I will look if there's something to look at, and I have welding goggles to look through.

But it's predicted to be overcast and rainy here on Monday anyhow, so it probably doesn't matter.

it will be more sunny than cloudy.

Since I'm in the 100% zone, the library and other organizations have been giving out free official viewing glasses provided by the county government. I picked up some for myself.

I'll be watching from my yard, although I could watch from my living room window if I wanted to. But I want to be outdoors to feel the temperature drop during totality.

all three boys, plus the girlfriend of one are coming along.

Did I mention he's a giant nerd? LOL. I am too, but of a slightly different type than he is!

It was awesome. I'm also a giant nerd, though.

IL. So, it should be good and not too far away. We live in Iowa, so a Midwest "easy drive" of about 7 hours.

Check there or the fire department. You might find some in your community! Take care! I’m not sure the weather gods are going to cooperate though.

They’re made by American Paper Optics so I felt confident in their quality. They also had the safety rating displayed. We deal with them for Halloween chromadepth glasses.

Lowe’s also was supposed to have a camera and iPhone filter, but my son said it looked like they were all sold out.

It’s good to know!

I live in Florida

Planning to drive north to near Lake Champlain for total eclipse.

My daughter reminded me of that method. We'll have 95% totality in my town. I have a 1/2" thick piece of smoked glass, so I might take a peek. I am more interested in looking at the shadows cast on tree leaves or other things that will show multiple shadows at the same time. Not original to me, but I hope I can get the effect I want

I gathered them up from various school - all had proper eye wear, but what I found more amazing was the silence and the shadows which were much more awesome than just watching one orb covering the other.

I ordered the cheap things to watch on Amazon. It's 5 pair of those cardboard/plastic glasses. I will give the ones we don't need to my neighbors.

It isn't safe, even though people used to do it. Just google "Is it safe to view an eclipse through smoked glass?" and you'll see the warnings

But here are some ways to view it that I think will appeal to you (along with a warning about smoked glass at the end.) https://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse/how-to-view-eclipse

I'll see if I can get glasses before Monday, or just do the pinprick.

Lots of warnings about buying them off of Amazon. But watching through pinholes or via leaf shadows will be glorious!

We went to a talk by astronomer Dean Regas, retired from the Cincinnati Observatory, and he emphasized that smoked glass is not safe. I used it as a kid so I guess I lucked out.

convinced me I shouldn't Thank you for thinking of me, appreciate it

... morons from elsewhere adding to the less than 20,000 of us living here watching it, and I've always had an aversion to doing what others do.

There are 80,000 campers with reservations to two local ranches. We could go well over 100,000 morons who will gridlock the roads for days, prices in town have gotten rediculous. Houses are renting for $2000/day with a five day minimum. There will be no gas, the restaurants will be unable to resupply, the groceries are closing for Monday. It'll be worse if we get the rain and clouds predicted.

I hate this. For Pete's sake, it's not like there isn't an eclipse somewhere in the US every seven years or so.

This will be hell.

Nope. Partial eclipses are relatively frequent. Total eclipses? Not so much. The last one was in 2017, 7 years ago. The total eclipse prior to that was something like 1979, and passed through Oregon, Washington state, Idaho, Montana, and North Dakota. Prior to that was in March of 1970, visible mainly along the East Coast.

The next total eclipse visible in this country after Monday's will be, not in seven years, not in 14 years but some 21 years from now, in 2045. Okay, there will be a total eclipse in 2044 which will be visible in Montana and North Dakota. Big whoop.

August 12, 2045 (a bit more than 21 years from now) will be the next total solar eclipse that will pass all across the U.S. That one is notable because totality will last around 6 full minutes, compared to a bit over 2 minutes in 2017, and around 4 minutes on Monday. So it's not as though you should be cavalier about missing the eclipse if you can possibly see it, because depending on your age, you may not be around to see the next one. Me? I keep telling people I have plans for my 97th birthday, as I will turn 97 about a week after.

Yeah, there are partial eclipses more often, and I've gotten to see two annular eclipses in recent years (an annular eclipse is one where the moon is too close to the sun to completely block it out, so the sky does not go black, the stars do not come out, although it's still pretty interesting.

2017 was my first total eclipse experience. It made me understand why people who can afford to do so travel around the world to see them.

So if you are not personally that interested, that's you. But don't dismiss the millions of people who will be travelling to see totality because they inconvenience you a bit. Watch the eclipse and appreciate it. And then go into hibernation until 2045.

After your horse (naturally) won at Saratoga?

If so, we might just solve a long-running mystery.

the locals sleep on the dock to await the once-a-day ferry. Now, I hear there’s a bridge.

... total eclipses in any particular location are once in 500 year, there are eclipses about every seven years somewhere on this planet.

I only wish you get the honor of an eclipse in a small town in a rural community in a rural county in the middle of ranch lands.

Is your town set up for a 100,000 person influx? Texas thinks it will have a million person or more increase in population for a week over this. I'd gladly let you have that honor. People here will not be able to get to work, gas stations and stores restock will not be able to get through, campers will be parked on road side and on our streets and on private property, ambulances will not be able to move, the trip to Austin that takes and hour will now take six, the police have told us they triaging calls, appointments will be lost, criminal gangs of thieves and drug dealers will be here (like they do for SXSW in Austin). Why do you think this is such a wonderful thing? Because you don't have to deal with it. It's a pleasure for you that I deal with it, right?

We're lucky enough to be in the totality zone, so all we have to hope for is clear skies. People are flooding our area from all over the country. Gas stations are running out of gas, grocery stores have empty shelves, and don't even think about going out to eat in a restaurant.
It's the craziest thing we've ever seen in this part of small-town Arkansas.

Me and two of my friends will drive to a local very scenic park to see the partial eclipse on Monday!

My plans for seeing totality fell through, so this is what I'm going to do. There will be photos!

They won't be as good as photos of totality, but I'll do what I can.



On edit: Just bought eclipse glasses for the 3 of us today!

I bought a 10-pack of eclipse sunglasses last month.

I'll only get a 70% eclipse, but that's better than nothing.

Odds are a little under 50/50 by the current forecast.

During the ring of fire eclipse in October, we could see the eclipse through the clouds. However, the corona during total eclipse will not be visible through the clouds.

and they initially said we'd be cloudy all day. Fortunately the forecast has now changed to cloudy in the morning and then gradually clearing to mostly sunny. So, fingers crossed for all of us.

A stubborn low from the Pacific has set up. Thousands of scientists have descended on Durango and Coahuila where the eclipse was supposed to last the longest and visibility was supposed to be the best in the world.

…and that’s the best part.

It’s only before and after totality (or the whole time, if you aren’t getting totality locally) that’s dangerous.

If you did put on special glasses during totality, you wouldn’t seem a damned thing. Totality is a way too dim to punch through the protective filters.

Or that if you do use the glasses you won't see a damned thing? Are you an idiot? Do you not understand that looking directly at the sun is Not A Good Idea?

That's why it's called "totality". The moon totally blocks the sun at that point. All you see of the sun is its corona, many orders of magnitude less intense than full sunlight.

I've stared at a total eclipse for many minutes, in crowds of people doing the same. No one ended up injured in the slightest by it.

special glasses.

To be able to appreciate the moon covering the sun during the eclipse, use the glasses.

Otherwise, embrace the eye damage.

You're not looking at the sun at all during totality because it is completely covered over by the moon. The only thing you see is the corona which is completely safe. It's only during the partial phases (which is most of it) that you need the glasses.

We already drove 12 hours just to do so.

That was in August 2017. This one is going to be about 90 percent here. I could watch it 100 percent total if I were willing to drive four hours, but I think I'll just take a peek at it from here. I still have my eclipse glasses from six years ago. I witnessed another one in 1970 in Perry, Florida, but it was overcast then and we could only see it get dark, couldn't see the sun at all. Crickets came out and started chirping, though, and it got quiet, the birds stopped chirping. You could see the daylight on the horizon all around, but it was pitch dark where we were. It was weird. But the one here in 2017, we were able to see it. It was weird, too. Somehow watching the moon move in front of the sun made them both seem closer.

-- Ron

Trust me, if you are ANYWHERE near the path of totality, go.

Do not settle for 95%, 97% or 99.9%. You will need to be in the totality path to see the corona - and it is glorious!

Do not just get to the edge - totality will be very brief there - try to get close to the middle of the path (unless cloud cover is more likely there).

Don't rush out after it is over - you will just get in a traffic jam.

People who have never seen totality have no clue how amazing it is.

It's going to be positively surreal.

I keep wondering if my family is aware this timing is coming. I'm bringing a bunch of extra glasses with me to hand out just in case.

people are camping...it hailed today and was freezing...you have to be really into it to camp in Ohio in early April.

We are going to watch it with neighbors in our driveway…an Ohio thing (we have only been here for 3 years from SW, PA). We have family coming from Pittsburgh. Very excited!

It's suppose to be overcast.

theater, sports, and my kids went to school in Cortland. It is exciting, right about the eclipse? My son-in-law who loves gadgets and tech got us screens for our camera. I am hoping to take pictures.

Supposed to be 99% totality. Will watch it from my back yard.

And, thanks for saying something nice about Ohio. I don’t see that too often.

Except for the Governor and State Legislature. Everything we want is within a few miles. We are 20 minutes from Playhouse Square, which is incredible and like 7 miles from the lake. Beats SW PA a million times!

Terre Haute. I know a very remote fish and wildlife area near the Illinois border. Hopefully it won't be crowded. Packing a blanket, picnic basket and lawn chairs. We have our glasses and hoping for clear sky.

Our son and family will be at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

We're in the totality path and the DiL is bringing the grandson. We're taking him to an event at a local college at which my wife teaches that is offering lunch, bouncy-houses, face painting, "stomp rockets" (whatever that is), and a good view at the football field. He's almost as excited as I.

So yeah, I will see what I can through the predicted cloud cover.

To see it.

I am excited to see it - Indiana.

I want to see it, it would be the greatest totality I've experienced but I think we're gonna have clouds and rain in the metroplex for the first half of week.

157 miles and my husband just had stents put in his cardiac arteries. I think everyone in South and South Central Texas will probably jam up highway 90 to get to Del Rio. Even Eagle Pass has a cloudy dreary forecast. Hill Country also.

However, unless the weather is really bad, you should be able to see the partial eclipse. The sun kept hiding behind clouds last October and we were able to see the entire thing, even when the sun was behind clouds.

Think this is fastest way to the eclipse for anyone from So. New England will find - ME 95N to Newport -> to Greenville....just don't expect reservation availability. Winter camping, no problem..

It's been dark ever since. I guess I must have seen it. I was going to raise my hand but I can't find it in the dark.

I'll take a look at their pics. Lots less driving, expensive equipment, and they get super pics, from airplanes, telescopes and so on.

If it's something that only happens in the moment, where I'm located, (plenty of cool stuff) I'll take it and share it with NASA.

When I was a teacher I cut aluminum pie plates into squares and made a hole with a pin. Tape it inside a box so you can see the tiny dot of light projected onto the inside of the box. You can see the shadow over the tiny dot and your eyes are safe. Even if you just go outside and look at the sunlight going through leaves on a tree and look at the shadows of the leaves on the ground you will see tiny, little crescent moons. It also works with a strainer/colander.

But I was delighted by the leaf effect in 2017

My son bought us all glasses. In 2017 we were heading up through New England on a camping trip and pulled off the road to watch. We made viewers out of cereal boxes.

a clean sheet to project the image on to it.
Actually one part of the paper will have a single pinhole. Then other half will have multiple ones some closer together to simulate the "pinhole effect" of leafed out trees. Our are not, or barely leafing yet.

Since we're at 90% partial I do expect some darkening enough to be noticeable I hope!

🤞So far skies are forecast to be good.

I'll be om my deck. All the TV stations are going nutz over it. Hopefully no clouds but tone never knows.
Actually it's nice to see the TV folks going nutz over something like this rather then having to report on shootings.

Get to the totality--as near center as possible. I have seen two, 1970 in eastern NC and 2017 in east TN.

There's an interesting effect, related to the pinhole viewing. The leaves on trees can make hundreds of little sun projections on the nearby ground. I got a few good photos of the results.

I will take a trip to Amish country that day and if the weather co-operates, I can drive a few miles from there and catch the
total eclipse before I head home.

real patriots don't use protection!

Lucky enough to be right in the path of totality.

Those in the path should not miss this one.

right smack in the center of totality. She has a shop at her farmhouse where they sell Christmas trees, pumpkins, seasonal products and local crafts. Tonight we are etching dozens of glasses with an eclipse silhouette, eclipse magnets, etc. the shop is on a well traveled highway so we might get lots of visitors. Looking forward to the fun!

Good luck!

at the eclipse festival in town, although most of the people celebrating were locals. It’s been a long winter and this was the first outdoor event and a fairly sunny day.
We only met one group of out-of-towners, from Iowa.

I’m curious to see how much it picks up today.

and will only have to step outside to have a great view. Unless it’s cloudy.

the weather forecast for Monday says "cloudy".

in my neck of the woods. Our weather will probably be overcast anyway. I’ll catch it on YouTube.

I had thought there'd be clouds but now it appears those will be less likely and possibly thin.

I'm watching it from my back deck and it will be my first total eclipse! I'm getting excited!

I don't know if I can get to somewhere without clouds, because my husband had two stents put in yesterday.

Del Rio is supposed to be fairly clear, but it's 157 miles on Highway 90. I'm afraid everyone is heading there. The rest of South Texas, up through Kerrville etc is a bust.

I dearly hope you saw it!

I'm not around here all that much any more. I'm so sorry.

I'm neat Marble Falls. It was perfect up until the actual moment of totality when a cloud blocked it at my house. Then it moved its booty off and I had a couple minutes of totality!

Traffic from the Festival (that big 30k one was near me) which let out early yesterday morning made getting out of the are a bit of a nightmare for our visitor's. So, it was probably for the best.

Again, I'm so sorry I missed this!

Thick clouds obstructed most of it.
However, during the last second of totality, the corona suddenly appeared. It was only for a second. I could even see the pink solar flares moving.
I was awestruck.

Then, it was suddenly gone.

Here they kept saying it was going to be full clouds but my one local weather guy said he thought we had a decent shot and I trust him. He was mostly correct. The thin clouds didn't effect it with the glasses, just the thick ones.

The library and various organizations here have been giving out free official viewing glasses provided by the county. They're the ones with cheap paper/cardboard frames and "magic" lenses.

The forecast is for light drizzle Monday morning but clearing by noon. Hope it clears enough to actually see the sun.

Nearly everything will be closed here on Monday - library, schools, several businesses and offices, some grocery stores. Even a nearby 7/11 store will close for half an hour, 15 minutes before and 15 after totality so their employees can go outside to look.

Nor is my new hometown in Ohio, with about 78% cloud cover predicted at the time of totality. I was looking forward to seeing totality right from my own front yard, but the weather isn't turning out to be as lucky for the eclipse as the place where I moved about a year ago.

My current backup plan is to drive about three hours WSW from here, to Wapakoneta, OH, with a much better (but still not great) 42% cloud cover predicted.

the cloud cover will not be bad enough to obscure the eclipse, and that the weather does not revert back to rain.

If we miss the chance for a clear view of the eclipse, there will still be a darkening. Not as satisfying, but beyond our control.

Ironically, the forecast for Sunday is bright and sunny. Too bad that can't be Monday's forecast.

I have magic glasses (Kroger was selling them) but may not need them due to cloud cover

I could drive an hour to see the total eclipse but I'm too lazy

In my front yard, with the handy eclipse glasses. We're supposed to get a good shot at it.

Yes, in the path, got my glasses!

I'm taking the afternoon off from work.

It was around noon and even the snow on the ground turned a dark grey. It was weird.

I do recall a total Lunar eclipse during the winter of 1975 when I was pregnant with my daughter. Awesome.

I live in Washington State now, so I'm out of the path of totality. Funny, the house I sold in Texas when I moved here is now in the path. I guess that its new owners can enjoy the sight. I'm old and I have seen several eclipses in the past, but never totality.

my old 2017 I saved said discard after 12 months so I'm glad I got some new ones.

Weather not looking great so far. Family from the west coast are here and one of my sons says he'll drive to where it's clear if it's going to be cloudy here. I don't know how he might do that. It could take 12 hours driving to get somewhere clear. We'll see.

Never seen a total eclipse and unless I fly to Iceland in 2026 probably won't ever have another chance.

I'm in the path of totality, but the forecast is awful. Who knows if Kerrville would be much better?

From San Antonio: Take the backroads: Been there. Done that.
Get to Kerrville: Where on earth do I park?????? The park hosting an event is going to be really crowded. Parking is $50 minimum all over town. There is another park in Kerrville. I don't mind going there. But what if it's also full. I guess we could pay $50 and maybe get a spot at Gibsons Parking lot and watch it from there.

$1.99. My home is in the path. Weather forecast: Partly sunny. We’ll see.

The town did a great job making it easy to get glasses. They are expecting tons of people in the downtown parks.

to Delaware, Ohio to be in the path of totality. I even got a substitute to do it. Haven't seen an eclipse since I was in grade school about 50 years ago, and I've never seen a total eclipse.

in 2017 in my area. If it’s not cloudy, my husband will likely watch it, but not total here this time around.

I looked at my calendar and I have back to back appointments during the time of the eclipse.
They can't be moved. Oh well, it looks like I'll need to live to be 106 to see the next one.
It's a goal.

I'm subbing a science class tomorrow & skies are supposed to be clear. I'm assuming the kids are going out for the event.
The last time I was at that school, I saw piles of the filtering specs in classrooms. (Other schools, too.)
We're about 300 miles from totality. I'm thinking it will be so-so, but 12-14 year olds have probably never even seen a so-so eclipse.
I saw a total in Shanghai, 2009. I don't know if I'd have cared about a partial but for the kids, I'll participate.

It's gonna be really cool 😎.

Here in East Central Indiana! So lucky to be in the path of totality!

And one of my kids is driving to Burlington, VT!!

…especially shadows of leaves, which end up with a “bite” out of one edge.

Everyone else, wear the coreect lenses, and have a good time.

I’m not directly in the path of the 100% eclipse but I should get about a 75% viewing.

But snow has made the road to my old home place in the Maine mountains inaccessible, so am trying to decide if I’m going to snowshoe in today or try to drive to totality tomorrow.

Of course we're gonna watch.

It's still a tossup which is the best place to try to get to. Watching the weather forecasts and worrying what traffic will be like.

I'm thinking we will get started extremely early in the morning, and try to get as close as possible to the center of totality.

Have glasses, various filters to use over phones, and good binoculars to use during totality.

or mask one with tape to have only a small bit of mirror exposed and shine the reflection onto a nearby shaded wall or into a darkish room through a window. A mirror with a handle works great because you can stick it into something like sand to steady it. I've used a 3" x 4" hand-mirror to project an eclipse onto the side of a building 200 yds. away.

Usually the low light in the morning and evening triggers fish to bite.

We weren't allowed to look up directly up at it, of course, but we watched it indirectly. Pretty wild.