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itsawaldo Offline
#1 Posted: Fri, Aug 18 2017, 5:52 PM EST
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Heading to friends in St. Louis area Sunday for an eclipse party.

After watching the evening news I wonder what the drive will be like?

I haven't had a "first" in quite a time so I'm looking forward to it.

How about you guys?
Ewok126 Offline
#2 Posted: Fri, Aug 18 2017, 5:59 PM EST
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itsawaldo wrote:
Heading to friends in St. Louis area Sunday for an eclipse party.

After watching the evening news I wonder what the drive will be like?

I haven't had a "first" in quite a time so I'm looking forward to it.

How about you guys?



Its been quite sometime for me as well lol. I will be sitting in the back yard, laying a good cigar to rest maybe 2 lol.Herfing
Gene363 Offline
#3 Posted: Fri, Aug 18 2017, 6:11 PM EST
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Going to set up a time-lapse camera at the house, 99% location and head out the back roads to see the 100%.

I bought two pair of flip up cutting goggles and installed number 14 filters.
Ewok126 Offline
#4 Posted: Fri, Aug 18 2017, 6:17 PM EST
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Gene363 wrote:
Going to set up a time-lapse camera at the house, 99% location and head out the back roads to see the 100%.

I bought two pair of flip up cutting goggles and installed number 14 filters.



that a Nstop filter for camera?
Gene363 Offline
#5 Posted: Fri, Aug 18 2017, 7:50 PM EST
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Ewok126 wrote:
that a Nstop filter for camera?



No, a number 14 welding shade, most welders use a number 10 shade for routine work. They are the little rectangular lenses in a welding hood.

If you mean the time-timelapse camera, I plan on pointing it out the window, not at the sun to show the approaching darkness and second dawn.
Hillbillyjosh770 Offline
#6 Posted: Fri, Aug 18 2017, 9:33 PM EST
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My eye doctor headed out today to see it in Idaho.
Talk about kicking them while they are down.

Eyes hurt? Step into my 5th wheel.....
Hillbillyjosh770 Offline
#7 Posted: Fri, Aug 18 2017, 9:34 PM EST
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My eye doctor headed out today to see it in Idaho.
Talk about kicking them while they are down.

Eyes hurt? Step into my 5th wheel.....
Hillbillyjosh770 Offline
#8 Posted: Sat, Aug 19 2017, 12:43 AM EST
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Double post outrage!!
Ewok126 Offline
#9 Posted: Sat, Aug 19 2017, 1:20 AM EST
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Gene363 wrote:
No, a number 14 welding shade, most welders use a number 10 shade for routine work. They are the little rectangular lenses in a welding hood.

If you mean the time-timelapse camera, I plan on pointing it out the window, not at the sun to show the approaching darkness and second dawn.



Ahh got it, I had made my own N stop filter for my camera using a replacement welders shade for 3 to 10 minute long exposures on the water. An awesome effect to say the least.
Plowboy221 Offline
#10 Posted: Sat, Aug 19 2017, 1:39 AM EST
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Watch your six in STL, been a ton of car jacking's lately.
JadeRose Offline
#11 Posted: Sat, Aug 19 2017, 6:03 AM EST
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My back yard is smack dab in the middle of totality. No traffic.....no nonsense. All businesses are close because of all the people. I'll just be sitting in the yard enjoying the show
itsawaldo Offline
#12 Posted: Sat, Aug 19 2017, 7:03 AM EST
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^ although I'll be at a backyard party I would be happier without the drive!
dkeage Offline
#13 Posted: Sat, Aug 19 2017, 10:33 AM EST
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JadeRose wrote:
My back yard is smack dab in the middle of totality. No traffic.....no nonsense. All businesses are close because of all the people. I'll just be sitting in the yard enjoying the show

Same here... But I have to work when it's over. Good thing I can work from home
Mr. Jones Offline
#14 Posted: Sat, Aug 19 2017, 2:05 PM EST
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I'm staying inside....

My eyesight is precious and not worth seeing something I've watched in movies or documentaries
Hundreds of times already....

Beware !!! TONS OF FAKE KNOCK OFF "brand" CHIREE ECILPSE SUNGLASSES BEING SOLD THAT
Don't protect you from D1CK...
^^^^ those *****in' CHIREE bastards are LOW LIFE EVIL SCUM WHO SELL A PRODUCT THAT CAN CAUSE BLINDNESS IN ANYONE WHO USES IT...
SHOOT THOSE *****S ON SITE, WHERE THEY STAND IF INTERPOL FINDS THEM...
WITH A S&W .38 snub like that SOUTH VIETNAM
GENERAL DID TO that pajama wearing
V.C. TET OFFENSIVE FIGHTER IN SIAGON ON THE CBS NIGHTLY NEWS...
Arrow_34 Offline
#15 Posted: Sat, Aug 19 2017, 3:32 PM EST
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I am going to just take the afternoon off in Michigan, have a cigar some scotch and brisket. Plus take pics of the eclipse with a filtered lens. Got a thousand oaks film lens from b&h a few weeks back.
dkeage Offline
#16 Posted: Sun, Aug 20 2017, 6:06 PM EST
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Just drove through town. Lots of people, but not as many as we figgered. The city park is totally full. Be interesting to see if the police enforce the 10pm closing of the park....
Hillbillyjosh770 Offline
#17 Posted: Mon, Aug 21 2017, 12:03 AM EST
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I feel bad for everyone who traveled to cloudy weather.

One guy built a house and an observatory right in totality.
Spent the past decade preparing.

I hope he don't get clouded over.
Hillbillyjosh770 Offline
#18 Posted: Mon, Aug 21 2017, 12:05 AM EST
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Hah!! Damm right Mr. Jones

That guy....hmmmhmmhmmm
Hillbillyjosh770 Offline
#19 Posted: Mon, Aug 21 2017, 12:06 AM EST
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I'm in the Sippi swamp sitting about 98 percent.
That's good enuff
Ewok126 Offline
#20 Posted: Mon, Aug 21 2017, 4:37 AM EST
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Today is the day folks. Stay safe and keep them peepers looking in a safe direction if you are out and about. Dont need none of you going blind. Most of you already have issues counting and sh1t.
Arrow_34 Offline
#21 Posted: Mon, Aug 21 2017, 6:58 AM EST
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But... then we can really be blind to cigar branding....
Hillbillyjosh770 Offline
#22 Posted: Mon, Aug 21 2017, 7:27 AM EST
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Today is the day of

DOOM!
Ewok126 Offline
#23 Posted: Mon, Aug 21 2017, 7:37 AM EST
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Hillbillyjosh770 wrote:
Today is the day of

DOOM!



(screams like a little 8th grade girl) "We all gonna Die" fog
Buckwheat Offline
#24 Posted: Mon, Aug 21 2017, 7:41 AM EST
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Yep. It's a sign from God that I'm going to win the Powerball jackpot. Beer
frankj1 Offline
#25 Posted: Mon, Aug 21 2017, 8:06 AM EST
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Buckwheat wrote:
Yep. It's a sign from God that I'm going to win the Powerball jackpot. Beer

what a waste, you'd probably give it all away.javascript:insertsmiley('Herfing ','
Buckwheat Offline
#26 Posted: Mon, Aug 21 2017, 8:12 AM EST
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frankj1 wrote:
what a waste, you'd probably give it all away.javascript:insertsmiley('Herfing ','


What's the problem of giving some of it away to the needy &/or charities? fog
fishinguitarman Offline
#27 Posted: Mon, Aug 21 2017, 8:31 AM EST
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Hillbillyjosh770 wrote:
Today is the day of

DOOM!




The end of the WORLD!!!!!!!
Arrow_34 Offline
#28 Posted: Mon, Aug 21 2017, 9:43 AM EST
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So... what will you be smoking and drinking during the end of the world?
Hillbillyjosh770 Offline
#29 Posted: Mon, Aug 21 2017, 9:50 AM EST
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LFD Air Bender

Unsweetened iced tea.

Might pull out the pipe and have a bowl of Brown Bogie.
abjd14 Offline
#30 Posted: Mon, Aug 21 2017, 10:24 AM EST
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Out in mrytle beach. Too cloudy don't think we will see it
Arrow_34 Offline
#31 Posted: Mon, Aug 21 2017, 10:48 AM EST
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Fingers crossed we should be pretty clear here in michgan. Think I will have some beer then scotch.. maybe a nap after the totality.
dstieger Offline
#32 Posted: Mon, Aug 21 2017, 12:10 PM EST
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Mama always told me not to look into the sights of the sun
delta1 Offline
#33 Posted: Mon, Aug 21 2017, 12:21 PM EST
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it's at it's peak now, and I can't see sh*t...the sun was too bright...
delta1 Offline
#34 Posted: Mon, Aug 21 2017, 12:23 PM EST
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j/k...used a sheet of paper with a small hole to cast a shadow onto the ground, a little more than half of the sun was blocked in SoCal...it just seems like a typical overcast day here...
opelmanta1900 Offline
#35 Posted: Mon, Aug 21 2017, 12:28 PM EST
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i actually thought the eclipse was happening this evening and assumed there was a big fire burning somewhere...
delta1 Offline
#36 Posted: Mon, Aug 21 2017, 12:41 PM EST
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still happening...only about 20 minutes past it's peak...should be more noticeable up there in CentCal...
DrafterX Offline
#37 Posted: Mon, Aug 21 2017, 12:43 PM EST
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Looking thru my welding hood.. about 20% maybe...Mellow
deadeyedick Offline
#38 Posted: Mon, Aug 21 2017, 12:51 PM EST
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Meh. About 60% coverage here but just looks like overcast.
JadeRose Offline
#39 Posted: Mon, Aug 21 2017, 1:03 PM EST
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Right in the middle of totality and it's completely overcast and raining
dkeage Offline
#40 Posted: Mon, Aug 21 2017, 1:09 PM EST
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Had clear sky's here in 99% totality. Was pretty cool. Wish we had prepared better for pictures

Applause
bgz Offline
#41 Posted: Mon, Aug 21 2017, 1:10 PM EST
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We had a good view, went to the top of our parking garage. My buddy is making a timelapse of it.

DED, at the maximum, we had a view where the clouds weren't covering it, was pretty sweet.

I bought a 6 pack of those glasses from Amazon for 20 bucks. After the recall, I checked to see if mine were recalled, they weren't, but the price jumped to $100 for the same 6 pack :D
Ewok126 Offline
#42 Posted: Mon, Aug 21 2017, 1:13 PM EST
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dstieger wrote:
Mama always told me not to look into the sights of the sun



But Mama, Thats where the fun is.....
gummy jones Offline
#43 Posted: Mon, Aug 21 2017, 1:28 PM EST
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bout a quarter of an eclipse in my neck of the woods right now
Buckwheat Offline
#44 Posted: Mon, Aug 21 2017, 1:45 PM EST
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dkeage wrote:
Had clear sky's here in 99% totality. Was pretty cool. Wish we had prepared better for pictures

Applause


Don't worry the internet and TV will shortly be flooded with professional photos and videos from just about everywhere in the US.

We're starting to get a little lighter outside down in Kentucky. Max darkness was around 2:28 PM EST for Louisville.
NapalmMan67 Offline
#45 Posted: Mon, Aug 21 2017, 1:57 PM EST
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Well that was a fail. Thanks Mother Nature, clouds galore so not much to see by me as it passed. And it started to rain.

Hope others are able to get a better view.


On the plus side, I didn't go blind despite the warnings!
dstieger Offline
#46 Posted: Mon, Aug 21 2017, 1:57 PM EST
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No totality...and partly cloudy...made for a pretty decent viewing....there was just enough clouds to make a pretty good filter...I expect my eyes to make a full recovery in six to eight weeks
Hillbillyjosh770 Offline
#47 Posted: Mon, Aug 21 2017, 2:11 PM EST
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I went walking barefoot through the woods. Watched the birds fly back to their homes, and quite down.
Frogs started singing. It was neat

I was just waiting for Mr. Sasquatch to say high.

He didn't...... durn it.
Gene363 Offline
#48 Posted: Mon, Aug 21 2017, 3:39 PM EST
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I was up all night wondering where the sun goes then it dawned on.
Gene363 Offline
#49 Posted: Mon, Aug 21 2017, 3:42 PM EST
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Saw it at 100% it was pretty cool to look at the sun and see the corona. It did not get completely dark however, almost, but not really dark. We were out in the country between Edgefield and Saluda, South Carolina.
jjanecka Offline
#50 Posted: Mon, Aug 21 2017, 3:47 PM EST
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Here in Houston the sky was dimmed but it was still pretty damn bright. Took in the view with a couple of gals at the ole Hooters. They were all really excited.
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