(04-08-2024, 04:45 PM)jagibelieve Wrote: One big annoyance to me is how the local media hyped this eclipse so much.

Are your pets safe?

Were you OK driving?

Etc., etc., etc.

I came up from doing some service on one of my tractors earlier and mentioned to my wife that "the eclipse is happening now".  She responded that she forgot that it was happening today.  She just assumed that somebody nearby must be burning something since the sunlight was kind of dimmed.

Living in Texas was an advantage for a change.  It was way cool seeing damn close to a total eclipse.  I'm glad I went out of my way to watch it.  We were only 30ish miles away from being in total darkness, but I was quite pleased with my viewing spot up on the turnaround on the hill next to our 14th green.

On a related note...I was getting tired of the phrase 'path of totality'.

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