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Total [Eclipse] of the Heart
zagdrob
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Eclipses clearly aren't real and can't happen on the back of a turtle and needless to say the media hype is a bunch of cowards.
Anyway, if you do believe in eclipses and are going to see one tomorrow, what's your plans and what are you seeing or experiencing? This is where we argue if it's happening at all, or anything else.
Anyway, if you do believe in eclipses and are going to see one tomorrow, what's your plans and what are you seeing or experiencing? This is where we argue if it's happening at all, or anything else.
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Hey they see Eras tour, I get this.
https://xkcd.com/2914/
In 2017, going in was fine, since people trickled in over time.
Going out after, since everyone wanted to leave at once, is where the roads went to shit. A normally four hour drive took well over 12.
(Worth it)
it'll probably be full of mud and the last of the snow, so that'll be grim
Celeste [Switch] - She'll be wrestling with inner demons when she comes...
Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age [Switch] - Sit down and watch our game play itself
Definitely looking forward to the YA novels set in Carbondale in the future, because there's no way two eclipses in 7 years doesn't get used by some speculative fiction
Looks like I'm going to take the kid to the snow in 4 years.
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Totally did the thing like "is that dust on my sensor?" and moved my camera around. Nope, the spot stayed in the same place on the sun
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
I've heard your first total eclipse is a meditative experience so just don't worry much about pictures and focus on the special moment.
Why is this and why are you stealing all the eclipses for yourself?
I don’t know if it’s funnier that it implies that the government had no clue that this EXTREMELY PREDICTABLE EVENT would occur…
Or that they’ve never dealt with Arkansas being a tourist place.
Personally, while in the path of totality, it’s still iffy if it will be cloudy or not.
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Dear Satan.....
nightman will defeat dayman
I fully expect people to stop in the middle of the road, and/or pull over. Traffic is going to be a mess on the beltway.
So I think I'll stay a little later today, and maybe watch things from the office courtyard.
Governments declare States of Emergency ahead of predicted events all the time? It unlocks powers, authorities, and budgets to deal with the entirely predictable amount of stupidity that is going to happen. Especially drivers.
There’s a billion alerts about “stay the fuck off 71 today” (the highway that basically traverses Cinci to Columbus along the line of totality)
We went to Carbondale for that one as well, but totality shifted enough this time that we don't have to leave our house ( a little west of Cape Girardeau)
And as bad as it's been so far, yeah once it's over? *shudder*. I have to bring my fiancee to work and of course its about 30 minutes after totality so the outflux will likely have begun by then.
Size matters?
Also language bias?
BUT, it's all ok, an old lady gave me this red egg like trinket and said if you wear this while making a wish during the eclipse it will come true! #blessed
I know right!
Last one we got here in the UK with totality was in 1999, and it was awesome. The next one we'll get is 2090, so I'm not entirely sure (*ahem*) I'll be around to see that one!
For those of you inclined to a bit of classic heavy metal (circa 1982 in this case), here's a song for ya:
And if you like ancient computer games, this 1989 game (that used the same engine & gameplay style as Driller and Dark Side, with a very different setting) was a bit of a gem:
Happy Eclipse, everyone.
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This little town has had two entire town meetings about the peopel who are supposed to be arriving, and they were right to do it - we're expecting the area to have an extra 200K people.....
Celeste [Switch] - She'll be wrestling with inner demons when she comes...
Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age [Switch] - Sit down and watch our game play itself
Makes sense. I remember it getting suddenly cooler during the 1999 one. Kind of neat, honestly.
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Perhaps I should have planned ahead.
Cooler land from the eclipse reduces the amount warm air rising from the surface. That warm moist air is needed for the clouds to form. But this temporary cooling only dissipates low altitude cumulus clouds. It's unfortunately not enough to break up heavy cloud cover.
if you're stuck at home, NASA has a feed from Mexico, where totality is about to begin. (starts at 11:07, lasts ~4 minutes)
You get one in two years
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_August_12,_2026
Well, Spain does anyway