Community Chat

[Ms tyrion2]

---

@gardensla wrote:

Really? I think it's fascinating and am grateful to be alive at the moment to see one of the miracles of the universe in action.

To each her own, I guess.

---

ITA.  are we so jaded that we can't find some child-like wonder in one of the marvels of nature? None of us will be around for the next total eclipse. I'm not at all upset about the news coverage. It makes me happy instead of sad to the core of my being like so much that has  happened recently.

[vermint]

I'm in a state that will experience "totality" and all the hotel rooms are booked for hundreds of miles around! I'll watch it get dark from my desk, through the glass door in my office that opens to the street...and maybe catch the whole thing on TV when I get home this evening. I cannot believe that at least one of our local TV stations is broadcasting TWO HOURS of coverage! And it may be thru their network (ABC), but still...two hours?!?!?

[nana59]

---

@Kachina624 wrote:

Im sick of hearing about it too @SeaMaiden.  Seems like we've had other "once in a lifetime" events that I can recall as being less than memorable.  It's cloudy and drizzly here today of all days and probably couldn't see anything anyway. 

---

heavy cloud cover here, too, in ri.....

[Preds]

---

@Lipstickdiva wrote:

I do think it's newsworthy but people have about lost their minds over this.

Even our local newscasters are now joking about how much they have to talk about it.  Yesterday they were jokingly asking if they've mentioned the eclipse yet and one said "there's an eclipse?  I've not heard about it."

I see today that a few news channels are going to be broadcasting for like 2 hours during the time of the eclipse.  LOL  Talk about overkill.  I also saw on GMA this morning the lines of traffic getting into some of the areas that are prime viewing.

And despite all the warnings, I'm betting the ERs are going to be full this afternoon with people who hurt their eyes watching this.    

---

Yep, those lines are a pain for those of us trying to get to work.  Maybe we should have taken off and gone to Tootsies to the GMA viewing party.  Tickets were only 500.00 each.

[Tsukiko]

I'm grateful for a day where I don't have to hear about another political fiasco. The eclipse couldn't come at a better time.

[stevieb]

It's not an insignificant event, but I'm not sure how much needs to be said about it... 'News' these days is by definition overkill. Not only do we have the 24 hour news stations that repeat the same stories over and over, but we also have the network news outfits, who seem to be increasingly breaking in at the drop of a hat. Besides those, even the local channels have hour after hour to fill, usually with the same stories reported multiple times each day. One assumes news, compared to actual programming, is less costly to produce...

[SilleeMee]

I'm really excited about it. But I'm sure I will be tired of hearing about it for the next few weeks. TV stations will wear out it's welcome soon.

[Preds]

[stevieb]

---

@Yahooey wrote:

I think it is great and it is a long time coming. 

What I find  annoying is when there is a snowstorm or heavy rain. Constant live coverage, disrupting regular programing so each reporter can say, yes the ruler says 5 inches, what about you Bob? Bob takes a ruler and measures 6 nches.

Yes, that goes on for hours - and I can see it is snowing. 

---

Isn't it the truth... They claim it's in the public interest but I don't remember them commandeering the airwaves for hours on end in the past to tell us what it's doing outside... The weather 'forecast' (and I use the term advisedly...) has also gotten to be at least a third of the entire newscast and yet they so often miss the mark... Really, what is the point for something that can't be changed in the first place...

[shopperqvc]

Years ago there was another solar eclipse and people brought in their very expensive (at that time) video cameras because they suddenly quit working. The cause was a burned lens that would have cost them a lot of money to replace. After the first couple of estimates, I learned to ask the customer if they had tried to video the eclipse. If they said they had, I just told them the cost of repair was more than the price of new. At least it was the camera that went blind. It could have been worse. I learned from their mistake. I'm staying indoors and watching TV. The moon and sun can do their thing without me. I value my sight too much. I'll watch the next time it's reversed and it's the moon that gets blocked out. It's much safer.