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During totality - It was dark.
Aug 29, 2017 07:35:22 #
tainkc wrote:
Thanks, Sylvia. I too, hope that they remember this. Especially the adults; they were doing their fair share of drinking.
Aug 29, 2017 08:07:22 #
Whuff wrote:
It was just the opposite for us, Walt. There was severe weather all around us. As a matter of fact, I drove through very heavy rains for about half an hour on my way to pick up my future son in law and the grandkids. We thought we were in for great disappointment, but the rains had stopped while on the way up to my friends house in Excelsior Springs. The clouds started to thin out some, but still gloomy. Was the eclipse visible in KC during totality? We watched from Wallace state park near Cameron and the clouds obscured it just prior to totality. It did get dark though and we saw the same horizon light.
Walt
Walt
When the event started, it was overcast with areas of thinning clouds to no clouds at all. All of a sudden, the cloud cover gave way just at the right time. Go figure. Just to our west, there is a town named, "Smithville" where people from all over the world had gathered for the event. They got nailed by some of that severe weather and simply packed it up. How sad. I don't know if Smithville is even 20 miles west of our location. Again, go figure.
Meanwhile, back at my home, it was pretty much the same scenario. My wife and neighbors were able to observe the eclipse in our cul de sac having only some high, wispy clouds while just 5 miles away to the southwest, it was rainy. The reason I did not stay at home is because the eclipse would only be of 99% coverage. I wanted that corona!
Uh, oh! We thought we were in big trouble.
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And then...
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The clouds parted.
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The totality was absolutely clear!
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The last good shot before...
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The clouds came back.
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Aug 29, 2017 12:48:55 #
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Aug 29, 2017 16:15:11 #
Apparently it didn't get quite that dark where I was on the Foothills Parkway between Townsend and Maryville, TN. Here's a short video that shows how quickly it got dark from about 25 seconds before totality. It got light even faster - almost like someone flipped a switch!
Aug 29, 2017 20:14:29 #
robertjerl wrote:
That reminds me. I was flying my drone in my front yard and the battery crapped at about 400ft. Fortunately, it does not just suddenly up and dies. It beeps at the transmitter and then uses the remaining battery life in the drone to at least keep the blades spinning somewhat. I was afraid it was going to land in a tree. I got lucky.Drone strike inbound on your place!
Aug 29, 2017 20:16:43 #
LundyD43 wrote:
That was pretty neat, but I was actually expecting something a little more dramatic. I guess I was expecting the screen to go black. Lol.Apparently it didn't get quite that dark where I was on the Foothills Parkway between Townsend and Maryville, TN. Here's a short video that shows how quickly it got dark from about 25 seconds before totality. It got light even faster - almost like someone flipped a switch!
Aug 29, 2017 23:25:21 #
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