"One final note: if the weather does not cooperate and you end up being clouded out, don’t feel disappointed. Even at its peak, the darkening effect on the moon will be subtle.
There's going to be a slightly more interesting eclipse this year on Aug 21. I'm driving 10 hours north to Oregon to rendezvous with some friends in Washington to see it. Strangely, it's going to be in the daytime, except for the middle two and a half minutes. I'll have to see why…
you'd have to head to South Carolina on the east coast to catch totality. Seriously, once in your life, get in the shadow of the moon, you'll never forget it. My mom, who I was able to take to Turkey 11 years ago to see one, is insisting on seeing this one.
Weather prospects for SC on an Aug afternoon kind of suck, though.
"One final note: if the weather does not cooperate and you end up being clouded out, don’t feel disappointed. Even at its peak, the darkening effect on the moon will be subtle.
Some might say "underwhelming."
A natural salesman!
Saw it! My pocket 10 X 20's did nicely, in spite of the 60% low broken cloud cover. Slight shadow. No snow.
There's going to be a slightly more interesting eclipse this year on Aug 21. I'm driving 10 hours north to Oregon to rendezvous with some friends in Washington to see it. Strangely, it's going to be in the daytime, except for the middle two and a half minutes. I'll have to see why…
Fine. If the shadow arc comes this way it's likely there won't be too many clouds. WAy more humidity, though.
you'd have to head to South Carolina on the east coast to catch totality. Seriously, once in your life, get in the shadow of the moon, you'll never forget it. My mom, who I was able to take to Turkey 11 years ago to see one, is insisting on seeing this one.
Weather prospects for SC on an Aug afternoon kind of suck, though.
Friday news bits : Maybe Two Job Openings . 1.) https://twitter.com/Bencjacobs/status/83022839727…
2.) http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-ea…
New Indiana Guv. not a complete asshole http://www.reuters.com/video/2017/02/10/indiana-g…
Nice! The asshole was kicked upstairs, though.
Probably need to be a resident.
And a nationalist theocrat. Do you think they'd substitute education for years of experience?
You'd need lots of money and a little Yiddish. Don't let on about the education.
"Candidate should have a strong propensity towards ethnic cleansing."
"The use of 'Occupied' and 'Territories' in the same sentence on the application is grounds for immediate disqualification"
"The use of the passive tense was discouraged"
"Complete this sentence: 'The Pen is Mightier than the – ____Sword ____Kalashnikov ____JDAM ____No it isn't.' "
"Looking for a tough professional who can lie convincingly, take abuse, and love it."
Go for it.
Depending on who's abusing me, I can love it. Of that, I cannot lie.
Hey, the moon looked like a regular one to me!
yeah, full moon. Fucking streetlight in the sky. It's gotta get close to the umbra, if not in it, for anyone to really notice any darkening.
It was raining here, so I missed it. Wait–what did I miss?
not much