The eclipse

AoTFan · August 15, 2017, 01:23:19 AM

Anyone doing anything special for it? My mom is contemplating driving a little ways out to an area where you're supposed to be able to see it more clearly, but dunno, I heard a LOT of people are planning to do that, as the line is pretty well publicized, so they're probably be a crap ton of traffic.

How about you guys, any plans? I've got my special viewing sunglasses I got from the bank, but other than that, dunno....

LilCerberus · August 15, 2017, 01:33:22 AM

I'm planning on driving from Richmond VA to Columbia SC to see it

Rev. Powell · August 15, 2017, 07:38:04 AM

The path is about 1.5-2 hours away from me, a bit too far to travel. I'll settle for the partial eclipse.

bob · August 15, 2017, 08:03:45 AM

no plans for it

kakihara · August 15, 2017, 10:11:58 AM

I would like to observe this. Not sure if i live in a good area. A lot of people have no interest in it which is kinda sad. I would also like to take a good picture of it. This will also be great fodder for the "end of the world people!"

LilCerberus · August 15, 2017, 12:37:42 PM

I had a chance to see one when I was a kid, But then our band director took us into a room with no windows.
For the rest of the day & days after, I had to put up with other kids talking about how exciting it was. Even the bad kids doing In School Suspension got to go outside & see it.

This Time, It's Personal!

AoTFan · August 15, 2017, 06:30:26 PM

Quote from: LilCerberus on August 15, 2017, 12:37:42 PM
I had a chance to see one when I was a kid, But then our band director took us into a room with no windows.

That sounds really wrong...

AlbertMond · August 19, 2017, 05:19:49 AM

I was gonna go up to the mountains, but I think I missed the train. I think I'll go out to the woods a little closer by instead.

Alex · August 19, 2017, 08:18:16 AM

Just be careful not to buy any strange plants during an eclipse at this time of year.

RCMerchant · August 19, 2017, 07:15:24 PM

It's gonna rain in Michigan.
I hope not-I need to see this.

LilCerberus · August 19, 2017, 07:33:15 PM

Quote from: RCMerchant on August 19, 2017, 07:15:24 PM
It's gonna rain in Michigan.
I hope not-I need to see this.

The one I missed when I was a kid, It was so foggy & overcast, we could barely see the other end of the building, much less the sky. Nobody cared. The kids who got to see it were still really worked up afterwards.

LilCerberus · August 19, 2017, 07:36:07 PM

I finally have a travelling companion, and a destination; A WalMart in Red Bank, SC outside of Columbia, SC.

RCMerchant · August 19, 2017, 07:43:23 PM

you from Michigan?
What part-I live in the boonies in Lawton.

LilCerberus · August 19, 2017, 08:29:50 PM

Quote from: RCMerchant on August 19, 2017, 07:43:23 PM

you from Michigan?
What part-I live in the boonies in Lawton.

No, Richmond VA.
The one I missed happened in the early '80s, but I don't recall the exact year.

RCMerchant · August 19, 2017, 08:38:18 PM

Quote from: LilCerberus on August 19, 2017, 08:29:50 PM
Quote from: RCMerchant on August 19, 2017, 07:43:23 PM

you from Michigan?
What part-I live in the boonies in Lawton.

No, Richmond VA.
The one I missed happened in the early '80s, but I don't recall the exact year.

I missed one in 1971 in Paw Paw Michigan.
I was 9. they punched some pinholes in an index card. I didn't use the card. I stared at it.
I was in school.