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LeftInTX

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53. I'm in San Antonio. Our forecast is s____. The closest place with decent forecast is Del Rio.

Sat Apr 6, 2024, 12:17 AM

Apr 2024

157 miles and my husband just had stents put in his cardiac arteries. I think everyone in South and South Central Texas will probably jam up highway 90 to get to Del Rio. Even Eagle Pass has a cloudy dreary forecast. Hill Country also.

However, unless the weather is really bad, you should be able to see the partial eclipse. The sun kept hiding behind clouds last October and we were able to see the entire thing, even when the sun was behind clouds.

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Raise your hand if you're gonna watch the eclipse...... [View all] a kennedy Apr 2024 OP

It will be only partial here, and it's predicted to be overcast anyhow. Ocelot II Apr 2024 #1

Are the welding glasses labelled shade 14? wnylib Apr 2024 #90

Not sure, but they're pretty dark. I used them for welding. Ocelot II Apr 2024 #91

The forecast here is for partly cloudy. I'm hoping that wnylib Apr 2024 #92

I'm not either, I'm almost 84 years old, been there, done that..LOL. n/t SheilaAnn Apr 2024 #2

My husband has decided we're going to go to a place where it will be total Bettie Apr 2024 #3

I went to Carbondale, IL for the last total. Cuthbert Allgood Apr 2024 #27

We're going to Alto Pass Bettie Apr 2024 #38

I was just outside Cheyenne Wyoming. Amazing. I am also a giant nerd. Crunchy Frog Apr 2024 #112

Our library had some. Hope22 Apr 2024 #4

Our Lowe's had them for $3 a pair. woodsprite Apr 2024 #29

Thanks. Hope22 Apr 2024 #50

On the TV machine. MOMFUDSKI Apr 2024 #5

My hands up Progressive dog Apr 2024 #6

You can make a pinprick in a piece of paper and watch the shadow Marthe48 Apr 2024 #7

I remember watching the last eclipse with my kids Mossfern Apr 2024 #14

Please don't view it through your smoked glass! femmedem Apr 2024 #32

Thank you for the warning :) Marthe48 Apr 2024 #36

It might be too late to find safe eclipse glasses now. femmedem Apr 2024 #67

Smoked glass not safe Dear_Prudence Apr 2024 #81

I'm not going to use it another warning before yours :) Marthe48 Apr 2024 #83

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 2024 #8

There is NOT an eclipse somewhere in the US every seven years or so. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2024 #56

You missed July 1972 Nova Scotia. I was there. marybourg Apr 2024 #59

Did you fly your Lear Jet to get there? NanaCat Apr 2024 #63

No, but I took a nice ferry ride and saw how marybourg Apr 2024 #71

When did Nova Scotia become part of the US? PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2024 #96

Oh, didn't realize only US eclipses. marybourg Apr 2024 #103

Oregon, seven years ago, a town of 7500 became a town of 100,000 thousand. There are eclipses regularly ... marble falls Apr 2024 #70

We'll be watching it from our backyard calguy Apr 2024 #9

**Hand raised!** CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2024 #10

Yep, I probably won't be alive for the next one in 2045. SYFROYH Apr 2024 #11

If the clouds let me Silent3 Apr 2024 #12

I'm in the path of totality, but the forecast is bad. LeftInTX Apr 2024 #13

We are in the path of totality as well in Ohio Xavier Breath Apr 2024 #93

The blue is the path of the eclipse LeftInTX Apr 2024 #94

You can safely look at the totality without special glasses... Silent3 Apr 2024 #15

Huh? Where did you get that you can safely look at totality without special glasses? PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2024 #97

At totality, you aren't looking directly at the sun Silent3 Apr 2024 #100

At totality, and ONLY at totality can you safely look at the sun without PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2024 #116

Yes, that's what I've been saying Silent3 Apr 2024 #117

I can guarantee you that if you look at totality through glasses, you will see absolutely nothing. Crunchy Frog Apr 2024 #113

Definitely.... usedtobedemgurl Apr 2024 #16

I watched one from my front yard. Jeebo Apr 2024 #17

I went to Wyoming for the 2017 eclipse ThoughtCriminal Apr 2024 #18

You are so right. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2024 #57

Outdoors at a funeral during totality Sympthsical Apr 2024 #19

you can still get glasses...I am in Ohio which is the epicenter...our hotels are sold out and Demsrule86 Apr 2024 #20

We are in Middleburg Heights... PittBlue Apr 2024 #46

I doubt we will see much samplegirl Apr 2024 #55

I live in Bedford...I really like Ohio. I have lived many places and this one has much to offer... Demsrule86 Apr 2024 #78

Hi neighbor ....Just north of Youngstown here Diamond_Dog Apr 2024 #79

We love it here, too. PittBlue Apr 2024 #88

We are driving south 60 miles to experience it near Emile Apr 2024 #21

I'm taking the day off for the eclipse. TomSlick Apr 2024 #22

Going upstate NY edhopper Apr 2024 #23

Nope, don't care. Besides it will be cloudy & rainy where I am on Monday. n/t elocs Apr 2024 #24

Absolutely! Delphinus Apr 2024 #25

Looks like rain in north central Texas dammit. Torchlight Apr 2024 #26

I'm in San Antonio. Our forecast is s____. The closest place with decent forecast is Del Rio. LeftInTX Apr 2024 #53

Drove from east coast back to Ohio to see with friends. we can do it Apr 2024 #28

Yes, to be 94% here. My son's driving down to Carbondale to see it. sinkingfeeling Apr 2024 #30

I'm in the zone, Big goddam deal up heah in Central Maine. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2024 #31

I thought it was supposed to be yesterday so I went outside and watched the sun until it got dark. Wonder Why Apr 2024 #33

It's me or NASA. Hmmmmm usonian Apr 2024 #34

You can make a pinhole projector and see it that way. BigmanPigman Apr 2024 #35

No leaves here in Maine Easterncedar Apr 2024 #107

We're in the 88% here in northern Delaware. woodsprite Apr 2024 #37

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 2024 #39

Im just a few miles out of the totality and have the glasses. Srkdqltr Apr 2024 #40

Drive those few miles unc70 Apr 2024 #77

It's a very cool effect. electric_blue68 Apr 2024 #115

I live in Ohio but I will have to go north about 100 miles for the total eclipse. I think doc03 Apr 2024 #41

I hear Turbineguy Apr 2024 #42

I do and I will be seeing it from Llano, Tx! flying_wahini Apr 2024 #43

Me! From my back yard! Happy Hoosier Apr 2024 #44

Saw the total in PNW in 2017. Sneederbunk Apr 2024 #45

I'm visiting my daughter in Shelbyville Indiana tavernier Apr 2024 #47

Cool! Easterncedar Apr 2024 #108

We sold them all last night tavernier Apr 2024 #110

Yes. We are a few miles east of downtown Cleveland Oh Ninga Apr 2024 #48

I'd love to, but... LudwigPastorius Apr 2024 #49

Not much to see Mz Pip Apr 2024 #51

I'm in the path of totality. 4:23 of total eclipse. herding cats Apr 2024 #52

May I ask where are you? I'm in San Antonio LeftInTX Apr 2024 #61

I just saw this now. herding cats Apr 2024 #119

I went to my son's house in Boerne because the forecast was slightly better. LeftInTX Apr 2024 #120

I'm glad you got to see it at least! herding cats Apr 2024 #122

In the totality path here in western NY. Will watch from my yard. wnylib Apr 2024 #54

Western NY isn't looking very promising at the moment Silent3 Apr 2024 #101

I'm not planning to go anywhere, just hoping that wnylib Apr 2024 #102

We are likely to be clouded in on Monday LetMyPeopleVote Apr 2024 #58

I'll see partial here if the weather is good Diraven Apr 2024 #60

We'll be there, LOL NanaCat Apr 2024 #62

Won't be visible where we are. GoneOffShore Apr 2024 #64

Hand is raise MacKasey Apr 2024 #65

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 2024 #66

92% totality here SeCT. There's a watch party about five miles from us at a coastal state park. femmedem Apr 2024 #68

The total Solar eclipse I recall was 1977 when my son was an infant. ProudMNDemocrat Apr 2024 #69

I'm not going to watch it in person, so I'll watch it on the internet Trailrider1951 Apr 2024 #72

Right in the totality path. Have new eclipse glasses from B&H Liberal In Texas Apr 2024 #73

I'm looking at freak'n Kerrville which is not far at all LeftInTX Apr 2024 #99

Went out and purchased my eclipse glasses this morning. BluesRunTheGame Apr 2024 #74

I will watch it from my townhouse in Burlington vt karynnj Apr 2024 #75

Driving from Michigan snpsmom Apr 2024 #76

Saw total eclipse Rebl2 Apr 2024 #80

Whoops! Mossfern Apr 2024 #82

I will from Houston - 95% is good enough for me n/t TexasBushwhacker Apr 2024 #84

NASA will have a live feed brooklynite Apr 2024 #85

Driving to Oswego, NY brooklynite Apr 2024 #86

Go to the library, they are giving out glasses free WhiteTara Apr 2024 #87

Almost Certainly ProfessorGAC Apr 2024 #89

Total Eclipse only 50 miles away, DAMN RIGHT WE'RE GOING. Emile Apr 2024 #95

Absolutely!!! Expecting good conditions... Happy Hoosier Apr 2024 #98

Oh hell yeah! AmBlue Apr 2024 #104

It's going to be minimal here, afaict. As I have done before, I'll go out & watch the effect on shadows.... Hekate Apr 2024 #105

I'll watch. Elessar Zappa Apr 2024 #106

Was planning on it Easterncedar Apr 2024 #109

I'm in Central New York with 15 year old twins, and am a few miles away from totality. Crunchy Frog Apr 2024 #111

You can use a small mirror, John Farmer Apr 2024 #114

Wondering if the eclipse will trigger fish to bite. Emile Apr 2024 #118

I had to look up the date I was there for an eclipse. July 20, 1963. DFW Apr 2024 #121