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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: Rastus on August 20, 2017, 08:41:04 AM
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You guys got any plans for the solar eclipse?
The last one I experienced was a partial that passed through the Gulf of Mexico while I was working offshore...some time in the 80's. It was pretty cool to see things darken and the navigation lights start on the nearby platforms.
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Here in Phoenix, it's supposed to be around 65% coverage. I doubt it will even be noticeable. I'll watch it all day on TV. I'm sure stations like the Science Channel, and The Weather Channel will all have really good coverage. They've been planning this thing for months.
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Work...but I have one of two windows in the office. Living in pretty much total darkness for four months of the year with the aurora in Iceland beats an eclipse any day.
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Here in Florida we are supposed to get about 85% of the moon's shadow.
Hazcat has his digital camera set up with the proper filters and such to capture the event.
I'll be watching it with him.
My job is to supply the Guiness necessary for the eclipse. I love my job.
Crusader Rabbit
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Here in Florida we are supposed to get about 85% of the moon's shadow.
Hazcat has his digital camera set up with the proper filters and such to capture the event.
I'll be watching it with him.
My job is to supply the Guiness necessary for the eclipse. I love my job.
Crusader Rabbit
Tell him we said Howdy!
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Kick squatters off my property.
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It's supposed to be 80% here. I hope I don't forget about it. I'll try looking at it with a welder's mask if I catch it at the right time. I did that in Louisiana in 1980 or 1981 and could look right at it. 8)
I'll go outside and if I see my shadow there will be 6 more weeks of summer.
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99.5% in Boise. Lots of tourists coming to town to get in the mystical path of totality. Gonna try and avoid them!
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I wonder how many suicides will occur?
There are a lot of kooks out there..
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I wonder how many suicides will occur?
There are a lot of kooks out there..
It's OK. They're mostly liberals.
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So some member of the congregation died last week. The family has schedule the memorial service for...
Wait for it....
1:30pm on Eclipse Day! We're a 97% site with the max occurring at 2:36!
After the ceremony, which will probably go until 2:15pm, the family will adjourn outside at our columbarium for an internment of the ashes. Yep, probably right at max eclipse. AND, of course, the columbarium faces south for max exposure to the eclipse.
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I wonder how many suicides will occur?
There are a lot of kooks out there..
about 75% of the people here now are nuts. Like fruit and nuts. I actually had some jack ass in a burning man rv cut my lock, hook up to my rv power on my property.... the ar 15 on my shoulder convinced them too leave, even the national guardis out.
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about 75% of the people here now are nuts. Like fruit and nuts. I actually had some jack ass in a burning man rv cut my lock, hook up to my rv power on my property.... the ar 15 on my shoulder convinced them too leave, even the national guardis out.
Yea, things have changed since the 70's! Back then they were just stoned hippies but at least they respected property.
NoCal near Oregon, spent two years south of Eureka.
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You guys got any plans for the solar eclipse?
A page and a half or replies, and only one mentions alcohol consumption :'( What is this place coming to? I can understand why we lost Haz and M'ette!
As for myself, I gonna sacrifice a virgin ;D
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While I'm not against mid-afternoon drinking, they don't allow booze at work!
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It starts here about 9 with 97% at around 10:20. I might be up and watch or I might still be snoozing, hard to say... 8)
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Hazcat has his digital camera set up with the proper filters and such to capture the event.
I'll be watching it with him.
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Please tell Haz I said hello and that I hope he's doing well.
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Please tell Haz I said hello and that I hope he's doing well.
Yes, this!!!
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Yes, this!!!
Ditto.
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I wonder how many suicides will occur?
There are a lot of kooks out there..
The only ones that will commit suicides are those that miss their ride back "home" with the little green men.
Speaking of, they are supposed to land here in Kentucky in Hodgensville. Here in Louisville we will get about 96% coverage for the "moon shadow" event (Boy I used to love listening to Cat Stevens before he "converted")
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The only ones that will commit suicides are those that miss their ride back "home" with the little green men.
Speaking of, they are supposed to land here in Kentucky in Hodgensville. Here in Louisville we will get about 96% coverage for the "moon shadow" event (Boy I used to love listening to Cat Stevens before he "converted")
Louisville? For some reason I thought you were out west. Regardless, I feel the same way about the idiot move Cat Stevens made. Hopefully I won't get an earworm on "Moonshadow" and be tortured all day long.
about 75% of the people here now are nuts. Like fruit and nuts. I actually had some jack ass in a burning man rv cut my lock, hook up to my rv power on my property.... the ar 15 on my shoulder convinced them too leave, even the national guardis out.
Tab I hate to hear that. Are those mostly urban dwellers that are idiots...or has it descended upon country folk too? Too many people think they are entitled to someone else's hard work for their use and enjoyment....they need to be starved to the point where they are willing to work.
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FedEx issued a statement for the eclipse..... :o :o :o :o
I thought it was funny just because of the coice of wording because they make t sound like they are preparing for a cat 5 hurricane.
And yes, I figure they are actually concerned with the "idiot factor" causing traffic issues, but it still struck me funny.
From the FedEx web page:
Total Solar Eclipse 2017
Last updated: August 18, 2017
FedEx is closely monitoring potential effects of the total solar eclipse on Monday, August 21, 2017. Our first priority is the safety and well-being of our team members, and we will implement contingency plans as necessary. Events of this nature often cause pickup and delivery delays and disruptions for FedEx customers. FedEx is prepared to provide service to the best of its ability.
For more information on the total solar eclipse, visit the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. For more information on traffic conditions, visit the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration.
Note that potential service disruptions may not affect FedEx Express, FedEx Ground, FedEx Freight, FedEx Office, etc. the same. This may result in different levels of impact as well as cities, states and ZIP Codes serviced.
Continue to check fedex.com for service updates. For specific shipment status information, please track your shipment at fedex.com. You can also contact FedEx Customer Service at 1.800.GoFedEx 1.800.463.3339 or stay up to date by subscribing to FedEx Service Alert email notifications at the FedEx Email Subscription Center.
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FedEx issued a statement for the eclipse..... :o :o :o :o
I thought it was funny just because of the coice of wording because they make t sound like they are preparing for a cat 5 hurricane.
And yes, I figure they are actually concerned with the "idiot factor" causing traffic issues, but it still struck me funny.
From the FedEx web page:
I happen to live and work right in the path of Totality (never will I get to say that again) and a FEDEX driver passes in front of the shop a minute before Totality, in a hurry no less. It was pretty cool to see in person again, I saw it in '79 when I was in the second grade in Central WA. Nothing I've seen, pictures or video, really compares with what I saw and my memory wasn't quite as cool as what I saw.
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Sitting at my office window facing due south it was above my viewpoint.
We'll have 93% in 2024, a bit more interesting and I won't be working anymore, or dead...
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I didn't look at it until 1:30 when it was about 2/3 coverage. Before it was done I saw it through my brother's telescope and could see sunspots.
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The northeast corner of GA was in the path of total coverage. In my area we got about 3/4 coverage, which gave the appearance of late fall afternoonish light.
I watched off and on through a welding hood with a #14 lens....made for perfect viewing.
A lot of people were disappointed.......but it was because they really didn't understand the thing. Some folks on facebook from my area actually thought it was going to get dark like it was midnight.
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I heard that it has to be around 95% before you really notice it getting darker. I looked through a welding mask too then went over my mom's house and showed her. It was somewhere around 1/2 coverage by then. She's suffering from dementia and can't remember much of anything. She didn't know even what an eclipse was and said she never heard of one. I think that's her last eclipse.
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Sorry to hear that Frank. My mom is 87 or 88....she's beginning to lose short term memory and it's a hard thing to come to grips with.