Solar eclipse?

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Anonymous wrote:We are nowhere near the path of totality. It won't even be noticeable here. Good grief.

You are a moron. We are actually getting about 80% of the sun blocked, which means if you look at the sun it won’t hurt. And yes it will get somewhat dimmer for a couple of minutes.

Speaking of morons... it will look NOTHING like it will in the path of totality. Do you know anything about solar eclipses?

During a total eclipse, the sky darkens suddenly and dramatically. The temperature drops. Stars come out. Beautiful colors appear around the horizon. And the once-familiar sun becomes a black void in the sky surrounded by the glowing corona — that's the ghostly white ring that is the sun's atmosphere.

"It seems supernatural," says Espenak. "It is so far beyond the scope of normal, everyday existence that it seems dream-like or hallucinogenic."

A partial solar eclipse offers none of that magic, according to Rick Fienberg, the project manager for the American Astronomical Society's solar eclipse task force.

"Even at 99%, it gets no more dark than on a sort of typical overcast day," says Fienberg. "You can have a 75% or 80% partial solar eclipse, and if you didn't know it was happening, you might not notice because the environment changes so little."

https://www.npr.org/2024/03/08/1236617960/2024-april-8-total-solar-eclipse-vs-partial-get-to-path-of-totality

Did you even read my response? It has nothing to do with totality. Yes I know we are not in the path of totality. But we are going to be experiencing about 80% coverage of the sun. A partial solar eclipse is incredibly dangerous to look at. For you to say it won’t be noticeable is just plain ignorant. An 80% coverage of the sun will be noticeable. The sun will look like a waning moon. We saw it last in 2017. We had our eclipse glasses even though we weren’t in the path of totality.

So my connect stands. You are an idiot. Schools are not going to be able to make sure every kid doesn’t look at the sun at that time.

Not only are you a truly unpleasant person, you're also confusing posters. I'm the PP and not the person who asked if schools would be making sure kids don't look at the sun. I was merely pointing out that an 80% "eclipse" will be nothing like a total eclipse. Which it won't. But do go on.

No I’m not confusing posters. You for some reason felt the need to “school me” with copied information from a website about a total solar eclipse. No one on this thread ever said we were getting a total solar eclipse here in VA. It’s been said partial caliper multiple times. A partial eclipse with 80% coverage is still fun to look at with proper eyewear and there will be a noticeable difference in the size of the sun as it disappears.

Do you think teachers are equipped to make sure each child won’t look at the sun out of curiosity if they are outside? I don’t.

Do you typically fret about things to such an extent? Wow.

Yes, I do worry about stupid posters who don’t understand what a partial solar eclipse is and says “there’s nothing to see.” Your poor kids!

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Only in FCPS would there be a multi-page thread about a solar eclipse including a poster who has already made plans to sign out her kids early three weeks from now. You can’t make this stuff up. Waiting now for someone to blame the teachers and COVID on the eclipse.

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Anonymous wrote:Only in FCPS would there be a multi-page thread about a solar eclipse including a poster who has already made plans to sign out her kids early three weeks from now. You can’t make this stuff up. Waiting now for someone to blame the teachers and COVID on the eclipse.

? That doesn’t make sense to “blame teachers on the eclipse”

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Anonymous wrote:Lord woman, how have you made it this far in life?

Not PP but please shut it....Texas schools closed. There can be safety concerns.

Texas is getting full coverage. We're getting partial. So you shut it.

This. Texas closed schools in the path of totality so the kids can watch. Also, the counties in the path of totality declared a state of emergency because of all the people coming to view the eclipse - Texas is expected to have the best and longest view. They didn't close schools for the partial eclipse back in October and schools outside totality aren't closed.

Schools are closing because millions and millions of people are driving to the path of totality and traffic is going to be insane all along totality.

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Anonymous wrote:Lord woman, how have you made it this far in life?

Not PP but please shut it....Texas schools closed. There can be safety concerns.

Texas is getting full coverage. We're getting partial. So you shut it.

This. Texas closed schools in the path of totality so the kids can watch. Also, the counties in the path of totality declared a state of emergency because of all the people coming to view the eclipse - Texas is expected to have the best and longest view. They didn't close schools for the partial eclipse back in October and schools outside totality aren't closed.

Schools are closing because millions and millions of people are driving to the path of totality and traffic is going to be insane all along totality.

I think they are also closing so the kids can view it.

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Lucky kids in Texas!!!

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Anonymous wrote:We are nowhere near the path of totality. It won't even be noticeable here. Good grief.

You are a moron. We are actually getting about 80% of the sun blocked, which means if you look at the sun it won’t hurt. And yes it will get somewhat dimmer for a couple of minutes.

Speaking of morons... it will look NOTHING like it will in the path of totality. Do you know anything about solar eclipses?

During a total eclipse, the sky darkens suddenly and dramatically. The temperature drops. Stars come out. Beautiful colors appear around the horizon. And the once-familiar sun becomes a black void in the sky surrounded by the glowing corona — that's the ghostly white ring that is the sun's atmosphere.

"It seems supernatural," says Espenak. "It is so far beyond the scope of normal, everyday existence that it seems dream-like or hallucinogenic."

A partial solar eclipse offers none of that magic, according to Rick Fienberg, the project manager for the American Astronomical Society's solar eclipse task force.

"Even at 99%, it gets no more dark than on a sort of typical overcast day," says Fienberg. "You can have a 75% or 80% partial solar eclipse, and if you didn't know it was happening, you might not notice because the environment changes so little."

https://www.npr.org/2024/03/08/1236617960/2024-april-8-total-solar-eclipse-vs-partial-get-to-path-of-totality

Did you even read my response? It has nothing to do with totality. Yes I know we are not in the path of totality. But we are going to be experiencing about 80% coverage of the sun. A partial solar eclipse is incredibly dangerous to look at. For you to say it won’t be noticeable is just plain ignorant. An 80% coverage of the sun will be noticeable. The sun will look like a waning moon. We saw it last in 2017. We had our eclipse glasses even though we weren’t in the path of totality.

So my connect stands. You are an idiot. Schools are not going to be able to make sure every kid doesn’t look at the sun at that time.

Not only are you a truly unpleasant person, you're also confusing posters. I'm the PP and not the person who asked if schools would be making sure kids don't look at the sun. I was merely pointing out that an 80% "eclipse" will be nothing like a total eclipse. Which it won't. But do go on.

No I’m not confusing posters. You for some reason felt the need to “school me” with copied information from a website about a total solar eclipse. No one on this thread ever said we were getting a total solar eclipse here in VA. It’s been said partial caliper multiple times. A partial eclipse with 80% coverage is still fun to look at with proper eyewear and there will be a noticeable difference in the size of the sun as it disappears.

Do you think teachers are equipped to make sure each child won’t look at the sun out of curiosity if they are outside? I don’t.

Do you typically fret about things to such an extent? Wow.

Yes, I do worry about stupid posters who don’t understand what a partial solar eclipse is and says “there’s nothing to see.” Your poor kids!

DP. Actually - YOUR poor kids, being micromanaged to such an extent. A normal parent would simply send their kid to school with eclipse glasses, warning them to wear them while looking at the sun, and then wishing them a fun day. I’d hate to see your overreaction to something that was actually serious!

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Anonymous wrote:Only in FCPS would there be a multi-page thread about a solar eclipse including a poster who has already made plans to sign out her kids early three weeks from now. You can’t make this stuff up. Waiting now for someone to blame the teachers and COVID on the eclipse.

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It’s just one really neurotic poster.

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Anonymous wrote:Lord woman, how have you made it this far in life?

Not PP but please shut it....Texas schools closed. There can be safety concerns.

I can’t imagine what kind of safety concerns. What are the concerns?

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Anonymous wrote:We are nowhere near the path of totality. It won't even be noticeable here. Good grief.

You are a moron. We are actually getting about 80% of the sun blocked, which means if you look at the sun it won’t hurt. And yes it will get somewhat dimmer for a couple of minutes.

Speaking of morons... it will look NOTHING like it will in the path of totality. Do you know anything about solar eclipses?

During a total eclipse, the sky darkens suddenly and dramatically. The temperature drops. Stars come out. Beautiful colors appear around the horizon. And the once-familiar sun becomes a black void in the sky surrounded by the glowing corona — that's the ghostly white ring that is the sun's atmosphere.

"It seems supernatural," says Espenak. "It is so far beyond the scope of normal, everyday existence that it seems dream-like or hallucinogenic."

A partial solar eclipse offers none of that magic, according to Rick Fienberg, the project manager for the American Astronomical Society's solar eclipse task force.

"Even at 99%, it gets no more dark than on a sort of typical overcast day," says Fienberg. "You can have a 75% or 80% partial solar eclipse, and if you didn't know it was happening, you might not notice because the environment changes so little."

https://www.npr.org/2024/03/08/1236617960/2024-april-8-total-solar-eclipse-vs-partial-get-to-path-of-totality

Where in my post did I say it would look like a total eclipse? I said about 80% of the sun would be blocked so if you look at it then, it wouldn’t hurt. That can be incredibly dangerous for your eyesight and I don’t trust schools to handle it.

So to the PP who explained totality to me when I never even said anything about that, I guess the cat has got your tongue now?

Looking at a partial eclipse without proper eye wars is dangerous.

Then the obvious answer seems to be... get the proper eyewear. Is this really so difficult for you?

We have the proper eyewear. But schools can’t man everyone and make sure they are using it properly. That’s why we are pulling them out.

But there’s literally nothing to see here. It will look pretty much like any other day. Do your kids routinely look at the sun?

This isn’t true. We will have 80 percent or so darkness. It’s going to be very cool here too!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Lord woman, how have you made it this far in life?

Not PP but please shut it....Texas schools closed. There can be safety concerns.

I can’t imagine what kind of safety concerns. What are the concerns?

NP. Permanent damage to your eyes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Lord woman, how have you made it this far in life?

Not PP but please shut it....Texas schools closed. There can be safety concerns.

I can’t imagine what kind of safety concerns. What are the concerns?

NP. Permanent damage to your eyes.

I went to a poor elementary in the 80s. We went outside for a partial eclipse and used that hole in the paper setup to see the moon. The teachers told us not to stare at the sun and *gasp* no one in my school had the sun burned into their retina. You parents worry so much about foolishness that I wouldn't be surprised if the teachers left students in the gymnasium because of "partial eclipse liability."

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Keep schools open!!!!?
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This kid said dhe won’t go to college if they closed down!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Lord woman, how have you made it this far in life?

Not PP but please shut it....Texas schools closed. There can be safety concerns.

I can’t imagine what kind of safety concerns. What are the concerns?

NP. Permanent damage to your eyes.

I went to a poor elementary in the 80s. We went outside for a partial eclipse and used that hole in the paper setup to see the moon. The teachers told us not to stare at the sun and *gasp* no one in my school had the sun burned into their retina. You parents worry so much about foolishness that I wouldn't be surprised if the teachers left students in the gymnasium because of "partial eclipse liability."

That was back when kids listened to teachers. Half the kids are animals now.

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Anonymous wrote:Lord woman, how have you made it this far in life?

Not PP but please shut it....Texas schools closed. There can be safety concerns.

I can’t imagine what kind of safety concerns. What are the concerns?

NP. Permanent damage to your eyes.

+1 that is the concern. But apparently there’s “nothing to see” so we are overreacting. LOL.