Jane_Doe Posted August 18, 2017 Report Share Posted August 18, 2017 (edited) What are you doing for the eclipse? I'm going camping up in the totality line with the in-laws. "Camping" being defined as hanging out in the portable apartment (aka RV), wi-fi and cable included Edited August 18, 2017 by Jane_Doe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vort Posted August 18, 2017 Report Share Posted August 18, 2017 My plan is to get up Monday morning and go to work. Then, if I remember, I'll go outside to watch the eclipse. If it's cloudy, I'll mutter "Bummer" and go back in and get to work. If it's clear, I'll silently curse at myself for not getting polarized glasses, then remind myself that it's only a partial eclipse anyway, so no biggie. Then I'll go back in and get to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted August 18, 2017 Report Share Posted August 18, 2017 I am going to stay well away from the busy street in front of my work so that I won't get hit by drivers trying to look at the sky while they drive in the dark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MormonGator Posted August 18, 2017 Report Share Posted August 18, 2017 Nothing. I just don't care about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeuroTypical Posted August 18, 2017 Report Share Posted August 18, 2017 (edited) Ya bunch of wet blankets. I'll be playing the music at my work, displaying music videos on a projector. Got a time-specific playlist with pre max, max, and receding songs. Our hope is the music will bring people to the cafeteria, and folks with the safe glasses will share with those lacking, and our workforce won't go blind squinting up at the 89% eclipse. Edited August 18, 2017 by NeuroTypical seashmore and Backroads 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snigmorder Posted August 18, 2017 Report Share Posted August 18, 2017 NeuroTypical, Mike, Backroads and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prisonchaplain Posted August 18, 2017 Report Share Posted August 18, 2017 It's not that I don't care--just that I'm working that evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vort Posted August 18, 2017 Report Share Posted August 18, 2017 (edited) 3 minutes ago, prisonchaplain said: It's not that I don't care--just that I'm working that evening. It's at like 3:00 pm, PC. Edited August 18, 2017 by Vort Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prisonchaplain Posted August 18, 2017 Report Share Posted August 18, 2017 5 minutes ago, Vort said: It's at like 3:00 pm, PC. I work 12pm to 8:30pm that day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeuroTypical Posted August 18, 2017 Report Share Posted August 18, 2017 Best site I've seen so far, to figure out what's happening in your specific location: https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/ seashmore 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backroads Posted August 18, 2017 Report Share Posted August 18, 2017 I am taking my kids to a water park. Because. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my two cents Posted August 19, 2017 Report Share Posted August 19, 2017 Drove to an area in the path of totality. Will spend a few days checking out the sites and will also find a Krispy Kreme for a special 'eclipsed' donut. You only live once! NeuroTypical 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a mustard seed Posted August 19, 2017 Report Share Posted August 19, 2017 Celebrating my birthday! At home, though because I live in Rexburg. :/ Backroads and seashmore 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted August 19, 2017 Report Share Posted August 19, 2017 I didn't realize that here in Salt Lake City it's going to be almost a total looking at the website that NT posted. And of course you can't find solar eclipse glasses anywhere around. Well amazon has them for almost $100 bucks now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightSG Posted August 19, 2017 Report Share Posted August 19, 2017 2 hours ago, pam said: I didn't realize that here in Salt Lake City it's going to be almost a total looking at the website that NT posted. And of course you can't find solar eclipse glasses anywhere around. Well amazon has them for almost $100 bucks now. Welding lens, shade 14, or stack a 5 and a 10. Try Tractor Supply, steel supply houses, etc. Lens-based projection viewer: http://richardsont.people.cofc.edu/safe_solar_folder/index.html Pinhole based projection viewer: http://time.com/4903137/solar-eclipse-viewer-how-make/ Backroads 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seashmore Posted August 19, 2017 Report Share Posted August 19, 2017 Even with the glasses (ISO rating 12312-2) or welders mask (shade 14), do not look directly at the eclipse for more than a moment or two. Solar retinopathy is irreversible; don't risk a lifetime of having a permanent black spot in your vision for a few minutes of seeing something cool. Something you could have seen on the tv, or NASAs live Facebook event. My preparations have included sounding like a broken record as I say, "No, I'm sorry, we don't have any." The day of, I'll either be eating lunch or staring at the sunset through the north windows of our optical sales floor. Very grateful I'll be at check out because that means I won't have to answer as many calls about people concerned with blindness because they stared directly at the sun while it was not completely covered by the moon. (I work front desk at an optometrist's office 40 miles from totality.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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