeseph, MO (normally only about an hour drive) to get smack in the middle of the totality. The plan it to head up tonight and sleep in the car to avoid the traffic. St. Joe's population is barely 75K but they're expecting literally hundreds of thousands of people tomorrow. I've had my glasses for a couple weeks and I'm glad for it. I've seen too many stories the last few days of stores being sold out of them and/or charging waay more than I paid.

[LA Muskie]

I'm in KC where it's like 90-95% totality, but I'll be heading up to St. Joeseph, MO (normally only about an hour drive) to get smack in the middle of the totality. The plan it to head up tonight and sleep in the car to avoid the traffic. St. Joe's population is barely 75K but they're expecting literally hundreds of thousands of people tomorrow. I've had my glasses for a couple weeks and I'm glad for it. I've seen too many stories the last few days of stores being sold out of them and/or charging waay more than I paid.

'08 please double check to make sure those are authentic, NASA approved glasses. Lots of dangerous counterfeits out there.

The 2017 Total Eclipse: the biggest thing in mass marketing since the fidget spinner.

This isn't the first one in more than 100 years like many have touted. In fact, there have been 10 viewable from the continental US in the last 100 years (13 if you include Alaska and Hawaii).

And if you miss it, don't worry. You'll get another chance in 7 years, with a path stretching from Texas to Maine.


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[xumuskies08]

'08 please double check to make sure those are authentic, NASA approved glasses. Lots of dangerous counterfeits out there.

The 2017 Total Eclipse: the biggest thing in mass marketing since the fidget spinner.

This isn't the first one in more than 100 years like many have touted. In fact, there have been 10 viewable from the continental US in the last 100 years (13 if you include Alaska and Hawaii).

And if you miss it, don't worry. You'll get another chance in 7 years, with a path stretching from Texas to Maine.


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People downplaying the rarity of this eclipse make me sad.

This is the first coast-to-coast total eclipse in 99 years. I haven't heard anybody touting it as the first total eclipse of any kind in 100 years. There hasn't been a single total eclipse visible in the US since 1991. The last one where the totality was visible anywhere in the US was 1979. The last eclipse where the totality made landfall within the borders of the US was in 1257. This is a big deal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_August_21,_2017

[GoMuskies]

No need for it to make you sad. You're going to see it, and I'm going to have a quiet day at work. Win/win.

[LA Muskie]

People downplaying the rarity of this eclipse make me sad.

This is the first coast-to-coast total eclipse in 99 years. I haven't heard anybody touting it as the first total eclipse of any kind in 100 years. There hasn't been a single total eclipse visible in the US since 1991. The last one where the totality was visible anywhere in the US was 1979. The last eclipse where the totality made landfall within the borders of the US was in 1257. This is a big deal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_August_21,_2017

It is very rare for the path to cross from coast to coast. That's true. Why that matters for anyone in any particular place? That I don't get. And again, Texas through Maine in 7 years. Not coast to coast. But pretty damn close.

I applaud your excitement. I just worry about others -- particularly those with kids -- who don't appreciate the risks. I'm also in shock at the amounts of money people are throwing at this.


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[paulxu]

Please do not do that! For those of us who have met you, we like you very much. We would like to see you remain in the land of the living.

You can't imagine how bad it's been since they won it all. Cripes. Dabo is the second coming, or something.

[bobbiemcgee]

'08 please double check to make sure those are authentic, NASA approved glasses. Lots of dangerous counterfeits out there.


Bothersome. If you're going to counterfeit glasses, counterfeit the NASA stamp.

[WCWIII]

All set for my early AM drive to get into the path of totality. I've be been waiting 45 yrs since a partial eclipse in '72 when an Edgecliff professor made me an "eclipse kit." I saw soon after that 2017 would be a "total." I ended up being a physicist in part because of these early experiences.

Hope anyone with a chance makes the extra effort and gets into the path of totally (or starts planning by for the next one in 2024).

[xu82]

All set for my early AM drive to get into the path of totality. I've be been waiting 45 yrs since a partial eclipse in '72 when an Edgecliff professor made me an "eclipse kit." I saw soon after that 2017 would be a "total." I ended up being a physicist in part because of these early experiences.

Hope anyone with a chance makes the extra effort and gets into the path of totally (or starts planning by for the next one in 2024).

I'm all for driving a couple hours north to catch the path of totality, but I can't find glasses at this late hour. Who knew? I didn't know the glasses would be such a big deal.

[chico]

Did you know the a man burned his retina looking at the great eclipse of '62? It's true! So be careful out there, kids.

This may have also been an After-School Special as well but I can't be certain.

[nuts4xu]

It's great that an event like this can get so many people excited. I don't get the hype, and I'm not sure what benefits people will reap from looking directly into the sun for a few hours while wearing welding goggles. I anticipate the marketing campaigns will ramp up this week for the next eclipse scheduled for 2024.

Good luck sun watchers. I hope this doesn't turn everyone into zombies or white walkers.

[X-band '01]

Nuts should have gone blind by now for different reasons.

[GoMuskies]

Happy destroyed productivity day everyone!!!!

It's HAPPENING!@$!%%%%!!!

[GoMuskies]

Pretty cool. I'll have to go to Dallas in '24.

[bobbiemcgee]

I had to take my shades off on the golf course. Couldn't see the putt I missed anyway.

[LA Muskie]

I TAKE IT ALL BACK!!! My neighbors went up to Salem, Oregon to catch the totality. I got a glimpse of the partial here in LA. A partial's cool but not particularly memorable. But the video they sent me from Salem was amazing. I'll almost certainly try to catch totality on Monday, April 8, 2024. Some of the options include:
- Austin
- Dallas
- Indianapolis
- Buffalo, NY (but...Buffalo...)
- Rochester NY (my hometown)

[paulxu]

Was very cool. Right in the middle of the path, full effect for 2 min 38 in Clempson.
Perfectly clear sky overhead for the entire time. Cicadas got all screwed up by it.
Glad I got to see it.

[bjf123]

I TAKE IT ALL BACK!!! My neighbors went up to Salem, Oregon to catch the totality. I got a glimpse of the partial here in LA. A partial's cool but not particularly memorable. But the video they sent me from Salem was amazing. I'll almost certainly try to catch totality on Monday, April 8, 2024. Some of the options include:
- Austin
- Dallas
- Indianapolis
- Buffalo, NY (but...Buffalo...)
- Rochester NY (my hometown)

You forgot Cincinnati. Well, you'd actually have to go to Middletown or Oxford to get 100%.


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