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[deepwaterdotter]

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@CANDLEQUEEN wrote:

Wisconsin here. It was very cloudy and overcast all day, so it was gloomy looking but not very dark..........

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I've been sitting next to a window for the last hour and didn't notice a change.

[CelticCrafter]

It's happening now in NJ - they said 74% for us.  

The light is weird.

The sun is at the back of the house and I'm looking out the front windows at my neighbors and they have the shortest shadows I've ever seen.

I don't have the glasses so I'm not going out.

[Nightowlz]

We were only 90% so it did not get as dark as I thought it was going to. I watched online & on Tv. It started out hazy looking outside. It was quiet no birds flying around no dogs barking.

[KentuckyWoman]

We only got 95% totality here in northern KY.  It got really dark inside the house and outside it was like dusk.  The temperature dropped by at least 12 degrees and it was cool.  It was awesome!  Many from our area went to Hopkinsville, KY where there was a total eclipse.  I did watch CBS as the eclipse happened in Jackson Hole, WY.  It was indeed awesome!

[hoosieroriginal]

@SilleeMee - yeah to me it was like when a storm comes in - got darker and winds definitely picked up a bit.  I remember a storm that came through about a year ago where it got pitch black in the middle of the day - that was really eerie!  The fireflies even came out when that happened! 

[Caaareful Shopper]

DC metro area got 81% blockage.  I work at home Mondays and Tuesdays, so I went outside with the glasses a friend gave me and a few of my neighbors gathered in the big community gardens.  It got windy and the air got cooler.  Looking through the glasses at it was absolutely amazing!!

[sammimae]

My husband and I kicked back on our lawn and experienced it.  The temperatures dropped and the birds quieted. It was amazing in eastern Oregon!  Total eclipse. Our animals were just fine. The cows never missed a beat.

[Krimpette]

I'm in the metro-DC area.  Mostly watched on TV, but checked out my kitchen slider.  Some birds were still at my feeders.  I was outside onlly briefly, but did check the outdoor thermometer.  No change in the temp to speak of....at least not in my area.  I did hear a local meterologist this morning say that we would probably not have a decrease in temps.  Maybe depended on where in the metro-DC area one was.

[SunValley]

In the direct path in the west. All the automatic outside lights in my area turned on. It dropped dramatically in temperature and the sky was completely clear so we had a great experience. Beautiful event.

[millieshops]

Only 70% here, so dim but not dark.  I'm watching the reports/pictures coming in from the "total" path -  amazing.  No wonder before our modern media an eclipse fostered all sorts of myths.  I'm a little envious of those who got to see even more.