topic Re: Next Solar Eclipse is April 8, 2024 in Community Chat

Next Solar Eclipse is April 8, 2024

Plaid Pants2 — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 15:34:37 GMT

Make your plans now!

It will go over Dallas, and arc up towards upstate New York.

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Cakers3 — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 15:42:16 GMT

@Plaid Pants2 Hi Plaid: I posted two graphics about this one: here's one:

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ValuSkr — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 16:01:57 GMT

Thank you for this. I wonder if I should keep my pinhole viewer and reuse it in 2024.

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QsMom — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 16:03:03 GMT

Yay! I'm in upstate NY. We'll be watching today's [partial] eclipse from our backyard, and we'll do the same for the totality in 7 years! :-)

http://time.com/4877839/next-total-solar-eclipse-2017-time-path/

It's interesting that the totality will be in Carbondale, IL today and in 2024.

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Nightowlz — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 16:57:43 GMT

Is it quiet in your neighborhood today? The birds are hiding out & no dogs barking today. It's a little Eerie. Guess they already know something different is happening today.

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SilleeMee — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 17:02:01 GMT

My furbaby won't leave my side. She knows something is off.

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Karie2022 — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 17:59:15 GMT

I just said to my kids I think our dog is acting a bit strange, not her usual self, won't leave our sides....

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AKgirl2 — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 18:27:28 GMT

🐱🐶🦅 ~ They know...what a magnificent internal radar! 📡🔭

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Nightowlz — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 18:32:58 GMT

I'm a little bummed. I figured since we were in 90% totality it would have gotten darker here. I have been watcing on The Weather Channel & online at Nasa.gov

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StylishLady — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 19:48:40 GMT

From what I can determine the path of totality passes over Buffalo NY where my younger daughter and her family live. I'll be almost 90, but if DH and I are healthy, we will be there.

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chrystaltree — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 20:09:52 GMT

I don't think I would actually travel that far to experience totality, I don't think it's worth putting up with the crowds but if we had friends in that area that we could stay with.....I'd definitely go.

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pommom — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 22:41:56 GMT

Can't wait. Native Dallasite.

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terrier3 — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 22:44:59 GMT

I'll be 70 and I better still be around...it will go DIRECTLY over my house!!!

Un-freaking-believable!

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terrier3 — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 22:53:34 GMT

@Karie2022 wrote:
I just said to my kids I think our dog is acting a bit strange, not her usual self, won't leave our sides....

We were driving to lunch today and a large flock - at least 20-30 seagulls circled the car continually...they would drop down to the street, not eat anything, then fly back up in circles. They were at least 2-3 miles away from the Niagara River.

My co-worker said they were probably disoriented by the eclipse - this was about 30 minutes before we reached the peak - which wasn't too exciting in Western NY...I'm looking forwatd to 2014!

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Allegheny — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 23:31:35 GMT

If we can (we'll be in our 70s), we'll go up towards Erie in 2024. It's less than 2 hours away. Also have a relative who has a lake side vacation home in NY, may-be we'll make it a family event.

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catchersmom — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 23:35:19 GMT

@Cakers3 thank you for sharing this!

I looked it up and the next one falls on a Monday also (ugh)...but if I can manage to still be around in 2045 that one looks like a Saturday!

and going over the Caribbean....now that would be a heck of a vacation (hurricanes not invited)

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songbird — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 23:40:47 GMT

I'm keeping my glasses! I'm already excited about it.