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because they think a million people are going to show up to look at the eclipse https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7159987 who are these people driving places to look at an eclipse? do you agree with the decision? If this backfires diodati will be on the hot seat. I suppose time will tell
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I didnt know your mom getting on a plane was such an event op
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Sex Farm posted:because they think a million people are going to show up to look at the eclipse whoa, thought your were from Baltimore for a minute
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Sex Farm posted:who are these people driving places to look at an eclipse? I'm flying across the country to look at an eclipse. If you ever see a total eclipse in person, you'll understand.
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Mar 31, 2024 08:21
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biznatchio posted:I'm flying across the country to look at an eclipse. going to Texas?
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biznatchio posted:If you ever see a total eclipse in person, you'll understand.
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Mumpy Puffinz posted:going to Texas? Yeah. Made all the plans a year ago. The weather at my chosen location is looking like a coin flip at this point, but there's still some hope and I can always go somewhere else if necessary.
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Mar 31, 2024 08:29
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this is like 4 times in my lifetime that it's a partial. I just want to stare at the sun without weird glasses!
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biznatchio posted:Yeah. Made all the plans a year ago. The weather at my chosen location is looking like a coin flip at this point, but there's still some hope and I can always go somewhere else if necessary. Hope it goes well! Should be awesome!
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Mar 31, 2024 08:32
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Just close your eyes
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Cedar Point is opening months early with like 4 rides and charging more than $100 to get in because it's in the path of totality
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Mar 31, 2024 11:01
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There has to be dozens of different types of eclipses, because every time there is one, it's always reported as being a once in a lifetime event and there won't be another eclipse like this for 184 years. Despite making no effort to go see one, I've seen at least 5 in my life so far.
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Mar 31, 2024 11:08
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Buy a gun and defend yourself
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Mar 31, 2024 11:29
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Against the eclipse to be clear
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N. Senada posted:Buy a gun and defend yourself An eclipse, by definition, is awfully dark. I'm sure the cops will take care of it.
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counterfeitsaint posted:There has to be dozens of different types of eclipses, because every time there is one, it's always reported as being a once in a lifetime event and there won't be another eclipse like this for 184 years. Despite making no effort to go see one, I've seen at least 5 in my life so far. For reference, this is what a 99% eclipse looks like. If you've seen 5 in your life so far, you've seen eclipses like this (or with less coverage):  They're alright, I guess. I'm probably a little more of an astronomy nerd than most, and even I probably wouldn't look up to behold one unless I had some other good reason to look upwards already. Kind of a yawnfest. ---- This -- which is what's happening on April 8th -- is what a total eclipse looks like (and the pictures don't do it justice, the dynamic range in the lighting is far greater than your screen can portray). Imagine a perfectly black dot where the sun used to be, and swirls and streaks that look like someone just smeared the sun across the sky:   (Earthshine -- the reflection of light off the Earth onto the dark side of the moon -- is visible in the second image because it's an HDR composite; but you don't see that with the naked eye, you just see a purely black dot.) Unless you've travelled extensively, you've not seen 5 of these in your lifetime; and very likely have never seen one. They're not terribly rare events on a global scale (they happen roughly every 18 months); but they are extremely rare events at any reasonable distance from any one place on the globe. The next one visible in the United States is in 2044. A total eclipse is, without anything else even coming close, the most extraordinary thing that can be seen in the sky ever. It is truely awesome in the original sense of the word. People will fly all over the world to see them. Me? I'll just fly across the country. I'm crazy but not that crazy. ---- And for completeness sake, this is an annular eclipse. They're also very rare, but they're not really more visually impressive than a 99% eclipse is. They just look like the normal sun with a hole cut out of the middle that's not completely black because the sun is still shining lots of glare: 
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I just saw five eclipses in the above post, why bother seeing another one
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good stay home, more eclipse for me
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Fun eclipse fact: The earliest historical event for which we know the exact date is the Battle of Halys, which occurred on the 28th of May, 585 BC. We know the exact date because the Battle of Halys was a battle between two armies that came to stop when the sun was blotted out in a total eclipse and we can calculate the date an eclipse fell over the area where they were fighting. People stopped stabbing each other and looked with awe and horror up at the sky, at what they believed was an omen from the gods that what they were doing was very much frowned upon. The belligerent parties, the Medes and the Lydians, who had been at war with each other for 6 years, immediately negotiated a peace treaty lest the gods take the sun away from them again. They certainly wouldn't have done that for no pussy-rear end partial eclipse.
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Mar 31, 2024 12:08
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I'm driving a little bit south from st.louis to watch the totality. It passed right through St Louis in 2017 And was awesome.
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Mar 31, 2024 12:14
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N. Senada posted:Buy a gun and defend yourself Enough dopey dipshits seem to think that this is the Apocalypse that you might want to strap up anyway.
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Mar 31, 2024 12:38
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brave to admit being from niagara falls. these people will probably be concentrated entirely in clifton hill though so i wouldn't worry
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biznatchio posted:Fun eclipse fact: lol imagine being one of the dudes who fought and died like 2 days earlier..
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biznatchio posted:Fun eclipse fact: unless it's a completely made up story, because the only evidence for any of this is Herodotus, who was an incorrigible liar
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Sex Farm posted:because they think a million people are going to show up to look at the eclipse "Emergency" is the the wrong way to phrase it, since it's not an emergency in the sense everyone knows this was going to happen for many many years. Some places have been planning for years. And yes, if you are in the center of the path, and are a good destination - like Niagra Falls - you're gonna get a LOT of people arriving. And so, you have to deal with traffic, parking, restrooms, etc. You've got to probably call in all police and public sector workers, etc. It's a big planning deal. It's not an "emergency" though.
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Yes, this definitely doesn’t have anything to do with America trying to take over the Niagara Falls in totality. We’re just there to watch the eclipse.
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Mar 31, 2024 14:24
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I'm driving to Missouri and it looks like it's gonna rain the entire day. Hopefully that changes. The logistics of a total eclipse even being possible are mind blowing enough. The size of the moon relative to the distance from the sun and earth has to be insanely and absurdly precise. The distance between the sun and moon is so precise that when aligned properly, the moon perfectly covers the entirety of the sun. The eclipse is the moon's shadow being cast onto earth. Like the chances of this even being possible are infinitely small.
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bradzilla posted:I'm driving to Missouri and it looks like it's gonna rain the entire day. Hopefully that changes. The logistics of a total eclipse even being possible are mind blowing enough. And it's only for a relatively brief time period as well. The Moon is moving ever further away from Earth, such that there will come a time a million years from now or so, and then forever after, where there will be no more full solar eclipses on Earth.
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biznatchio posted:And for completeness sake, this is an annular eclipse. They're also very rare, but they're not really more visually impressive than a 99% eclipse is. They just look like the normal sun with a hole cut out of the middle that's not completely black because the sun is still shining lots of glare: No ring, rated 1
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foamy peeclipse
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biznatchio posted:For reference, this is what a 99% eclipse looks like. If you've seen 5 in your life so far, you've seen eclipses like this (or with less coverage): 98% and 99% are neat and all, but 100% is like an IRL special effect from a movie, or something from a video game that has magic spells. Also even though my 2017 viewing location was in the middle of the loving August desert, it was tens of degrees cooler than normal when we were close to totality. Very eerie
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My plan currently is to find some small town within a 6 hour drive that has a good weather forecast, then seek out the local public library to find an official place to watch it happen.
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Sex Farm posted:because they think a million people are going to show up to look at the eclipse What up Niagara falls bro!?! Chippawa for lyfe! This is also pretty lovely too: https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/families-shocked-after-niagara-falls-hotel-cancels-bookings-made-year-in-advance-of-solar-eclipse-1.6823186 Family makes hotel reservations a year in advance for the eclipse and they get cancelled quote:Wilson's family booked three rooms at the Wyndham Garden Niagara Falls Fallsview, on the Ontario side of the falls, last April for $100 per night. She'd planned to take in the April 8 celestial show as part of a birthday celebration for her kids and nephew. quote:Since being deemed one of the best places in the world to watch the upcoming solar eclipse, Niagara Falls has seen hotel prices skyrocket. The limited rooms still available are now priced around $1,000 per night, with some as high as $3,000.
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lol there was a report of people who booked their hotel rooms last year for $100 a night. Well the hotels suddenly had guests "extend their stay" for $500 a night. Niagara falls is terrible. The locals (sorry OP) are way into InfoWars and Jesus and they elect the dumbest people to office. Since the pandemic all the hotels and restaurants are added a tax to each bill to make up for last revenue. Niagara On the Lake us beautiful but has one of those downtowns where shops sell a small jar of jelly for $7.95. The wine tours aren't bad but you almost always end up with drunk Americans on the bus just being annoying. I thought maybe being at the Falls during an eclipse might be a superstitious thing or something.
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Bonzo posted:lol there was a report of people who booked their hotel rooms last year for $100 a night. Well the hotels suddenly had guests "extend their stay" for $500 a night. The locals aren't any more in to info wars or jesus any more than anywhere else. They do elect stupid people to office, the
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Before the 2017 eclipse, a shitton of people had booked rental cars well in advance at airports like Portland, OR. Then at the very last minute, at least one company said "sorry, we don't actually have a car for you"
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Zugzwang posted:Before the 2017 eclipse, a shitton of people had booked rental cars well in advance at airports like Portland, OR. Then at the very last minute, at least one company said "sorry, we don't actually have a car for you" I booked a rental, but I am not counting on it for this reason too.
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I’m gonna watch the eclipse in my backyard. If weirdos want to join me that’s fine too I guess.
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Nigmaetcetera posted:I’m gonna watch the eclipse in my backyard. If weirdos want to join me that’s fine too I guess. I'm going to Indianapolis. Is that your backyard?
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Klyith posted:unless it's a completely made up story, because the only evidence for any of this is Herodotus, who was an incorrigible liar No he wasnt
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