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Cthulu Carl posted:I guess I could drive a couple minutes west and get the totality, but as it is I'm supposed to get like 99.8% totality, and I don't think 0.2% is worth dealing with Ohio drivers trying to do the same thing. wrong as hell
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DrBouvenstein posted:Thankfully (so far) locusts don't spread into New England. I'm sure with climate change that's...uhh...changing but since they're on long year cycles it must take even longer to notice cicada movement. We don't have locusts in the US anymore. Between the plains being plowed up for farmland, the bison being exterminated, and a good swath of the country clearcut by the late 1800s, the Rocky Mountain locust went extinct. The grasshoppers we have today don't swarm and are a different species altogether. Cicadas are an entirely different thing. Not only are they a native species and completely harmless, they're a huge boon to the environment and a lunch buffet for just about everything else in the ecosystem! They live their entire lives underground living off tree roots, then only emerge to reproduce at the tail end of their lifecycle. Anyways, I'm super excited for the eclipse today! Got my lenses, binoculars, camera and tripod... here's hoping the rain cleared off the clouds over Lake Erie!
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Apr 8, 2024 14:20
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99.8% is not totality. Anything below 100% is not totality.
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Cthulu Carl posted:I guess I could drive a couple minutes west and get the totality, but as it is I'm supposed to get like 99.8% totality, and I don't think 0.2% is worth dealing with Ohio drivers trying to do the same thing. Weird position to take.
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Apr 8, 2024 14:23
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East side of Cleveland here. Fingers crossed the clouds clear out in time.
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Apr 8, 2024 14:26
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drat, partly cloudy in Rochester like the weather models said. Hopefully we can see something in a gap between the clouds this afternoon as I'm hosting a party and can't go anywhere else. Shoulda known better as I've lived here my entire life and it's a common joke to feign ignorance about the Sun's existence, especially in winter.
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Apr 8, 2024 14:28
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Ok, trying to decide the best spot within driving distance of Austin. If I'm reading this right, it's expecting significant high cloud coverage but minimal low cloud coverage, right? There's a town a little north of Killeen and a little west of Waco that we shouldn't have any problem getting to, and they're right near the centerline. Social pressures meant we couldn't really bail and go elsewhere entirely, so I think this is the best we've got.
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Apr 8, 2024 14:33
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Cthulu Carl posted:I guess I could drive a couple minutes west and get the totality, but as it is I'm supposed to get like 99.8% totality, and I don't think 0.2% is worth dealing with Ohio drivers trying to do the same thing. Pack your poo poo up right now and get on the road. Bring food water camping chairs sunscreen and a shade structure if you’ve got one. You WILL regret it if you sit there at 99.8% bawfuls fucked around with this message at 14:57 on Apr 8, 2024 |
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Apr 8, 2024 14:55
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I can't believe the weather/sky is so good damned good here in Vermont...in early April? And after a week where got rain, a foot of snow, and massively overcast days.
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Apr 8, 2024 15:15
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more falafel please posted:Ok, trying to decide the best spot within driving distance of Austin. Hillsboro is on 35, expect the freeway to be a parking lot north of Austin. If you’re not on the road now it’s probably too late. Valley Mills is still expecting ~70% cloud cover. You’re gonna want to go as far north as you can off the centerline to get the clearest skies.
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Apr 8, 2024 15:18
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Mt. Vernon, checking in. I ended up leaving the bike at home, but I have my family with me, so it would be weird to leave them here while I rode around. We have the overflow parking almost totally to ourselves; shuttle service doesn't start for a couple hours. Time to take a stroll.
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Apr 8, 2024 15:22
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I’m posted up at a public park in McLeansboro IL. The sky is clear (for now??) and the sun is shining and there’s a well-equipped bathroom and a grand total of four other eclipse tourists here. Sent my brain into optimization overdrive consulting maps and spreadsheets and cloud forecasts and town population counts and traffic patterns up until the last possible second before leaving and also re-checking everything while actively on the road and now I’m here and have no idea what I’m supposed to do with all this leftover energy until 2pm
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Dallas right now 🙄. Weather app says sunny now, with partly cloudy skies later, so here’s to hoping.
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Apr 8, 2024 15:30
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in watertown, it is looking like we will have significant high-level clouds, but it should still be visible. prolly won't be able to see the corona tho.
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Apr 8, 2024 15:35
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ENEMIES EVERYWHERE posted:I’m posted up at a public park in McLeansboro IL. The sky is clear (for now??) and the sun is shining and there’s a well-equipped bathroom and a grand total of four other eclipse tourists here.
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Apr 8, 2024 15:42
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Cthulu Carl posted:I guess I could drive a couple minutes west and get the totality, but as it is I'm supposed to get like 99.8% totality, and I don't think 0.2% is worth dealing with Ohio drivers trying to do the same thing. This is against the forum rules either as trolling or as self-harm.
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Apr 8, 2024 15:52
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Mazatlan sky status: clear now with a vague threat of high clouds to the west. Not much wind now tho so hopefully they stay away another four hours 
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Apr 8, 2024 16:00
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Reporting in from Jackson, MO. Some high clouds, but mostly clear skies.
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Apr 8, 2024 16:04
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I’m in NW PA and in true Northeast fashion it was bright and sunny with almost no clouds the past 2 days. The day you WANT it to be sunny? lol nope gently caress off here’s some rain and full cloud cover 
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Apr 8, 2024 16:04
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Checking from Van Buren state park outside Findlay, OH. Perfect set up. Parked and wide open clearings with no clouds to the west. Even managed to get a picnic table! Maybe another dozen or so spots left (at this first clearing, may be all) so won't be overcrowded. If clouds stay good this is the pro spot to be at.
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Apr 8, 2024 16:05
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TraderStav posted:Checking from Van Buren state park outside Findlay, OH. Perfect set up. Parked and wide open clearings with no clouds to the west. Even managed to get a picnic table! Could have had a shorter drive and gone to Magee Marsh! Parking lot isn't even half full yet. I am sitting on the shore of Lake Erie and there's maybe 5% cloud cover.
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Apr 8, 2024 16:19
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In a park in the Thousand Islands region of NY, mostly sunny and hoping the projections saying "clouds to roll in at 3:20 on the dot lol gently caress you" are wrong 🙏
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Apr 8, 2024 16:21
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Sirotan posted:Could have had a shorter drive and gone to Magee Marsh! Parking lot isn't even half full yet. I am sitting on the shore of Lake Erie and there's maybe 5% cloud cover. How much totality you getting there? I wanted at least three minutes. Currently zero cloud cover here and looking good. Only took 90 minutes from Ann Arbor. Expecting 3-4 hours back though lol
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Apr 8, 2024 16:23
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more falafel please posted:Ok, trying to decide the best spot within driving distance of Austin. I ended up in Mills County, a lot of blue sky for now but we shall see….
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Apr 8, 2024 16:38
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TraderStav posted:How much totality you getting there? I wanted at least three minutes. Currently zero cloud cover here and looking good. I cannot find any kind of map that tells me that so I got no clue. Not invested enough for a multi-hour return trip so I'm happy with whatever I can get here.
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Apr 8, 2024 16:39
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Went for a walk here in Vermont, passed a public beach where the parking lot was full. One guy told me he had been there since 8:30am!
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Apr 8, 2024 16:43
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Sirotan posted:I cannot find any kind of map that tells me that so I got no clue. Not invested enough for a multi-hour return trip so I'm happy with whatever I can get here. Use this: https://eclipse-explorer.smce.nasa.gov/ If it's close to Toledo, looks like a little more than 90 seconds of totality. I wanted to get farther into the path so there's no risk of the horizon to the north having sunlight. Gimme that pitch black baby!
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Apr 8, 2024 16:45
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Sirotan posted:I cannot find any kind of map that tells me that so I got no clue. Not invested enough for a multi-hour return trip so I'm happy with whatever I can get here.
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Apr 8, 2024 16:53
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Seems like it's going to come down to the wire here in Buffalo. Solid clouds for now, but models seem mixed on how fast they'll leave.
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TraderStav posted:Use this: https://eclipse-explorer.smce.nasa.gov/ 2min 58.9 seconds allegedly 
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Hello from beautiful downtown (ok, "midtown") Cleveland. Sunny AF right now but the models are super confused as to whether it'll be 25% or 90% cloudy in 3 hours. Previous forecasts were all "go farther west towards Toledo for maximum sun" but now it looks so random I'm tempted to just stay here near our hotel room? Ugh. Stupid eclipse gonna give me an ulcer!
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bitprophet posted:Hello from beautiful downtown (ok, "midtown") Cleveland. Sunny AF right now but the models are super confused as to whether it'll be 25% or 90% cloudy in 3 hours. Previous forecasts were all "go farther west towards Toledo for maximum sun" but now it looks so random I'm tempted to just stay here near our hotel room? Ugh. Stupid eclipse gonna give me an ulcer! The local forecast office seems to think we’ll have cirrus for the eclipse, but it shouldn’t be bad enough to block it completely.
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Apr 8, 2024 17:07
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We're looking good here in Doylestown, Ohio. 
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Apr 8, 2024 17:09
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The Astrospheric app is really great for this too.
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Apr 8, 2024 17:15
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Here's the Sun in Vermont at 4:20pm, yesterday. Should be around the same spot at 3:20pm today, right?
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Apr 8, 2024 17:19
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Here's what I'm carrying my telescope stuff in here at the museum.  Sorry about the image size; I'm phone-posting.
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Apr 8, 2024 17:33
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Star Man posted:We're looking good here in Doylestown, Ohio. 
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Apr 8, 2024 17:42
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bawfuls posted:now that’s a telescope She’ll be like “Your profile said that your aperture was much bigger.” 
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Apr 8, 2024 18:00
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Mustache Ride posted:Hillsboro is on 35, expect the freeway to be a parking lot north of Austin. If you’re not on the road now it’s probably too late. Traffic was extremely light. We ended up in Gatesville, TX at a drive-in. Partial starts in 10 minutes, looking ok, maybe. 
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Satellite view of the shadow. https://rammb-slider.cira.colostate...dth=6&refresh=1
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