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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | How was the Eclipse?? Still wanting over here in Texas and all ready for it. Any reports of it from any body else would be fun to hear from you  |
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Location: Southern Indiana | It's starting to get darker and kind of overcast here in Southern Indiana. We are going on the roof around 1:30 to watch! |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | TheDutchMan01 - 2017-08-21 12:49 PM
It's starting to get darker and kind of overcast here in Southern Indiana. We are going on the roof around 1:30 to watch!
How exciting, report back |
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Location: Southern Indiana | It was neat but not as exciting as it was hyped up to be but we were outside of the direct path. You couldn't tell much without the glasses. With the glasses it was just black with the sun crescent peaking out from behind the moon. It was just very overcast looking outside. Still cool to watch! |
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Location: Montana | It got kind of overcast looking here, but we only had 89% of the eclipse. It was kind of neat. I didn't have any of the special glasses, so I didn't really get to see anything. Dad wore a welding mask and my sister-in-law wore my brother's welding mask and I think my brother wore his welding mask at work. So I guess I kind of missed out, but I'm going to look at a horse this afternoon, and mom thinks that if I buy him I should name him Eclipse, LOL. |
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| We got lots of clouds. So no viewing party here. |
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Location: MN | Lots of cloud coverage in Nothern MN but I did get to see some! It was pretty neat.
My sister who is living in Missouri said it went pitch black there. Crickets out chirping and everything! She took some pretty cool snap chats of it all 
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Granddaughter and I made those boxes so we could see the eclipse since we didnt have the right glasses for the veiwing did bring up the welding helmets from the shop but heard that would not be enought protecting of the eyes, so did the box's, well it got hazey looking here but that was all just a tiny bit of the eclipise and we missed it, lol..dang it  . I thought we were going to get more of it and some darkness, boo hoo  ,,, I was so excited running out the door every few mins with my box and checking and checking and checking and nothing  |
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| Thank you Roxie for deciding against the welding helmets! I've seen way too many folks on Facebook using them, and yes all but the darkest are not dark enough!
Mother Nature is a double edged sword. We should have had 95% totality here at work and closer to 97-98% at home. Alas, it's been rainy and overcast all day. MUCH MUCH needed rain though, so i struggle to be spiteful of it. So basically it got dark like a big storm was rolling in. That's about it. |
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| We used a welding helmet....had read that it would only be good enough protection IF the Sun was the only thing you could see....and it was. We had about 80% here and the coolest part was quite unexpected. I looked at the deck and the shadows cast though the leaves on the tree were all crescent shaped! Corresponding to the shape of the eclipse. How cool!! I took a couple of pics in case folks thought I was crazy. Unfortunately I am a Technotard and cannot post them here. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | OhMax - 2017-08-21 2:39 PM Thank you Roxie for deciding against the welding helmets! I've seen way too many folks on Facebook using them, and yes all but the darkest are not dark enough! Mother Nature is a double edged sword. We should have had 95% totality here at work and closer to 97-98% at home. Alas, it's been rainy and overcast all day. MUCH MUCH needed rain though, so i struggle to be spiteful of it. So basically it got dark like a big storm was rolling in. That's about it.
Yep on the welding helmets, got to looking at them and put one on with my sun glasses and nope not happening not going to work so thats when I decided we would go with our boxes, but we still messed what little eclipse we had here. But no fear we will have another one in 2023 I think it is and should have a better one here in Texas I hope  |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | rodeoveteran - 2017-08-21 2:55 PM We used a welding helmet....had read that it would only be good enough protection IF the Sun was the only thing you could see....and it was. We had about 80% here and the coolest part was quite unexpected. I looked at the deck and the shadows cast though the leaves on the tree were all crescent shaped! Corresponding to the shape of the eclipse. How cool!! I took a couple of pics in case folks thought I was crazy. Unfortunately I am a Technotard and cannot post them here.
If you have a few pictures you can send them to me and I will try to post them for you on here if you would like |
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Location: Kansas | We had 90% and I had the recommended glasses. Not that big a deal as far as I was concerned. You'll see everything I saw on the evening news.
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | Hey! It was alright. It didn't get as dark here as we had thought. But neat to see and the kids enjoyed it |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | wyoming barrel racer - 2017-08-21 3:55 PM Hey! It was alright. It didn't get as dark here as we had thought. But neat to see and the kids enjoyed it
I was watching the news and I thought Wyoming got a good eclipse, glad that the kido's enjoyed it  |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | hoofs_in_motion - 2017-08-21 3:17 PM
This is so funny^^^^^^ |
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| We had about 91% totality here (Ogden, UT)... it got dim enough all the street lights and night time building lights came on. Temperature outside dropped about 20* as well.
One of my best friends lives in Wieser, ID and had total totality. She said it was really neat. It got dark and temps dropped there as well - all the animals were quiet as if it were night except for the chickens that seemed to get louder. |
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| Here in south east Kansas we didn't get the full effect. Not even enough for the street lights to come on. I made a couple of the boxes at work and we kept going out and checking. They worked really well. Was something different but not really that exciting after all the hype.
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Miss Roxie, this made me laugh---just picturing you and kiddo running back and forth with boxes, like can't decide if you're packing up or not!!!! |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Chandler's Mom - 2017-08-21 8:04 PM Miss Roxie, this made me laugh---just picturing you and kiddo running back and forth with boxes, like can't decide if you're packing up or not!!!!
Sterling gave up on me after about ten runs that turn out to be false alarm's, lol so I was going back and forth by myself and then gave up, was giving myself a headache looking into the box threw a tiny hole.  |
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| We were 100% in the path of totality in Jackson Hole. It was spectacular! |
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Location: Southeast Louisiana | I was disappointed. It barely got darker here. I made one of those boxes and that was neat. I could actually see the details of the surrounding clouds, but the eclipse never did look like it covered maybe a quarter of the sun. I kind of wished I'd gone up to Kentucky to watch it.
When I was a kid I remember a partial eclipse, I believe it was in the 80's. It was much more memorable, but we must have been more in the path of that one. I guess that's why I expected a better show (more darkness) because this was going to be a total eclipse. Big difference being out of the path of this one in south Louisiana.
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Location: torrington, wy | At the,Lay Ranch, we had a total eclipse and it got dark. What an amazing sight. This was so awesome and we met so many from other countries and states, plus NASA was here and they were so cool . |
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| Southtxponygirl - 2017-08-21 10:01 PM
Chandler's Mom - 2017-08-21 8:04 PM Miss Roxie, this made me laugh---just picturing you and kiddo running back and forth with boxes, like can't decide if you're packing up or not!!!!
You got the instructions wrong for the box thing! You don't look through the tiny hole, you "aim" the hole towards the sun so that the light comes through the hole and is projected on the opposite side of the inside of the box. It is this "projection" that shows how the eclipse was progressing. It is basically the same thing that is responsible for the shadow patterns on my deck that came through the foliage of the tree.
Sorry you didn't get to experience this "life changing " event (come on, give me a break! Interesting yes.) better. |
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Location: Missouri | We were in 100% totallity. I left work from noon till 2 and went home to watch. We had family around and my hubby and I got in the pool on floats with welding masks and watched from in the pool. I have some cute pics. It was pretty awesome. Our lights came on when it was at 100% covered. Roosters crowed and all the birds stopped. Crickets and night things were chirpping. We had a 360 degree sunset. I'm glad I went home to experience it instead of standing outside the building with the goobers that work here, lol. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | rodeoveteran - 2017-08-22 1:29 PM Southtxponygirl - 2017-08-21 10:01 PM Chandler's Mom - 2017-08-21 8:04 PM Miss Roxie, this made me laugh---just picturing you and kiddo running back and forth with boxes, like can't decide if you're packing up or not!!!! You got the instructions wrong for the box thing! You don't look through the tiny hole, you "aim" the hole towards the sun so that the light comes through the hole and is projected on the opposite side of the inside of the box. It is this "projection" that shows how the eclipse was progressing. It is basically the same thing that is responsible for the shadow patterns on my deck that came through the foliage of the tree. Sorry you didn't get to experience this "life changing " event (come on, give me a break! Interesting yes. ) better.
LOL, I worded it wrong , I got it right on the box but got tired of looking threw the one hole to see the sun threw the other little tiny hole in the foil.. But it was a fun day for me and Sterling, at least we can say we made the box's to see the eclipse even thou it didnt turn out the way I thought it would, lol..So in the next 7 years we will be better prepared for the next one, I'll make sure I get the right glasses for it the next time around |
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Location: Carpenter, WY | Traffic was a TOTAL nightmare!!!!!!!!!!!!! Didn't go anywhere so watched the WDOT cameras and there is absolutely NO way I would have wanted to get on the highway . This is at 6am....I think half of Colorado must have called in s ick! 
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Location: Arkansas | Southtxponygirl - 2017-08-22 3:23 PM
rodeoveteran - 2017-08-22 1:29 PM Southtxponygirl - 2017-08-21 10:01 PM Chandler's Mom - 2017-08-21 8:04 PM Miss Roxie, this made me laugh---just picturing you and kiddo running back and forth with boxes, like can't decide if you're packing up or not!!!! You got the instructions wrong for the box thing! You don't look through the tiny hole, you "aim" the hole towards the sun so that the light comes through the hole and is projected on the opposite side of the inside of the box. It is this "projection" that shows how the eclipse was progressing. It is basically the same thing that is responsible for the shadow patterns on my deck that came through the foliage of the tree. Sorry you didn't get to experience this "life changing " event (come on, give me a break! Interesting yes. ) better.
You and Sterling bonded and that's the best part  |
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Location: Central Texas | I saw it right outside of Casper. Absolutely stunning! The night sounds, and temp drop, the 360 sunset and the corona, wow!!!!!! Even with knowing what to expect, it was still startling! |
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Location: Arkansas | Did any of you see on the internet (I know, I know) where one reporter said the eclipse was racist because it followed a path over mostly African-American areas----I kid you not  |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | Chandler's Mom - 2017-08-25 7:39 PM
Did any of you see on the internet (I know, I know ) where one reporter said the eclipse was racist because it followed a path over mostly African-American areas----I kid you not
Ummm hmmm, Wyoming not so much. People are crazier and getting crazier I am afraid |
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Location: Arkansas | Sometimes I don't recognize this world we live in now. It's reached beyond scary at this point. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Chandler's Mom - 2017-08-25 8:39 PM Did any of you see on the internet (I know, I know ) where one reporter said the eclipse was racist because it followed a path over mostly African-American areas----I kid you not
Ugggggg that just ruffles my feathers.  |
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