Solar Eclipse 2024 - Where you going?

[Millennial_Messiah]

I'll probably just do Kerrville or Fredericksburg with my mom. Was going to do Ohio but I don't have a girlfriend up in the midwest at present.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Monday, April 8, 2024 for you flat earthers (fabbs is ST flat earth society btw)

[ChumpDumper]

Muh backyard.

[pgardn]

Kerrville area.
Its going to be very close to the longest totality.

Hopefully we get clear sky that day.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Kerrville area.
Its going to be very close to the longest totality.

Hopefully we get clear sky that day.
Agreed. Spring is very volatile weather-wise anywhere east of the Rockies. I'd keep two eyes on the weather forecast that week and book a plane ticket or drive somewhere else in the totality path (it goes all the way up from Eagle Pass TX to Lake Erie in North Central Ohio) if it's going to rain down here.

[baseline bum]

Probably go to Boerne since getting back into town would probably take twice as long as if I went to Fredricksburg or Kerrville while in Boerne I'd still being able to get a good 3 1/2 minutes of totality.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Probably go to Boerne since getting back into town would probably take twice as long as if I went to Fredricksburg or Kerrville while in Boerne I'd still being able to get a good 3 1/2 minutes of totality.

Yeah, it's almost certainly going to be a traffic nightmare. But it's literally a once in a generation event. The next one won't happen we're likely dead. Even the one in 2044, if we're alive by then, pretty much crosses the Canadian border into Montana at roughly sunset and you can forget about totality.

This one is perfect and a once in a lifetime event. Maximum totality or bust.

[baseline bum]

Yeah, it's almost certainly going to be a traffic nightmare. But it's literally a once in a generation event. The next one won't happen we're likely dead. Even the one in 2044, if we're alive by then, pretty much crosses the Canadian border into Montana at roughly sunset and you can forget about totality.

This one is perfect and a once in a lifetime event. Maximum totality or bust.

The 2045 one goes into Oklahoma, but this is far more than a generational event. The last full solar eclipse to come to the San Antonio area was smack dab in between the founding of Cambridge University and the birth of the Aztec Empire, to give an idea how rare this is. It was before the great vowel shift, before Chaucer wrote the Canterbury Tales in Middle English (which was a bitch to read in its native language, fuck off UCLA making us read Middle English in a general education class required of all graduates).

[pgardn]

I saw the 2017 Eclipse in Nebraska.

It lasted about 2 1/2 minutes.
The sky was perfectly clear and it was one of the most awesome things I have ever seen.
So many weird things happened, even before and after totality. Shadows were different, the temperature dropped, wind came out of nowhere, it was altogether magnificent.
Every person I was with will also see the 2024 event together again with a couple more added in.
Even if it is cloudy, it still will be very apparent when totality occurs. Its just nice to watch the whole thing and time it.
Its incredible because the totality occurred exactly when it was supposed to. The door just slammed shut. And every animal, bird, human got weirded out.

What was also neat was people started clapping as it occurred. You could hear the clapping from way off and then it got closer and closer till we started clapping. Then it moved on. A wave of clapping.

[Millennial_Messiah]

I saw the 2017 Eclipse in Nebraska.

It lasted about 2 1/2 minutes.
The sky was perfectly clear and it was one of the most awesome things I have ever seen.
So many weird things happened, even before and after totality. Shadows were different, the temperature dropped, wind came out of nowhere, it was altogether magnificent.
Every person I was with will also see the 2024 event together again with a couple more added in.
Even if it is cloudy, it still will be very apparent when totality occurs. Its just nice to watch the whole thing and time it.
Its incredible because the totality occurred exactly when it was supposed to. The door just slammed shut. And every animal, bird, human got weirded out.

What was also neat was people started clapping as it occurred. You could hear the clapping from way off and then it got closer and closer till we started clapping. Then it moved on. A wave of clapping.

Yeah I have lots of family from that area and they all went to Beatrice Nebraska to see it. I was jealous. I was stuck in DFW with no money at the time. Noticed a very slight tint in the daylight but nothing else.

[Millennial_Messiah]

The 2045 one goes into Oklahoma, but this is far more than a generational event. The last full solar eclipse to come to the San Antonio area was smack dab in between the founding of Cambridge University and the birth of the Aztec Empire, to give an idea how rare this is. It was before the great vowel shift, before Chaucer wrote the Canterbury Tales in Middle English (which was a bitch to read in its native language, fuck off UCLA making us read Middle English in a general education class required of all graduates).

Exactly.

Just hope that westerly low pressure trough / squall (April is full of them, probably more than any other month) fucks off, for that day at least

[Robz4000]

Prolly Dripping Springs tbh.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Prolly Dripping Springs tbh.

It always freaks me out how that town copied downtown SA

[MultiTroll]

Hooters

[leemajors]

Prolly Dripping Springs tbh.

Barber Shop is a decent place to grab a beer

[baseline bum]

https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/eclipse_review.png

[Blake]

I have a friend with a river house up near Hunt, which is near Kerrville.... normally they rent out for about $3-400 a night depending on season. For kicks put out for $15k per night on vrbo and got it. Some NY company.

[Millennial_Messiah]

I have a friend with a river house up near Hunt, which is near Kerrville.... normally they rent out for about $3-400 a night depending on season. For kicks put out for $15k per night on vrbo and got it. Some NY company.

:lol Which is hilarious, considering it's predicted to be cloudy and potentially rainy here while in upstate NY including Buffalo which also has path of totality, is expected to be crystal clear. :wow :wow :wow

[Millennial_Messiah]

https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/eclipse_review.png

I would argue the Annular eclipse belongs somewhere to the northwest of (left and above) the "Partial Solar Eclipse" dot.

It doesn't sound amazing, but it was absolutely a sight to behold this past Octubre.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Ugh still overcast and 80s expected for Monday the 8th. :bang :pctoss


Fuck off, trough!

[Blake]

I have a friend with a river house up near Hunt, which is near Kerrville.... normally they rent out for about $3-400 a night depending on season. For kicks put out for $15k per night on vrbo and got it. Some NY company.

Correction, $1500 a night. But still.

[pgardn]

:lol Which is hilarious, considering it's predicted to be cloudy and potentially rainy here while in upstate NY including Buffalo which also has path of totality, is expected to be crystal clear. :wow :wow :wow

5 days out calling it is tough.
Rainy and cloudy in the morning possibly. Also possibly cleared by 1:30 with high thin clouds. Its less of a crap shoot but still a crap shoot.

[pgardn]

Correction, $1500 a night. But still.

Lot of people held out that owned land.
Some Eclipsers rented way early when the owners did not know it was coming.
And some owners played the, " we cant do your reservation" when they found out why people were signing up in droves.
Nothing like the gouge on astronomical events I guess.

Also if you gouge and did not limit the number of viewers you might find that people where using your lamps to sleep on. Tough game for the uninitiated possibly.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Lot of people held out that owned land.
Some Eclipsers rented way early when the owners did not know it was coming.
And some owners played the, " we cant do your reservation" when they found out why people were signing up in droves.
Nothing like the gouge on astronomical events I guess.

Also if you gouge and did not limit the number of viewers you might find that people where using your lamps to sleep on. Tough game for the uninitiated possibly.

I've just decided to watch it from my backyard of my [childhood] house just west of the Medina/Bexar line. It's still going to be over 2 minutes of totality, not quite the 4 and a half in Kerrville/Fredericksburg, but much less headache of a travel.

[Spurminator]

Outside

[baseline bum]

I would argue the Annular eclipse belongs somewhere to the northwest of (left and above) the "Partial Solar Eclipse" dot.

It doesn't sound amazing, but it was absolutely a sight to behold this past Octubre.

I'd lump the annular in the with regular partial solars. It was really cool seeing images of the crescent sun created by all the pinhole light sources in between leaves of trees before and after the annular part of the last eclipse but the annulus itself just reminded me I wasn't seeing a total solar where I could take off the glasses and see the corona.

[Millennial_Messiah]

I'd lump the annular in the with regular partial solars. It was really cool seeing images of the crescent sun created by all the pinhole light sources in between leaves of trees before and after the annular part of the last eclipse but the annulus itself just reminded me I wasn't seeing a total solar where I could take off the glasses and see the corona.

The "annulus" to me reminded me of the Ring of Mordor but in real life. I really liked it even though I didn't expect I would.

[pgardn]

Outside

Tired Tread shudders at the thought...
And its not a piss shudder as you might think.

[spurraider21]

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[z0sa]

I'm right on the path with something like 4 minutes of totality in my backyard.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Anal Fuck... Rain back in the forecast for Monday :pctoss

[Millennial_Messiah]

I'm right on the path with something like 4 minutes of totality in my backyard.

You must live pretty far west and/or north of SA...

[Millennial_Messiah]

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In Virginia? No totality there, so I assume you're going to Ohio or New York or something?

[baseline bum]

This is going to be a complete bust for most of the nation with cloudy skies forecast for almost the entire path of totality except for western New York and then Vermont through Maine. Fucking hell the forecast looks grim for the San Antonio area too with clouds and thunderstorms.

[Millennial_Messiah]

This is going to be a complete bust for most of the nation with cloudy skies forecast for almost the entire path of totality except for western New York and then Vermont through Maine. Fucking hell the forecast looks grim for the San Antonio area too with clouds and thunderstorms.
There's a good one (full total solar eclipse) going to Spain in August 2026 if you've got a passport and a few hundred bucks for flying. Almost never gets cloudy there in the summertime due to monsoonal patterns being displaced very far south that time of year deep into Africa, so that one should be a 99.9% guarantee.

[pgardn]

Another update:

The National Weather Service’s sky cover forecast (https://www.weather.gov/fwd/eclipse2024) is currently indicating a reduction in cloud coverage at 1 p.m. April 8. As of April 5, sky coverage on eclipse day is now predicted to be between 53% and 75% — which is roughly 6% less coverage than was expected even Thursday (https://www.lonestarlive.com/weather/2024/04/texas-eclipse-weather-new-forecast-predictions-in-5-texas-cities-indicates-less-cloud-coverage.html), and roughly 35% less coverage than was forecasted a week out from the eclipse.

[pgardn]

So Trumpsters now may claim that science is worthless yet again.

especially since the word variables does not exist in their vocabulary

[MultiTroll]

How about if we did a SpursTalk bake sale?
Raise funds for those plane flights that will be staying in the eclipes' path.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Another update:

The National Weather Service’s sky cover forecast (https://www.weather.gov/fwd/eclipse2024) is currently indicating a reduction in cloud coverage at 1 p.m. April 8. As of April 5, sky coverage on eclipse day is now predicted to be between 53% and 75% — which is roughly 6% less coverage than was expected even Thursday (https://www.lonestarlive.com/weather/2024/04/texas-eclipse-weather-new-forecast-predictions-in-5-texas-cities-indicates-less-cloud-coverage.html), and roughly 35% less coverage than was forecasted a week out from the eclipse.

Looks like it's going to be a pure toss up. Which is about the best we could have hoped for in an El Nino spring, I guess, but it's a damn shame because the last couple days here have been crystal clear. Also looks like the first squall in the next trough (the one with the thunderstorms) isn't moving as fast as originally predicted, and that is being pushed back into late Monday night into Tuesday. The front then moves through with rain on Wednesday leaving behind cooler air.

[Millennial_Messiah]

So Trumpsters now may claim that science is worthless yet again.

especially since the word variables does not exist in their vocabulary

>99% of Trump voters/ Trump supporters are not flat earthers and don't believe that science, space, the moon landings etc are fake.

Trump himself, along with Elon Musk himself, are very pro science.

The Covid "vaccines" are a political issue and also a my body my choice issue. Pure science such as an astronomical event, is not partisan or political. The flat earth society is just as ridiculous as the flamboyant trans small but vocal minority as well as the free-Gaza weirdos. The issue is, similar to global warming and the green new deal, government infringement over individual freedoms and choices made that a partisan issue. Hell, most Trump voters believe human-caused shit like pollution, chemicals, deforestation etc are all bad and have had detrimental effects on nature, and they believe in common sense green living such as recycling and reasonable conservation... they just don't want it to be an issue where the government and government-controlled corporatocracy controls their comfort and way of life and jacks up prices "in the name of a greener future" astronomically to the point they can't afford to live a normal, comfortable life.

[baseline bum]

>99% of Trump voters/ Trump supporters are not flat earthers and don't believe that science, space, the moon landings etc are fake.

Trump himself, along with Elon Musk himself, are very pro science.

The Covid "vaccines" are a political issue and also a my body my choice issue. Pure science such as an astronomical event, is not partisan or political. The flat earth society is just as ridiculous as the flamboyant trans small but vocal minority as well as the free-Gaza weirdos. The issue is, similar to global warming and the green new deal, government infringement over individual freedoms and choices made that a partisan issue. Hell, most Trump voters believe human-caused shit like pollution, chemicals, deforestation etc are all bad and have had detrimental effects on nature, and they believe in common sense green living such as recycling and reasonable conservation... they just don't want it to be an issue where the government and government-controlled corporatocracy controls their comfort and way of life and jacks up prices "in the name of a greener future" astronomically to the point they can't afford to live a normal, comfortable life.

Meh gravity is less well understood than vaccines.

[baseline bum]

I saw the 2017 Eclipse in Nebraska.

It lasted about 2 1/2 minutes.
The sky was perfectly clear and it was one of the most awesome things I have ever seen.
So many weird things happened, even before and after totality. Shadows were different, the temperature dropped, wind came out of nowhere, it was altogether magnificent.
Every person I was with will also see the 2024 event together again with a couple more added in.
Even if it is cloudy, it still will be very apparent when totality occurs. Its just nice to watch the whole thing and time it.
Its incredible because the totality occurred exactly when it was supposed to. The door just slammed shut. And every animal, bird, human got weirded out.

What was also neat was people started clapping as it occurred. You could hear the clapping from way off and then it got closer and closer till we started clapping. Then it moved on. A wave of clapping.

Would you call it the most impressive celestial event you have ever seen? Hale-Bopp was the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen where in the San Antonio area you could see it covering seemingly half the sky, like you'd look up at it and it would cover more than your field of vision. It was so bright it looked like it was painted on the sky like something you'd see in Skyrim or something. And then Hyakutake the year before was super impressive too. Don't know how Halley's Comet got so much hype with how crazy Hale-Bopp and Hyakutake were. Halley's was nowhere close to as cool when I saw it in 86.

Hope we get clear skies and I get a chance to see if the Great American Eclipse can outdo Hale-Bopp.

[HemisfairArena]

Where am I going?,,,to bed,,,,wake me when its over.

[HemisfairArena]

So Trumpsters now may claim that science is worthless yet again.

especially since the word variables does not exist in their vocabulary

And yet republicans used science and said the Covid virus came from a wuhan lab and you dumbfuck liberals shit on science and said it came from bats,,,,:lmao

[pgardn]

And yet republicans used science and said the Covid virus came from a wuhan lab and you dumbfuck liberals shit on science and said it came from bats,,,,:lmao

Omg…

This stupid fk literally is in a totally black eclipse of the brain (wake me up when it’s over? You are living in darkness ya dork)
Do you know where this subject stands right now dumb fk?

[pgardn]

Would you call it the most impressive celestial event you have ever seen? Hale-Bopp was the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen where in the San Antonio area you could see it covering seemingly half the sky, like you'd look up at it and it would cover more than your field of vision. It was so bright it looked like it was painted on the sky like something you'd see in Skyrim or something. And then Hyakutake the year before was super impressive too. Don't know how Halley's Comet got so much hype with how crazy Hale-Bopp and Hyakutake were. Halley's was nowhere close to as cool when I saw it in 86.

Hope we get clear skies and I get a chance to see if the Great American Eclipse can outdo Hale-Bopp.

I was too young to appreciate it. And probably understand it.

The most impressive sky event over San Antonio was the space shuttle landing in Florida for me. A human event I guess.
All the neighbors were out and we see this ball of fire leaving a contrail and someone said there are people in that and it was just shocking. It landed perfectly safely in Florida, No problems. It just streaked across the sky and people were in that fireball? I was stunned.

People riding in a big piece of fire that made no sound.

[pgardn]

>99% of Trump voters/ Trump supporters are not flat earthers and don't believe that science, space, the moon landings etc are fake.

Trump himself, along with Elon Musk himself, are very pro science.

The Covid "vaccines" are a political issue and also a my body my choice issue. Pure science such as an astronomical event, is not partisan or political. The flat earth society is just as ridiculous as the flamboyant trans small but vocal minority as well as the free-Gaza weirdos. The issue is, similar to global warming and the green new deal, government infringement over individual freedoms and choices made that a partisan issue. Hell, most Trump voters believe human-caused shit like pollution, chemicals, deforestation etc are all bad and have had detrimental effects on nature, and they believe in common sense green living such as recycling and reasonable conservation... they just don't want it to be an issue where the government and government-controlled corporatocracy controls their comfort and way of life and jacks up prices "in the name of a greener future" astronomically to the point they can't afford to live a normal, comfortable life.

No the vaccines were not a political issue. It’s was a PUBLIC HEALTH issue politicized.

There was zero understanding of vaccines, immunity, and Public Health for Trumpsters like you. The information given to the public was crafted into a my rights issue. Go complain about not being able to smoke where you want to. Just light up on a plane and claim “muh rights”. Tell me how that works. We share the air, you can’t go blowing your fetid air on others.

Next you will try the trick that all red team members try and attempt to confuse the early days of not knowing about the virus with what we know and the health conditions of the present. You guys are the most disingenuous non patriotic fks. You understand nothing about the gives and takes of a democracy. Which is why you want an aristocracy with a king. YOU said it yourself. You would like a Trump family line of leaders. You went one of your many bipolar binges and spilled it.

Some people don’t forget. You won’t remember this.

[baseline bum]

I was too young to appreciate it. And probably understand it.

The most impressive sky event over San Antonio was the space shuttle landing in Florida for me. A human event I guess.
All the neighbors were out and we see this ball of fire leaving a contrail and someone said there are people in that and it was just shocking. It landed perfectly safely in Florida, No problems. It just streaked across the sky and people were in that fireball? I was stunned.

People riding in a big piece of fire that made no sound.

After looking it up some more I was wrong, Hyakutake was the more impressive one to me. Green with a bright blue-green tail and apparently took up 90 degrees of the sky. It was so bright even at midnight that there was absolutely no way you could miss it if it wasn't cloudy. Even this amazing photo doesn't really do justice to what this looked like in the night sky after you had been outside ten minutes and your eyes adjusted to low light.

https://i.ibb.co/9YDPh3W/hyakutake.jpg

I got to see a shuttle launch at Cape Canaveral in 85 but I was so young all I really remember was they didn't say 2 in the countdown. :lol

[pgardn]

After looking it up some more I was wrong, Hyakutake was the more impressive one to me. Green with a bright blue-green tail and apparently took up 90 degrees of the sky. It was so bright even at midnight that there was absolutely no way you could miss it if it wasn't cloudy. Even this amazing photo doesn't really do justice to what this looked like in the night sky after you had been outside ten minutes and your eyes adjusted to low light.

https://i.ibb.co/9YDPh3W/hyakutake.jpg

I got to see a shuttle launch at Cape Canaveral in 85 but I was so young all I really remember was they didn't say 2 in the countdown. :lol

Was that the one that just kind of stayed in place?
I was told I saw it through binoculars and was unimpressed. I don’t remember.

[baseline bum]

Was that the one that just kind of stayed in place?
I was told I saw it through binoculars and was unimpressed. I don’t remember.

Nah that one was so close you could actually see it move across the sky relative to the stars if you sat outside for an hour or two. It came within 0.1AU of the Earth. You didn't need binoculars to see it, it was magnitude 0 and if you looked up in the sky just with your eyes that 3-4 nights it was close to Earth you 100% could not miss it.

Maybe you're thinking of Hale-Bopp which was naked eye visible for a year and a half.

[Thread]

No the vaccines were not a political issue. It’s was a PUBLIC HEALTH issue politicized.

There was zero understanding of vaccines, immunity, and Public Health for Trumpsters like you. The information given to the public was crafted into a my rights issue. Go complain about not being able to smoke where you want to. Just light up on a plane and claim “muh rights”. Tell me how that works. We share the air, you can’t go blowing your fetid air on others.

Next you will try the trick that all red team members try and attempt to confuse the early days of not knowing about the virus with what we know and the health conditions of the present. You guys are the most disingenuous non patriotic fks. You understand nothing about the gives and takes of a democracy. Which is why you want an aristocracy with a king. YOU said it yourself. You would like a Trump family line of leaders. You went one of your many bipolar binges and spilled it.

Some people don’t forget. You won’t remember this.


...And finally settled during this Biden reign by him killing over 3/4 of a million Americans after that fuck had sworn on the Bible that he'd "I'll shut it down."

& Biden's death count goes on.

You ain't hidin' over here, peeg, if that's what you're thinkin', son.
Uh, uh.

[Thread]

Omg…

This stupid fk literally is in a totally black eclipse of the brain (wake me up when it’s over? You are living in darkness ya dork)
Do you know where this subject stands right now dumb fk?

...sure, I got it, peeg...

Trump killed 400k of Americans.
Biden killed 3/4 of a million Americans...&...counting.

[baseline bum]

Looks like it's going to be a pure toss up. Which is about the best we could have hoped for in an El Nino spring, I guess, but it's a damn shame because the last couple days here have been crystal clear. Also looks like the first squall in the next trough (the one with the thunderstorms) isn't moving as fast as originally predicted, and that is being pushed back into late Monday night into Tuesday. The front then moves through with rain on Wednesday leaving behind cooler air.

Ugh we're going to get buttfucked on this eclipse. Cloudy as hell forecast for everywhere N or NW of town so probably have to go out 90 past Uvalde to even get a 50/50 chance at seeing it according to today's forecast. :pctoss

Out by Randolph it was soupy all day except when it briefly cleared up a little around 4PM just in time to let some heat into the day. Can't say I want to deal with what is sure to be horrendous traffic the entire way just to get a 50/50 shot at best. Would be an almost 4 hour roundtrip without traffic, sure to be 8 hours with it since west of town is the only place forecast to have much of a shot of any clear sky at all. Fucking Texas weather.

[baseline bum]

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[UNT Eagles 2016]

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At least it looks worse for those DFW pricks now than before.

I imagine we might just get lucky on the West side of SA (near seaworld/lackland) with totality and sunny weather. The clouds will go away just in time for a dry and sunny afternoon and then the storms move back in overnight Mon into Tue. Calling it now. We will have sunshine in the path of totality in SA.

Randolph isn't even near the path of totality, though. You've got to go at least to the west side of the county.

[baseline bum]

At least it looks worse for those DFW pricks now than before.

I imagine we might just get lucky on the West side of SA (near seaworld/lackland) with totality and sunny weather. The clouds will go away just in time for a dry and sunny afternoon and then the storms move back in overnight Mon into Tue. Calling it now. We will have sunshine in the path of totality in SA.

Randolph isn't even near the path of totality, though. You've got to go at least to the west side of the county.

It's not far. The path of totality starts right around Rolling Oaks Mall.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

It's not far. The path of totality starts right around Rolling Oaks Mall.

But isn't that like a 20 second total eclipse though? Versus over 2 minutes on the west side.

[baseline bum]

But isn't that like a 20 second total eclipse though? Versus over 2 minutes on the west side.

At least there is some good news. Last full solar we had here was May 26, 1397, but we don't have nearly as long a wait until the next one to come here: just have to make it to February 25, 2343.

[Ef-man]

At least there is some good news. Last full solar we had here was May 26, 1397, but we don't have nearly as long a wait until the next one to come here: just have to make it to February 25, 2343.

Huckabee of Arkansas is declaring a state of emergency in her state (until April 10th) because of it, so good thing most of US will be cloudy.

[baseline bum]

Huckabee of Arkansas is declaring a state of emergency in her state (until April 10th) because of it, so good thing most of US will be cloudy.

Arkansas looks pretty clear in the latest model I saw

[Thread]

& now, this Sunday morning, State sponsored CNN is claiming you can look at it, regardless of method; glasses, no glasses, nude, dressed, mirror, no mirror, naked, not naked. It's all been a myth according to them that you'll go blind.

[baseline bum]

& now, this Sunday morning, State sponsored CNN is claiming you can look at it, regardless of method; glasses, no glasses, nude, dressed, mirror, no mirror, naked, not naked. It's all been a myth according to them that you'll go blind.

In 100% totality you can look without glasses. You'd need to in order to see the corona. If it's only 99.9999% you'll burn your fucking eyes out.

[baseline bum]

But isn't that like a 20 second total eclipse though? Versus over 2 minutes on the west side.

Ugh same fucking forecast as yesterday: namely hopium for a little patchy clearing from 1 to 2 PM but if you want a half decent shot of seeing it drive out to fucking Uvalde or Del Rio. Can't imagine how long a trip to Uvalde and back will take tomorrow when the roads are going to be absolutely hammered.

[baseline bum]

But isn't that like a 20 second total eclipse though? Versus over 2 minutes on the west side.

So ultimately, where are you watching? Ugh WOAI-TV says head out west to between Uvalde and Del Rio for best chance of clearing while KSAT says that shit ain't happening and will have better odds with small patches of clearing in the hill country. Probably getting fucked with no vaseline either way on this eclipse.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

So ultimately, where are you watching? Ugh WOAI-TV says head out west to between Uvalde and Del Rio for best chance of clearing while KSAT says that shit ain't happening and will have better odds with small patches of clearing in the hill country. Probably getting fucked with no vaseline either way on this eclipse.
Home. Front lawn.

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/36/07/07/3607078766789c0461b037c5803ecbd2.jpg


Near the little "y" where it says "Medina County" in the west part of this map.


I'm seeing stars outside tonight. I'm not going to fuck with traffic only to possibly get letdown anyway. I'll take my chances with a possible clearing in cirrus clouds.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

I typically watch KENS (channel 5) as primary, and occasionally watch KMOL/WOAI (channel 4) and have that one on record as secondary.

There's a chance of sun. The weather forecasters don't always know what they're talking about. Like last year all the days that the night before they said it'd get to only 94 and cloudy but instead it got to like 103-104 and mostly sunny. They're not always right.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

FWIW, at this point last night there were not supposed to be stars at this time tonight. So they're not always right.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Plus, why would I wish to fuck with traffic when I have a hellacious drive ahead of me next weekend and beyond?

[UNT Eagles 2016]

I'm headed north (driving) to live in MI for the "summer" (April-probably the election) next weekend. Similar to 2019, 2021, 2022. Not going to deal with another last year where I have to be bottled up inside in SA because it's stupid hot outside all summer.

[baseline bum]

FWIW, at this point last night there were not supposed to be stars at this time tonight. So they're not always right.

All the forecasts I saw called for clear skies tonight with a heavy gulf flow coming in the early morning hours

[UNT Eagles 2016]

All the forecasts I saw called for clear skies tonight with a heavy gulf flow coming in the early morning hours

Well, Elon Musk lives in Texas these days. Along with the help of Bill Gates, and even Bill Nye is coming to the area and hosting a watch party tomorrow here. That's a LOT of brain power. Perhaps they can put aside their political differences to work their magic and use their Illuminati space lasers to dry up the upper atmosphere aloft in Texas for a few hours tomorrow at the time of the eclipse.

It'd be a fair gesture coming from them, considering they don't pay their fair share of taxes to begin with.

[baseline bum]

Completely fucking overcast :pctoss

[Blake]

>99% of Trump voters/ Trump supporters are not flat earthers and don't believe that science, space, the moon landings etc are fake.


A lot of them are Bible beating young earthers. Almost just as bad.

[Mark Celibate]

Business owner here. I’ve denied all PTO requests for today and any employee caught looking outside during the eclipse will be fired on the spot.

[z0sa]

So ultimately, where are you watching? Ugh WOAI-TV says head out west to between Uvalde and Del Rio for best chance of clearing while KSAT says that shit ain't happening and will have better odds with small patches of clearing in the hill country. Probably getting fucked with no vaseline either way on this eclipse.

I'm in that area (Uvalde/Del Rio that is). I'll post if I see cloud cover clearing at all within the next hour (assuming you're in SA and can go Texas standard 90MPH west lol). Right now, coverage is 100% with not even a midget's snatch of blue.

[z0sa]

Clouds have actually darkened here (with precipitation). Looks like a bust out west (100ish miles from SA). Hoping it changes obviously

[Blake]

Business owner here. I’ve denied all PTO requests for today and any employee caught looking outside during the eclipse will be fired on the spot.

That's pretty harsh but I get it's tough in this economy.

I let my main house butler take off today for it but I'm having to make my guest house butler pick up that slack. It's the times we live in.

[Ef-man]

A lot of them are Bible beating young earthers. Almost just as bad.

The magas are too worried about the eclipse rapture and today's child sacrifices, tbh.

[TimDunkem]

Kerrvile is mostly cloudly but you can see through the high occasional high cloud with eclipse glasses. Here's hoping it breaks up some more. The whole town pretty packed and everyone is hustling parking passes.

[Xevious]

I live north central near the comal county line... can't see shit. The one time the sun peaked out enough to see, the eclipse glasses weren't even effective. Will have to see what happens when totality hits.

[Blake]

I live north central near the comal county line... can't see shit. The one time the sun peaked out enough to see, the eclipse glasses weren't even effective. Will have to see what happens when totality hits.

Check map, that area might be outside of the eclipse

[Xevious]

Check map, that area might be outside of the eclipse
Supposed to get 2+ minutes of totality.

[TimDunkem]

I got a second of totality here in Kerrville.

Worth it.

[Leetonidas]

Just got dark. Couldn't see shit

[Xevious]

Well aside from being too overcast to see the sun most of the time, that was pretty neat. People in the neighborhood were shooting off fireworks when it got dark.

[ChumpDumper]

Got a lucky break in the clouds. Saw the whole short totality in muh backyard.

[Thread]

Got a lucky break in the clouds. Saw the whole short totality in muh backyard.

...while you was gettin' plowed in same.

[MultiTroll]

Hooters girls and I put the glasses on and caught the partial here in So Cal.

[Thread]

Well aside from being too overcast to see the sun most of the time, that was pretty neat. People in the neighborhood were shooting off fireworks when it got dark.

...dude, sweetheart, X, that was 10 years ago when the neighbors thought you'd rung in Miami and was sellin' your shit.

[Thread]

Hooters girls and I put the glasses on and caught the partial here in So Cal.

I stayed seated herePERIOD

[lefty]

Clear bue sky here, so good eclipse tbh

[Blake]

Cloudy here, looked like 9pm for about 3 minutes. Security lights got triggered

[Robz4000]

Saw some of it before and after but missed all of the totality due to the clouds. Was erie regardless; felt like a really bad storm was about to hit.

[Mark Celibate]

That's pretty harsh but I get it's tough in this economy.

I let my main house butler take off today for it but I'm having to make my guest house butler pick up that slack. It's the times we live in.

You are a better man than me. I make my house butler wear an ankle bracelet so I can triangulate his coordinates at all times, and tell where he is at and at what time by looking at the angle of the shadows from the sun.

The gall of some employees. Glad you were able to find backup. I do think at this rate of declining all my employees' PTO I should be able to buy my third yacht by end of Q2. As far as that one house butler, I'd keep a close eye on him to make sure he stays loyal and doesn't job hop.

[GAustex]

Clouds parted here in N Austin and got a good two mins of total

Lots of glimpses before and after through the clouds

Cool stuff

[baseline bum]

I'm in that area (Uvalde/Del Rio that is). I'll post if I see cloud cover clearing at all within the next hour (assuming you're in SA and can go Texas standard 90MPH west lol). Right now, coverage is 100% with not even a midget's snatch of blue.

I went out towards Uvalde this morning but the situation wasn't improving any so just stopped in Hondo. Even with completely overcast and only a couple of patches where I could actually see the crescent sun (saw it at 95%) it was still an awesome experience for how ridiculously quickly it got dark and stayed there for 3 1/2 minutes and then it was daytime again. 100% worth the trip but can't say I'm not extremely envious of people who actually got to see the corona today.

[baseline bum]

Saw some of it before and after but missed all of the totality due to the clouds. Was erie regardless; felt like a really bad storm was about to hit.

Yeah it really did start feeling like that around 90% with it getting dark and the temperature drop. But then the darkening when it went into totality was so immediate and something so weird to feel.

[Thread]

Here's a real dilly of an eclipse...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ULxjgF58dM

[Blake]

You are a better man than me. I make my house butler wear an ankle bracelet so I can triangulate his coordinates at all times, and tell where he is at and at what time by looking at the angle of the shadows from the sun.

The gall of some employees. Glad you were able to find backup. I do think at this rate of declining all my employees' PTO I should be able to buy my third yacht by end of Q2. As far as that one house butler, I'd keep a close eye on him to make sure he stays loyal and doesn't job hop.

I used to do ankle bracelets but my G700 pilot figured out a way to disengage it. Now I inject all employees with a tracking chip into unknown parts of their bodies. It also sends alerts when their five minute break and 30 minute lunches are done.

[baseline bum]

And of course we get blue sky today after storms making it hot and humid as hell. Always get fucked by San Antonio weather.

[Blake]

And of course we get blue sky today after storms making it hot and humid as hell. Always get fucked by San Antonio weather.

At least me and Darrin can enjoy our pools in late April now

[Thread]

At least me and Darrin can enjoy our pools in late April now

I wish you'd empty your colon, Blake, you're full of shit, ya turd-hound, you.