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skippercollector

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82. we needed the eclipse

Tue Aug 22, 2017, 09:30 PM

Aug 2017

I think Americans didn't just WANT to see the eclipse, we NEEDED to see it. It was the first time in months, maybe years, that we ALL had something positive to experience. Something that had NOTHING WHATSOEVER to do with any other topic that we've heard about ad nauseum.

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We just watched the eclipse....total...nashville, tn [View all] spanone Aug 2017 OP

Still very sunny here in New York Rhiannon12866 Aug 2017 #1

darn....wish you could see the way the darkness creeps up on you spanone Aug 2017 #2

I'm alternating going outside and watching the TV Rhiannon12866 Aug 2017 #9

Not so leftynyc Aug 2017 #31

Well, I'm in the Northeast, not near the City Rhiannon12866 Aug 2017 #39

We used those leftynyc Aug 2017 #50

That sounds like a lot of fun! Rhiannon12866 Aug 2017 #54

It was like a party leftynyc Aug 2017 #76

It sounds like a party! On my street, I didn't see a soul - and I do have neighbors here, LOL. Rhiannon12866 Aug 2017 #77

My sister did like you did leftynyc Aug 2017 #79

Wasn't that just great?! Lars39 Aug 2017 #3

amazing! worth the 99 year wait! 😎 spanone Aug 2017 #4

Lol absolutely Lars39 Aug 2017 #10

Lucky you bro malaise Aug 2017 #5

it was beautiful...strange the way the sun 'dimmed' spanone Aug 2017 #11

My back deck was a series of little slivers of light madokie Aug 2017 #6

it got really, really quiet here....then cicadas started up.... spanone Aug 2017 #7

We weren't that dark here though madokie Aug 2017 #19

i'm with you on the orange one....66 here and hate hating....but i can't help it with this asshole. spanone Aug 2017 #21

NPR said that a cloud came over in Nashville just at totality. Not true? nt LAS14 Aug 2017 #8

It did here in No VA. We were in the 80% area. n/t FSogol Aug 2017 #14

no it was spotty cloud cover.....we had none. clear as a bell. spanone Aug 2017 #15

It did a little north of there. Lars39 Aug 2017 #16

We had the opposite in Liberty, MO.... cbdo2007 Aug 2017 #56

Wo! Talk about a lucky day!!! LAS14 Aug 2017 #58

It was a bright day with fluffy clouds here and there in the sky, Tanuki Aug 2017 #78

We only had 67% coverage. Just dimmed like a cloud cover. BUT the crickets came out!!! nt LAS14 Aug 2017 #12

Crickets here in St. Louis went crazy! Moostache Aug 2017 #17

Lucky you. Saw it on television - it was beautiful. SharonClark Aug 2017 #13

We had 80% here in the Detroit area-didn't look due to no glasses maryellen99 Aug 2017 #18

Detroit is real close for the next one in 2024 sweetloukillbot Aug 2017 #20

It's between Toledo and Cleveland...I'm going to try and go nt maryellen99 Aug 2017 #25

I'm thinking Austin will be a nice vacation myself sweetloukillbot Aug 2017 #30

Your in Nashville? Pachamama Aug 2017 #22

great town...outgrowing itself right now....building/growing at an insane rate. spanone Aug 2017 #24

98% where I am. It was fantastic. cwydro Aug 2017 #23

97% here in suburban ATL. Dulcinea Aug 2017 #26

Went out for 1.5 hour walk during eclipse in Atl. The only time I really noticed anything in Hoyt Aug 2017 #36

We're not far from you! Saw it in Madisonville. unblock Aug 2017 #27

I'm so jealous wryter2000 Aug 2017 #28

I'm jealous! Solly Mack Aug 2017 #29

what was strange was when the eclipse was total...you couldn't see it through the glasses spanone Aug 2017 #32

Sounds cool! All we got was a crescent but I got to see it. Solly Mack Aug 2017 #38

Partial in New Hampshire matt819 Aug 2017 #33

I'm just north of you in Franklin, KY liberaltrucker Aug 2017 #34

AHHHHH - Nashville TN - 1986 - cross country road trip from Mass. with guy who is my asiliveandbreathe Aug 2017 #35

Hi, Neighbor! Just down the road a ways between Fairview & Burns, but we didn't have 100%. southerncrone Aug 2017 #37

Hello! 'twas gorgeous! spanone Aug 2017 #44

Yep, MBSP is one of our treasures! southerncrone Aug 2017 #48

I'll gladly take both!!! thanks spanone Aug 2017 #49

In the SF Bay Area, we're blanketed by fog and grey skies ailsagirl Aug 2017 #40

Only 60%, but it was still really cool LeftInTX Aug 2017 #41

those shadows were really strange looking, weren't they? spanone Aug 2017 #45

They're cool! LeftInTX Aug 2017 #47

Great pic dalton99a Aug 2017 #68

My shadows, similar to yours, from Central Virginia: phylny Aug 2017 #75

The shadows before and after were spectacular... hunter Aug 2017 #85

Not much to see here in western SD. BHDem53 Aug 2017 #42

Sweet! ismnotwasm Aug 2017 #43

Central FL - 85-88% coverage Roland99 Aug 2017 #46

I saw Nashville eclipse on TV. Awesome. nt Honeycombe8 Aug 2017 #51

It was amazing XRubicon Aug 2017 #52

Im in an almost total eclipse area, maybe Ilsa Aug 2017 #53

we were at 92%..went to the top of a mountain..was awesome! samnsara Aug 2017 #55

I'm jealous. We only got 76% darkness here in California. Still so amazingly beautiful... iluvtennis Aug 2017 #57

How did the crickets know to chirp when it was only as dark as a cloud cover???? LAS14 Aug 2017 #59

You're just trying to boast now... Blue_Tires Aug 2017 #60

hahahaaa... busted!!!! spanone Aug 2017 #61

stared out my office window for a half hour and saw nothing Blue_Tires Aug 2017 #62

it was just like night, but the horizon was still blue, if that makes any sense spanone Aug 2017 #63

Total here in the Smokies! It was spectacular and everyone mtngirl47 Aug 2017 #64

I was in the smokies too .. the crickets started chirping when it got dark .. Le Gaucher Aug 2017 #73

What was the corona like? LeftInTX Aug 2017 #65

you couldn't see it with the glasses...they were too dark spanone Aug 2017 #69

Bland. Not much flavor, but the lime wedge helps... Thor_MN Aug 2017 #70

At totality in mid-Missouri hatrack Aug 2017 #66

We were in Millersburg, MO (between Columbia & Fulton) - it was totally amazing! bullwinkle428 Aug 2017 #72

Here in Independence, MO., and had perfect viewing. Joe Fields Aug 2017 #67

My cats slept through it - we only got 34% and it was cloudy. raven mad Aug 2017 #71

We drove 300 miles for totality pokerfan Aug 2017 #74

Same driving experience... Adrahil Aug 2017 #81

That's a great description of what we also experienced! CottonBear Aug 2017 #87

I was near ypu yesterday. It was incredible. Adrahil Aug 2017 #80

we needed the eclipse skippercollector Aug 2017 #82

We just returned to California from Oregon. Clear skies and awesome. hunter Aug 2017 #83

same as here! we just stepped out onto the deck....😊 spanone Aug 2017 #84

We braved the traffic. hunter Aug 2017 #88

My son & I journeyed to the 100% zone/totality in Northeast Georgia! CottonBear Aug 2017 #86

First time in my life I flew to an airport as my actual destination Silent3 Aug 2017 #89