My wife’s from Buffalo (we went there earlier this month) and it’s a great place to visit. Maybe we’ll go back in 2024. Anybody planning to go there, consider the Hotel Henry. A bit pricey, but very nice and historic.
This cracks me up! 
They do, but he’s not suited for visual media. It’s the same guy who did so much acid he tried to peel himself because he thought he was an orange.
The 2045 eclipse will be up to 6m6s. The next one (after today) to pass overhead for my current location is 2078, with a totality of up to 5m40s. I’ll be only 106 for that one.
Until it begins darkening up outside my window, I’m content with
I’m betting some dude or dudette is going to need a new camera when the excitement has fizzled.
Bonny Tyler performs: Total Eclipse of the Sane.
idgaf about this solar eclipse thing
i’m staying inside and playing videogames, not going to risk my eye-sight for an instagram picture…
So just another day that ends with a “y” for you then?
Agreed. There is nothing like that moment when the sun is completely blocked out. As you said earlier, even the 99% coverage part isn’t the same. Truly awe inspiring, and people will literally gasp at that moment.
I’m kind of a sucker for sky gazing, though. I still get a bit awe struck just watching a full moon rise or set.
I’m interested but the hype is a big turnoff. Even worse are the truly stupid things people have been saying and asking about it. Like my Facebook feed which is always full of animal pictures because I follow rescue groups has for the past week been full of advice for how to protect your pet’s eyes from being damaged by looking at the sun. Lots of rebuttals (that I agree with) “hey stupid, animals don’t look at the sun so don’t worry about it”. The people replying with “my dog looks at airplanes”… well, yes, they make noise. If the sun makes noise then we’re all in a world of hurt.
And during the event right now, noisy coworkers huddling at the windows speculating about gamma rays and animals acting strangely and explaining to each other what a solar eclipse is. One quote from a notoriously stupid coworker: “isn’t it getting dark?”
It’s enough to make me feel completely crotchety.
When it gets fully dark in NYC in about a half hour, I am going to take off my pants and run around in the streets.
Unless you’re an astronomer, it’s a non-event, just an excuse for a shared experience (“Remember when we saw the 2017 eclipse from opposite sides of the continent?”).
To show a cow-orker what a our partial eclipse would look like, since it’s pretty cloudy today, I drew a crescent shape on a piece of paper. That’s it, just two curves. Big Fucking Deal.
And food, too. Who cares about food. Just eat so you stay alive. No need for any of that “cuisine” shit!!
It must suck to be them, having apparently gotten just the “dumb as a rock” effect and not the “super strong” or “big and green” parts.
It’s possible that I’ll be the new poster child for solar retinopathy . I stared at it for a few seconds, couldn’t help myself. Now every time I close my eyes, I see bright flashes. It’s probably due to my hypochondria, but I could also have burned holes in my retina…
Be quick!
me, too, and I would have loved to see the total; hoping I can see the next one. meanwhile, I enjoyed the partial and the full thing on TV.
Didn’t go outside, I wasn’t in the path of totality, but I watched it on YouTube. Even that way, I thought it was awesome, especially when the sun came out of eclipse and it resembled a huge diamond ring.