2024 Solar Eclipse

tGreenWay wrote:Do wear green… and red.

Only at Christmas. Or when Mrs. Dwags makes me dress as an elf in the bedroom.

We got our solar sunglasses last week.

DWags wrote:

tGreenWay wrote:Do wear green… and red.

Only at Christmas. Or when Mrs. Dwags makes me dress as an elf in the bedroom.

my wife and I are roughly the same height.. she's maybe an inch taller (Division I hoops player in the house).. she needed to measure the hem of a skirt the other day, so I put it on so she could get a rough, real world estimate of where it would hit on her and if it needed to be hemmed.

No idea how they predict this stuff a month in advance.  Hope they're right.

April 2024 eclipse forecast: Meteorologists have an early best guess about cloud cover

The eclipse will be 100% over niagra falls. We're taking a long weekend to go there in hopes to see it with the kids. We've actually planned on doing this for a few years.
Even if it's a bust, the girls will still have fun as there is a lot for them to do.

Dendrobates wrote:The eclipse will be 100% over niagra falls. We're taking a long weekend to go there in hopes to see it with the kids. We've actually planned on doing this for a few years.
Even if it's a bust, the girls will still have fun as there is a lot for them to do.

That's some smart thinking

Dendrobates wrote:The eclipse will be 100% over niagra falls. We're taking a long weekend to go there in hopes to see it with the kids. We've actually planned on doing this for a few years.
Even if it's a bust, the girls will still have fun as there is a lot for them to do.

Hope it's cloudless for your stay there.  Been reading animals get confused when eclipses happen and do strange things.  Think there's a zoo on the Ontario side.  Might be an interesting place to view from if you don't have another venue set.  Have a great trip!

Work passed out eclipse glasses to everyone today, along with...a Moon Pie.  Very clever.  Little wonder HR gets paid the big bucks.

Googled totality in Troy.  98.3%...higher than I thought.  Interesting site with some cool links.  One shows the progression of what the eclipse will look like from wherever you are. Will be handy if/when it's cloudy.

https://eclipse2024.org/eclipse-cities/city/21234.html

The Pantry wrote:Work passed out eclipse glasses to everyone today, along with...a Moon Pie.  Very clever.  Little wonder HR gets paid the big bucks.

Googled totality in Troy.  98.3%...higher than I thought.  Interesting site with some cool links.  One shows the progression of what the eclipse will look like from wherever you are. Will be handy if/when it's cloudy.

https://eclipse2024.org/eclipse-cities/city/21234.html

Dewitt is supposed to be 95.7 and weather shows partly sunny

Jake from State Farm wrote:

The Pantry wrote:Work passed out eclipse glasses to everyone today, along with...a Moon Pie.  Very clever.  Little wonder HR gets paid the big bucks.

Googled totality in Troy.  98.3%...higher than I thought.  Interesting site with some cool links.  One shows the progression of what the eclipse will look like from wherever you are. Will be handy if/when it's cloudy.

https://eclipse2024.org/eclipse-cities/city/21234.html

Dewitt is supposed to be 95.7 and weather shows partly sunny

Pretty sure 2017 was only about 80% here. Didn't think it that dramatic.

Remember the 1979 eclipse. Was mostly sunny that day but campus darkened substantially.

Rain here. 41% chance.

tGreenWay wrote:

Jake from State Farm wrote:

Dewitt is supposed to be 95.7 and weather shows partly sunny

I hope those stuffed shirts in DeWitt put on safe glasses Monday. You know how their noses are always pointed in the air.
EL >>>> DeWitt

There's a reason they call them Dewidiots

tGreenWay wrote:

Jake from State Farm wrote:

Dewitt is supposed to be 95.7 and weather shows partly sunny

I hope those stuffed shirts in DeWitt put on safe glasses Monday. You know how their noses are always pointed in the air.
EL >>>> DeWitt

So much angst. I think I know what this is about. Don’t worry greenway I got you, you won’t be left out due to lack of resources.

You can get FREE paper eclipse glasses from the East Lansing library. I’m sure they’ll do a decent enough job of protecting your eyes. You get what you pay for of course but what does it matter if you lose a little vision when you have to spend your days looking at that unsightly trash town when you walk out your front door.

https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/2024/03/31/lansing-area-total-solar-eclipse-glasses-events/73154634007/

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:

tGreenWay wrote:



I hope those stuffed shirts in DeWitt put on safe glasses Monday. You know how their noses are always pointed in the air.
EL >>>> DeWitt

So much angst. I think I know what this is about. Don’t worry greenway I got you, you won’t be left out due to lack of resources.

You can get FREE paper eclipse glasses from the East Lansing library. I’m sure they’ll do a decent enough job of protecting your eyes. You get what you pay for of course but what does it matter if you lose a little vision when you have to spend your days looking at that unsightly trash town when you walk out your front door.

https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/2024/03/31/lansing-area-total-solar-eclipse-glasses-events/73154634007/

I say you guys meet at Relli's for a duel. Loser has to move to Eaton Rapids.

duffy munn wrote:

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:

So much angst. I think I know what this is about. Don’t worry greenway I got you, you won’t be left out due to lack of resources.

You can get FREE paper eclipse glasses from the East Lansing library. I’m sure they’ll do a decent enough job of protecting your eyes. You get what you pay for of course but what does it matter if you lose a little vision when you have to spend your days looking at that unsightly trash town when you walk out your front door.

https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/2024/03/31/lansing-area-total-solar-eclipse-glasses-events/73154634007/

I say you guys meet at Relli's for a duel. Loser has to move to Eaton Rapids.

As long as the loser doesn't have to move to Charlotte. That would be considered cruel and unusual punishment.

Ovid > Dewitt

We're heading to niagra falls tomorrow, and they declared a state of emergency with 1 million people going there.

I'm definitely not looking forward to that.

At least we will have our parking spot at the hotel, and everything is walkable.

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:

Owosso Racetrack. 9am. Bring it city slicker.

Dendrobates wrote:We're heading to niagra falls tomorrow, and they declared a state of emergency with 1 million people going there.

I'm definitely not looking forward to that.

At least we will have our parking spot at the hotel, and everything is walkable.

Hopefully the bridge traffic won’t be to bad tomorrow

Nordic wrote:

Dendrobates wrote:We're heading to niagra falls tomorrow, and they declared a state of emergency with 1 million people going there.

I'm definitely not looking forward to that.

At least we will have our parking spot at the hotel, and everything is walkable.

Hopefully the bridge traffic won’t be to bad tomorrow

Worst bridge traffic I've seen is back ups on the 402 trying to get back to the US. Sometimes over 5 miles at the end of holiday weekends. Lot of gatorade piss bottles on the Blue Water Bridge.

I'm going to miss it. I have surgery Monday instead of Tuesday, now. Post pics!

Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Arkansas's Governor, declares state of emergency.

https://www.kark.com/news/state-news/gov-sanders-declares-state-of-emergency-ahead-of-eclipse/

We want to make sure Arkansans and all visitors have an enjoyable experience and come back again and again,

They won’t be back just fyi

Nordic wrote:

Dendrobates wrote:We're heading to niagra falls tomorrow, and they declared a state of emergency with 1 million people going there.

I'm definitely not looking forward to that.

At least we will have our parking spot at the hotel, and everything is walkable.

Hopefully the bridge traffic won’t be to bad tomorrow

We had no wait at all yesterday.

I don't think it will be as easy coming back on Tuesday though.

Dendrobates wrote:

Nordic wrote:

Hopefully the bridge traffic won’t be to bad tomorrow

We had no wait at all yesterday.

I don't think it will be as easy coming back on Tuesday though.

Hope you have a great time.

DWags wrote:Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Arkansas's Governor, declares state of emergency.  

https://www.kark.com/news/state-news/gov-sanders-declares-state-of-emergency-ahead-of-eclipse/

the rapture can't come soon enough for these fucking idiots.

Robert J Sakimano wrote:

DWags wrote:Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Arkansas's Governor, declares state of emergency.  

https://www.kark.com/news/state-news/gov-sanders-declares-state-of-emergency-ahead-of-eclipse/

the rapture can't come soon enough for these fucking idiots.

Damn socialists with their government overreach

We could use a good culling.

Motown Spartan wrote:We could use a good culling.

I'm thinking of driving Up North to stay as far away from the culling as possible

Jake from State Farm wrote:

Motown Spartan wrote:We could use a good culling.

I'm thinking of driving Up North to stay as far away from the culling as possible

(Clare)

duffy munn wrote:

Robert J Sakimano wrote:
the rapture can't come soon enough for these fucking idiots.

Damn socialists with their government overreach

they went from "git government out of my life" to.. "please, government.. declare a state of emergency so we'll have access to government agencies, government resources and government funds" in a hurry.

Twitter is really entertaining.  There are a couple guys predicting end of the earth type shit  one guy actually is using our space force symbols, and showing how it matches up with the patterns of the eclipse and I guess in his mind that means the end of the world  

So anyways, I’m gonna enjoy the last cuppa coffee I ever have on earth, I wish we could’ve found out if our new football coach was any good, we’ll just have to assume that he would’ve won a national championship within five years

I guess I’ll see you guys in hell.

How does an eclipse work when the earth is flat?

kingstonlake wrote:How does an eclipse work when the earth is flat?

you just spend that time shooting a bunch of a Bud Light bottles with your assault rifle to impress other intellectuals on social media.