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In reply to the discussion: Raise your hand if you're gonna watch the eclipse...... [View all]Demsrule86
(69,096 posts)20. you can still get glasses...I am in Ohio which is the epicenter...our hotels are sold out and
people are camping...it hailed today and was freezing...you have to be really into it to camp in Ohio in early April.
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I'm of two minds. All I need to do is step out onto my deck. But I am pissed off that there may well be 100,000 ...
marble falls
Apr 5
#8
Oregon, seven years ago, a town of 7500 became a town of 100,000 thousand. There are eclipses regularly ...
marble falls
Apr 6
#70
Huh? Where did you get that you can safely look at totality without special glasses?
PoindexterOglethorpe
Apr 6
#97
At totality, and ONLY at totality can you safely look at the sun without
PoindexterOglethorpe
Apr 7
#116
I can guarantee you that if you look at totality through glasses, you will see absolutely nothing.
Crunchy Frog
Apr 7
#113
you can still get glasses...I am in Ohio which is the epicenter...our hotels are sold out and
Demsrule86
Apr 5
#20
I live in Bedford...I really like Ohio. I have lived many places and this one has much to offer...
Demsrule86
Apr 6
#78
I'm in San Antonio. Our forecast is s____. The closest place with decent forecast is Del Rio.
LeftInTX
Apr 6
#53
I thought it was supposed to be yesterday so I went outside and watched the sun until it got dark.
Wonder Why
Apr 5
#33
Going to go to the edge of a park in north NYC so I have vast view of the sky and have a pinholed cardstock and....
electric_blue68
Apr 5
#39
I live in Ohio but I will have to go north about 100 miles for the total eclipse. I think
doc03
Apr 5
#41
We don't have a total solar eclipse visible here in Sweden until 16/10/2126, & even then, it isn't visible in Stockholm
Celerity
Apr 6
#66
92% totality here SeCT. There's a watch party about five miles from us at a coastal state park.
femmedem
Apr 6
#68
It's going to be minimal here, afaict. As I have done before, I'll go out & watch the effect on shadows....
Hekate
Apr 7
#105
I'm in Central New York with 15 year old twins, and am a few miles away from totality.
Crunchy Frog
Apr 7
#111