now I have Coldplay in my head
― to pump a bit of lye (imago), Saturday, 21 March 2015 11:21 (nine years ago) link
nobody said it was easy
― droit au butt (Euler), Saturday, 21 March 2015 11:22 (nine years ago) link
None to be had locally, so I ordered some eclipse glasses for next month. (we'll get 92% occultation)
― Crystal Geezer (WilliamC), Thursday, 27 July 2017 18:58 (six years ago) link
not looking forward to the ONE MILLION extra people coming to Oregon
predictions are for 5 to 15 (!!) hour traffic delays
― sleeve, Thursday, 27 July 2017 18:59 (six years ago) link
what the hell
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 27 July 2017 19:10 (six years ago) link
also predicted: rural areas running out of weed and alcohol:
http://www.kgw.com/news/eclipse/eclipse-creating-record-demand-for-oregon-liquor-marijuana/459535936
― sleeve, Thursday, 27 July 2017 19:15 (six years ago) link
Roadtripping to the Nebraska/Wyoming/Colorado border area for this. No way the eastern Oregon road infrastructure can take it
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 28 July 2017 00:32 (six years ago) link
we're gonna be in eastern Oregon 1-2 weeks before and I'm hoping it isn't gonna be too much of a clusterfuck by the 13th when we get home to hunker down
― sleeve, Friday, 28 July 2017 00:48 (six years ago) link
My first trip back to Mid-Missouri in awhile. Of course this thing is flying right over Columbia.
― pplains, Friday, 28 July 2017 01:20 (six years ago) link
https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:is93ZejjQmoJ:https://www.craigslist.org/about/best/sfo/6256316306.html+&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
Wanted woman who wants to conceive child during totality eclipse in ORI am 40 years of age, caucasian male from Europe. My heritage is strong and pure.My looks, instincts, knowledge and strength is 100% pure and 100% lethal.I am looking for a worthy female with strong genes, beauty and smarts. To join me - to experience the totality eclipse in Oregon. Exact place not set. If we have chemistry, I would like for us to make love while the eclipse is happening. When totality occurs, we will have simultaneous orgasms and we will conceive a child that will be on the next level of human evolution.We will make love together, with me and my penis directed towards the sun.Everything will be aligned in the local universe.Both of our cosmic orgasmic energy will be aligned with the planets. In a brief moment of ecstasy, we will understand everything, and together, create a new universe. Full of love...You must like cats. Drugs are OK. Nitrous Oxide while we climax and experience totality and conception, is OK with me.
My looks, instincts, knowledge and strength is 100% pure and 100% lethal.
I am looking for a worthy female with strong genes, beauty and smarts. To join me - to experience the totality eclipse in Oregon.
Exact place not set.
If we have chemistry, I would like for us to make love while the eclipse is happening.
When totality occurs, we will have simultaneous orgasms and we will conceive a child that will be on the next level of human evolution.
We will make love together, with me and my penis directed towards the sun.Everything will be aligned in the local universe.Both of our cosmic orgasmic energy will be aligned with the planets.
In a brief moment of ecstasy, we will understand everything, and together, create a new universe. Full of love...
You must like cats. Drugs are OK. Nitrous Oxide while we climax and experience totality and conception, is OK with me.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 16 August 2017 06:38 (six years ago) link
You must like cats.
― koogs, Wednesday, 16 August 2017 07:39 (six years ago) link
This guy needs to stick it where the sun don't shine - o wait.
― pplains, Wednesday, 16 August 2017 13:24 (six years ago) link
posted by a local on FB:
These are things I have either heard people say or seen posted re the eclipse:
"Will cell phones still work?" (at VD)
"There won't be another one for 830 years." (facebook)
"Are you guys worried about shortages? Everything will be closed for a while cause of the eclipse, so people are going to stock up on food and water." (Kiva checkout line)
"How many days will it be dark for?" (at VD)
"Make sure you charge your phone Sunday night, because the grid will go down." (at VD)
"They're going to charge $25 per person for everyone who is outside for it, and all those people from other states are coming here because there's no sales tax in Oregon." (in line at ATM near Saturday Market)
"I'm requesting to take Monday, 8/21 off because it will be way too dangerous to come to work." (VD)
"All the computers will stop working, so get your cash out of the bank before it starts." People I was eavesdropping on by river)
"It's going to be 100% dark! Nobody will be able to see unless they wear special glasses." (Friend's mom)
"Cats and dogs need to be kept indoors or they will go blind." (At VD)
― sleeve, Wednesday, 16 August 2017 14:15 (six years ago) link
also re: an "Eclipse Party" - "my kids are in school that day, can it be postponed?"
― sleeve, Wednesday, 16 August 2017 14:20 (six years ago) link
http://time.com/4902109/total-eclipse-of-the-heart-bonnie-tyler-cruise/
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Wednesday, 16 August 2017 17:13 (six years ago) link
i'm thinking about a spur of the moment all-day drive to see eclipse in nebraska, a little near omaha. any denizens in the area know of traffic snarls or other concerns?
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 17 August 2017 17:22 (six years ago) link
traffic already backed up for 14 miles in central Oregon
http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/5523721-151/eclipse-traffic-already-backing-up-begin-in-central
― sleeve, Thursday, 17 August 2017 18:23 (six years ago) link
i like that this dude in the 1st post was already cognizant of the upcoming 1
The next one in the States won't happen until 2017, I think.. and it's only going to brush the Northwest.― Brian MacDonald, Sunday, October 28, 2001 8:00 PM (fifteen years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 17 August 2017 18:44 (six years ago) link
keep chasing that darkness, brian
Keep an eye on @Nebraska511 on Twitter. It's the Nebraska Dept. of Transportation and they're updating. There's also phone apps.
(on my way to Alliance, Nebraska in the western part of the state)
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 19 August 2017 17:37 (six years ago) link
things I have either heard people say or seen posted re the eclipse: "Will cell phones still work?"
This one has a sort of tangential relevance, at least here in Oregon. Near the path of totality there will be far more people than normal, no more cell towers than before, and much of this combination will occur in highly rural areas. The cell phone capacity is likely going to be totally overwhelmed.
― A is for (Aimless), Saturday, 19 August 2017 17:44 (six years ago) link
people are totally stocking up on food and water. everybody has gone batshit crazy about this for the past week. at my workplace we've gotten special emails about how to prepare for the emergency, with stuff talking about the power grid going out, nobody being able to get anywhere, etc., etc. it's not like there are a whole hell of a lot of roads that will take you to salem.
― The Saga of Rodney Stooksbury (rushomancy), Saturday, 19 August 2017 19:29 (six years ago) link
I'm drunk in a Nebraska cattle pasture. AMA.
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 21 August 2017 03:55 (six years ago) link
So, then, everything's just fine for the nonce.
― A is for (Aimless), Monday, 21 August 2017 05:21 (six years ago) link
my house is in 99.6% coverage area. path of totality is 15 miles north. but that 15 miles could take a couiple hours to travel thx to traffic.
def the "once in a lifetime" opportunity appeals to me, and everything you read says "if you can get to totality, you MUST!" but i'm also wondering if i should avoid the stress and just enjoy 99.6% from the roof of my house.
thoughts, ilx?
― alpine static, Monday, 21 August 2017 07:10 (six years ago) link
i vote totality.
― StanM, Monday, 21 August 2017 07:22 (six years ago) link
99.6%, but I'm not that excited by the whole thing anyway.
― louie mensch (milo z), Monday, 21 August 2017 07:43 (six years ago) link
If you could do the 15 miles by bike I'd say totality. Wrap up a picnic basket and find a quiet spot if possible.
If not: 99,6%. You won't even notice the difference, really. I went to France with some buddies to see one, 15 years ago or so. We made a camping trip out of it which turned out to be memorable, one for the ages. And worth way more than the eclipse itself. We found a spot by a small lake. Went there an hour early - it was in the afternoon - and it was p magical to see all the birds and swans in the lake going to sleep again, thinking it was night. Then after an hour waking up again as if nothing happened, as if it's completely normal to sometimes have an extra 'night' during the day.
If anything, the effect of a solar eclipse is best seen in nature, in animals. So I'd advise a spot like that. It doubles your value and is much preferred to standing in a loud crowd going ooh and ahhh with their spex on.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 21 August 2017 10:23 (six years ago) link
and taking photos with a flash...
― koogs, Monday, 21 August 2017 10:53 (six years ago) link
I love you but I've chosen totality.
― Jeff, Monday, 21 August 2017 11:05 (six years ago) link
I also saw the France one (18 years ago, if we're being precise) - instead of driving to Cornwall like everyone else (idiots!) we got Le Shuttle and watched it from a field just outside Amiens. A+ would gawp again etc
― imago, Monday, 21 August 2017 11:22 (six years ago) link
Ha, we were near Amiens! 18 years ago already, sheesh.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 21 August 2017 11:24 (six years ago) link
this eclipse glasses shortage business is totally bogus tho fwiw
― yellow is the color of some raisins (Doctor Casino), Monday, 21 August 2017 13:05 (six years ago) link
Finally, all those oversized Amazon boxes reveal a purpose
http://i.imgur.com/UYuFldx.jpg
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 21 August 2017 13:56 (six years ago) link
huge recall of glasses that a coffee chain was giving out, this will end well
― sleeve, Monday, 21 August 2017 14:38 (six years ago) link
Have ye ever tried blinking, but for longer.
― jk rowling obituary thread (darraghmac), Monday, 21 August 2017 14:45 (six years ago) link
Also holy shit @ sleeves overheard quotes. Poll that shit.
I got a refund and a "we can't guarantee these" for the glasses I got, but I looked at the uneclipsed sun with them for a few seconds at a time the other day and I think they'll be ok for my purposes -- just a few seconds every few minutes.
― May contain peanuts, tree nuts, soy, wheat, pits or pit fragments. (WilliamC), Monday, 21 August 2017 14:46 (six years ago) link
from a friend - "It turns out there are all types of fake eclipse viewing glasses. My mother the scientist called me yesterday to give me the tip of how to test whether you have safe eclipse glasses. Put on your glasses and look directly at a bare light bulb. If you can see the light bulb filament, they're no good, if you see darkness, you are good to view the sun. Keep your eyes safe!"
― sleeve, Monday, 21 August 2017 14:50 (six years ago) link
― alpine static, Monday, August 21, 2017 3:10 AM (seven hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
can't beat the roof of your house imo
― marcos, Monday, 21 August 2017 14:53 (six years ago) link
i have to work today but at least the astronomy department is hosting the eclipse party right outside the library where i work
we're a few hours from totality, i think we will have 80% here
― marcos, Monday, 21 August 2017 14:54 (six years ago) link
I think I have one incandescent bulb left in the house.
― May contain peanuts, tree nuts, soy, wheat, pits or pit fragments. (WilliamC), Monday, 21 August 2017 14:55 (six years ago) link
"Nitrous Oxide while we climax and experience totality and conception, is OK with me."
the new Adam Ant single
― Dean of the University (Latham Green), Monday, 21 August 2017 15:23 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/cvTCQib.jpg
― StanM, Monday, 21 August 2017 15:32 (six years ago) link
NASA Raw feeds https://www.nasa.gov/eclipselive/#NASA+TV+-+Eclipse+Views+(Raw+Feed)
― nashwan, Monday, 21 August 2017 16:47 (six years ago) link
i'm about to experience this the best possible way (i.e. w/ 30 excitable teenagers who don't know a whole lot about how the sky works)
― the late great, Monday, 21 August 2017 16:48 (six years ago) link
Dying at sleeve's overheard quotes
― Neanderthal, Monday, 21 August 2017 17:10 (six years ago) link
Most popular guy at Homestead National Monument? Has to be @BillNye. He stopped by our NET table, but has been on the move! #Eclipse2017 pic.twitter.com/3kkt6KYO6X— Dennis Kellogg (@Dennis_Kellogg) August 21, 2017
― Eazy, Monday, 21 August 2017 17:12 (six years ago) link
not in path of totality, don't care
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Monday, 21 August 2017 17:23 (six years ago) link
Made it to just SE of Llano, Texas and watched it from the side of the road. That wall of dark that comes at you is something - birds were restless, the wind kicked up
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 8 April 2024 23:06 (two months ago) link
Little late posting this, but this is pretty cool: weirdest things that happen during a total solar eclipse.
This is hilarious:
“It turns out that Galapagos tortoises had a remarkable reaction,” Hartstone-Rose says. “Right at the moment of totality, they started mating behaviour. As in, they literally started breeding in front of everybody, before our eyes.”
― birdistheword, Monday, 8 April 2024 23:35 (two months ago) link
it's from the Daily Mail so you know it's been well-researched
Americans suffering from 'eclipse sickness', including insomnia, headaches and changes to women's periods
* Eclipse sickness has been used to explain weird side effects of the event * People have also reported feeling more anxious and emotional
― Andy the Grasshopper, Monday, 8 April 2024 23:51 (two months ago) link
(strangely, I had a bout of insomnia last night which is not all that common for me)
― Andy the Grasshopper, Monday, 8 April 2024 23:52 (two months ago) link
I think i have it. I changed into a locust.
― President Keyes, Tuesday, 9 April 2024 01:33 (two months ago) link
My wife and daughter have a hotel room in Little Rock tonight, but my wife's cousin had to get back to Birmingham for a work meeting. It took her four hours to get from LR to Memphis.
― Ippei's on a bummer now (WmC), Tuesday, 9 April 2024 01:49 (two months ago) link
It doesn't look like fun over there.
https://i.imgur.com/RYelXVI.png
https://i.imgur.com/8mid9GK.png
― pplains, Tuesday, 9 April 2024 02:49 (two months ago) link
My shot of the day.
https://i.imgur.com/AJNi0Bq.png
― pplains, Tuesday, 9 April 2024 02:50 (two months ago) link
Memphis didn't get 100% totality, but Chip Somodevilla did get this:
https://i.imgur.com/WfMlcag.jpeg
― pplains, Tuesday, 9 April 2024 02:56 (two months ago) link