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Are You Seeing the Eclipse?

Kachina624 — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 18:14:40 GMT

I'm in the Albuquerque area where it's supposed to be 80% with the maximum at 12:30pm, in about 20 minutes. It's very cloudy here but the light has definitely dimmed.

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kaydee50 — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 18:16:56 GMT

Here in Chicago, beautiful clear skies It's 1:15 pm--nothing yet.

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beckyb1012 — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 18:18:49 GMT

Mostly Cloudy here in North East Texas. I looked out the window and all I see are people on the other building's roof tops looking at the cloudy sky. Nasa is live streaming it on Youtube.

Re: Are You Seeing the Eclipse

Kachina624 — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 18:20:04 GMT

@monicakm. So you're right in the path, right?

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PA Mom-mom — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 18:21:58 GMT

We have almost complete cloud cover right now. It's supposed to have started 10 minutes ago here in southeast PA, but you can't tell. It should get quite dark in about an hour. Nothing to see so far.

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SharkE — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 18:24:05 GMT

Be glad when it's over.

The eye surgeons will have a field day all the idiots defying the odds and looking directly up.

I'll look at it thru the weather channel. LOL

Had cataract surgery and not gonna be blind woman

already waiting on a tooth extraction.

Re: Are You Seeing the Eclipse

beckyb1012 — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 18:25:02 GMT

@monicakm wrote:
@Kachina624

It doesn't start till 1:30 here. Total cloud cover. It'll just be neat to experience the darkness and no birds chirping.. we are in Tyler for David's cataract follow up but I'll be walking outside shortly before 1:30.

It is pretty cloudy here down the highway from you Monica. Downtown as a ton of people watching but it is just too cloudy to see anything.

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JudyL — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 18:25:07 GMT

Here in the Bay area it started about 9 minutes ago. We are only getting a 34% eclipse but I can tell that the sunshine has definitely dimmed.

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ciao_bella — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 18:36:13 GMT

Sunny and clear here in central, coastal New Jersey. I looked at the eclipse just slightly after 2:10 and you could see a tiny part of the bottom right side starting to cover the sun. Going outside about every 15 minutes or so to see the progess again. It's so cool watching it! We're supposed to get 90% eclipse.

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JudyL — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 18:27:16 GMT

@monicakm wrote:
@Kachina624

It doesn't start till 1:30 here. Total cloud cover. It'll just be neat to experience the darkness and no birds chirping.. we are in Tyler for David's cataract follow up but I'll be walking outside shortly before 1:30.

@monicakm - when the Bay Area experienced a total solar eclipse in 2017, I was at work and remember how dark it got and also how eerily quiet it became.

Re: Are You Seeing the Eclipse?

Desert Lily — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 18:30:17 GMT

@Kachina624 I'm in PA where it's supposed to be 80 or 90% with the max around 3:20 Eastern Time. It's definitely dimming now at 2:30.

Re: Are You Seeing the Eclipse?

ROMARY — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 18:33:48 GMT

Planning to watch on TV.

I don't have the proper sunglasses.

Re: Are You Seeing the Eclipse

Kachina624 — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 18:33:55 GMT

My dog Misty, was sleeping by the front door. She just stood up, came into the living room and alternatively looked at me and at the window for a couple of minutes. Then she resumed her nap.

Were at the max right now but it's far from dark outside but quite dim in the house.

So much for Monday's excitement.

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cheriere — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 18:34:57 GMT

Very Cloudy ☁️ Here too! 😔

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LTT1 — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 18:35:15 GMT

@Kachina624 @ROMARY @Desert Lily @JudyL @ciao_bella

picture of what I'm seeing during the eclipse...

in the path of complete totality

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Nightowlz — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 18:36:09 GMT

Yes. It's getting darker. Now looks like it could rain.

Have been sitting outside enjoying the nice weather.

DH is making pork tenderloin on the grill.

Re: Are You Seeing the Eclipse?

goldensrbest — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 18:37:01 GMT

Watching on cnn,wow in texas something else.

Re: Are You Seeing the Eclipse?

cheriere — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 18:38:12 GMT

@LTT1 wrote:
@Kachina624 @ROMARY @Desert Lily @JudyL @ciao_bella

picture of what I'm seeing during the eclipse...
in the path of complete totality

Wow! That's incredible! Nothing like that here sadly.

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scatcat — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 18:40:52 GMT

Yes! It's 1;40 in Chicago and very sunny. I got glasses from The Adler Planetarium. The moon is currently covering half the sun. Very cool

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JeanLouiseFinch — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 18:42:07 GMT

I'm in NW Indiana. Indy will have four minutes of totality. We'll get around 95%. That's good enough for me. The interstate traffic and other routes south to Indy yesterday and today have been bumper to bumper, and a crawl, if that. Those people are all going to be sorely disappointed because at this point they're not going to make it in time. We'll be going outside shortly, to watch from our yard 12:51-2:09 PM Central.