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Wednesday, February 21. 2024

Total eclipse, April 8

It will pass thru Dallas, Paducah, Buffalo, and other places.


Somebody told me they were holding an Eclipse barbecue at the Buffalo airport. If I were nearby, I'd go.


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Eclipse: I'd say Waxahachie, TX is a good site for driving to the eclipse.
#1 Ming O'Mongo on 2024-02-21 15:49 (Reply)
I decided NOT to join the tens (maybe hundreds) of thousands flocking to Kerrville, Texas, for 4 minutes of totality. Instead, my wife and I will lounge poolside at home in San Antonio with my special Eclipse Pizza and some tall, cool umbrella drinks.
#2 Mike Anderson (Link) on 2024-02-21 16:56 (Reply)
No need for me to go anywhere. I will step outside and experience 3+ minutes of totality.
#3 Basil on 2024-02-21 18:41 (Reply)
Yep, me too.

One thing that hadn't occurred to me until I saw it mentioned in a comment somewhere was that total eclipses cause severe traffic jams even in very remote areas! So if you're in the path of totality, make sure you are stocked up with all you need--or don't plan to get anywhere in a hurry that day.
#3.1 T Migratorious on 2024-02-22 07:59 (Reply)
That's pretty weird - we just had one here a few months ago, I know a young lady that drove to Utopia to view it and party. That was, what, less than 6 months ago ! I don't remember ever having 2 total solar eclipses, together so close in time, affecting the same geographical areas.
#4 Aggie on 2024-02-21 22:53 (Reply)
You are probably thinking of the annular eclipse last October. that's just a partial eclipse and far less spectacular than a total eclipse, or so I'm told.

We saw that one as well.
#4.1 T Migratorious on 2024-02-22 08:01 (Reply)
Aha

https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/new-nasa-map-details-2023-and-2024-solar-eclipses-in-the-us/

'X' marks the spot
#5 Aggie on 2024-02-21 22:54 (Reply)
I'm in Far West San Antonio, and we get just over 2 minutes of totality - weather permitting. We also got to see the annular eclipse last fall, and the clouds moved in just as it got good, and cleared out after the point of annularity. I have just a couple of good pix of the annular eclipse through the clouds.

There are, generally speaking, two solar eclipses and two lunar eclipses each year. Solar eclipses feel rare, because they're only visible for limited areas, while lunar eclipses happen on the Moon, and the entire night half of the globe can see them.
#6 Ken Mitchell on 2024-02-21 23:57 (Reply)
I live in Sydney, Australia
I've got this eclipse to look forward to in 2028

Global Event: Total Solar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Solar Eclipse in Sydney, New South Wales
Begins: Sat, 22 Jul 2028 at 12:40 pm
Maximum: Sat, 22 Jul 2028 at 2:01 pm 1.024 Magnitude
Ends: Sat, 22 Jul 2028 at 3:14 pm
Duration: 2 hours, 34 minutes
Totality: 3 minutes, 49 seconds
#7 Tom Appleton on 2024-02-22 09:03 (Reply)
I can't tell from the map if my town is just on the edge of it or if we'll see more than just a partial.
#8 RebeccaH on 2024-02-22 09:42 (Reply)
It's worth a morning drive to see. Also, most of the online maps can be expanded for detail.
#8.1 Ming O'Mongo on 2024-02-22 15:34 (Reply)
It's worth a morning drive to see.

Yes.

I was 30 miles from the total eclipse in 2019, I think.

Anyway, my wife insisted the 98% eclipse at our house was good enough, so I missed my once in a lifetime chance to see a total eclipse.

It really sucks to be married.
#8.1.1 feeblemind on 2024-02-25 12:57 (Reply)

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