Thats it? VERY DISAPPOINTED! I have encountered more darkness during severe thunderstorms.

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It was schadenfreudelicious.

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It was amazing in Charleston. I didn't even notice crickets or planets or stars or snake shadows but totality was incredible. One thing I did notice was everyone in the park cheering when the sun came back after totality. Like a sigh of relief.

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Anonymous wrote:It was schadenfreudelicious.

If you said it loud enough, you'll surely sound atrocious.

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Awful just awful

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Bummer thread.

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Anonymous wrote:Capital Weather Gang got a pretty cool pic:

Why did I not see that?

Where the heck was that? It was bright all day today but not that dark and beautiful

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It's a filter.

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That's why people made an effort to get to the path of totality. It gets pitch black and the stars come out, and animals get a little concerned.

I would have traveled if I could. The kids and I just went out to observe with our glasses and I explained that the sun is so powerful, even covered at more than 80%, it's practically broad daylight.

I don't think it got pitch black. I haven't seen that online.

It did NOT get pitch black. I know people in the path of totality. They were not going crazy over what they saw - they expected more for making the trip (paying for airline tickets, etc.)

We were in the path of totality and while it wasn't pitch black, it was very, very dark. The temperature dropped about 10 degrees and it was darker than twilight, for almost two full minutes. It was truly incredible. We met people who came here from Europe who said they'd never seen anything like it. We feel so lucky we got to experience it.

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Anonymous wrote:The sun was behind clouds at 2:42. My pinhole projector was working at 2:00, but showed nothing at the big moment. This was 90% hype and 10% actually something to look at in my neighborhood. My poor dd is very, very disappointed.

Umm, you weren't in the path of totality. Of course you're not going to get the actual effect of a total eclipse.

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Anonymous wrote:How many people here saw the eclipse IRL, in real time, per above?

:crickets:

I did. Wyoming. Unbelievable.

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That's why people made an effort to get to the path of totality. It gets pitch black and the stars come out, and animals get a little concerned.

I would have traveled if I could. The kids and I just went out to observe with our glasses and I explained that the sun is so powerful, even covered at more than 80%, it's practically broad daylight.

I don't think it got pitch black. I haven't seen that online.

It gets dark as night.

Where?

Different poster.

We were in the path of totality. The sky got very dark, dark enough to see s few stars/planets. Night time bugs started chirping and birds went wild right before and right after. They seemed confused.

Streetlights, store signs, etc all came on. It got breezy and noticeably cooler.

The sun looked just like the picture Fox had on its website. It went all black first then had a huge black center with and very narrow, almost white rim. When the son started showingagain, it came back with a bright narrow flash on one side almost like a starburst. We put our glasses back on then.

It was definitely dark, similar to what it looks like when a very dark thunderstorm suddenly rolls in, so you could still see everyone. The sky though was dark for sure, like the very tail end of twilight.

It was very awe inspiring and worth the time going to see it.

This is a perfect description of what we experienced too. We deliberately went way out in the country so we could experience it without crowds and it was jaw-dropping. Even my husband, who is never easily impressed, was completely awestruck. We were imagining what ancient people must have experienced when day turned to night with no explanation. Must have been incredibly frightening.

The 100% totality experience was completely worth traveling for.

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Anonymous wrote:That line the newscasters have been drawing for days on the U.S. map between Salem, Oregon and Charleston, SC?

You had to be along that line to get the full effect of the eclipse.

DC only got a partial eclipse as a result. Still, it's kinda cool.

+1
Sounds like there are some not-so-bright posters here, who actually weren't aware of this.

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Anonymous wrote:These NOVA nothing special happened posters make me glad I live in DC where everyone I know was thrilled to have the chance to see it.

Or they were lucky enough to not have cloud coverage at the time?

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Anonymous wrote:These NOVA nothing special happened posters make me glad I live in DC where everyone I know was thrilled to have the chance to see it.

I'm a pp who took exception to the "nothing special" posters too. I'm in NOVA, watched the eclipse with a whole neighborhood full of awed viewers and have seen loads of socia media postings by NOVA friends and acquaintances who took time off of work to appreciate the eclipse with friends and families. Everyone I know was thrilled to have the chance to see it, and I can guarantee you that there are people in DC who didn't give a damn, so let's not turn this into some ridiculous turf dispute.

Let's also not turn it into a dispute about people being jaded vs not. The "nothing special" posters (myself included) were people who were unfortunate enough to be in a cloudy area at the time. Those who were thrilled to see it didn't have the misfortune of having cloud coverage at the peak. Believe me all of you who thought it was pretty neat would not have had the same reaction if you had seen it from my neighborhood.

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Anonymous wrote:Was the weather that vastly different around NoVa?From 1:15-2:30 in Vienna we only had cloud cover for a few minutes. It was clear right at the 80% mark. Then the skies open dup a shitstorm of rain and thunder around 3. It was awesome.

I have tons of pictures through the hour to show the sun was in fact out...

Apparently it was. Where I was, there was actually rain drizzle and thunder right at 2:45.