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!

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!

I think permanent eye damage is serious, but YMMV. Lol.

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I still remember people ask for a day off when the queen of England passed away, there always an excuses to use a snow day

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The partial solar eclipse is completely worth watching in the D.C. area! It will look like the moon is eating up the sun. The sun will appear like the moon in the sky as it appears more and more crescent like over time. With 90% coverage, the sun will be significantly blackened. It will be very noticeable. It’s exciting to be in your own hometown, too, and view what is your normal sky as a whole new phenomenon. We are lucky to live in an area that is getting a very high percentage of the sun blocked. Some states are only getting 18% or so. Our percent of the sun that will be blocked is close to 90% and will be cool,😎 too.

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Anonymous wrote:The partial solar eclipse is completely worth watching in the D.C. area! It will look like the moon is eating up the sun. The sun will appear like the moon in the sky as it appears more and more crescent like over time. With 90% coverage, the sun will be significantly blackened. It will be very noticeable. It’s exciting to be in your own hometown, too, and view what is your normal sky as a whole new phenomenon. We are lucky to live in an area that is getting a very high percentage of the sun blocked. Some states are only getting 18% or so. Our percent of the sun that will be blocked is close to 90% and will be cool,😎 too.

I thought it was more like 80%?

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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.

My, aren’t you lovely? Bless! Referring to children as animals. 😒

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Anonymous wrote:The partial solar eclipse is completely worth watching in the D.C. area! It will look like the moon is eating up the sun. The sun will appear like the moon in the sky as it appears more and more crescent like over time. With 90% coverage, the sun will be significantly blackened. It will be very noticeable. It’s exciting to be in your own hometown, too, and view what is your normal sky as a whole new phenomenon. We are lucky to live in an area that is getting a very high percentage of the sun blocked. Some states are only getting 18% or so. Our percent of the sun that will be blocked is close to 90% and will be cool,😎 too.

I thought it was more like 80%?

It will be 89% covered. Of course we now have to pray for clear skies.

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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.

I mean this is pretty accurate and they learn it at home so......

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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.

My, aren’t you lovely? Bless! Referring to children as animals. 😒

have you subbed lately....give it a go

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Anonymous wrote:I still remember people ask for a day off when the queen of England passed away, there always an excuses to use a snow day

Well we have the days....

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Why can’t we just get an early release for the solar 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.

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.

My, aren’t you lovely? Bless! Referring to children as animals. 😒

have you subbed lately....give it a go

If I subbed, I’d need a sub for my 6th grade class that I teach everyday. But thanks for the advice. 😒

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Anonymous wrote:The partial solar eclipse is completely worth watching in the D.C. area! It will look like the moon is eating up the sun. The sun will appear like the moon in the sky as it appears more and more crescent like over time. With 90% coverage, the sun will be significantly blackened. It will be very noticeable. It’s exciting to be in your own hometown, too, and view what is your normal sky as a whole new phenomenon. We are lucky to live in an area that is getting a very high percentage of the sun blocked. Some states are only getting 18% or so. Our percent of the sun that will be blocked is close to 90% and will be cool,😎 too.

I thought it was more like 80%?

It will be 89% covered. Of course we now have to pray for clear skies.

+1 wow that’s even better than I thought! I can’t wait!

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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.

Ok, then you have nothing to worry about. You're pulling your kids out. So what's the issue again?

The issue is you keep saying “there’s nothing to see in a partial eclipse” which is just plain wrong and stupid.

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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.

+1 ALl of these people saying we will see next to nothing are completely WRONG! Get the appropriate glasses for your family and get outside to see this.

+100 thank you!!!

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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!

I think permanent eye damage is serious, but YMMV. Lol.

So the suggestion to send your kid with eclipse glasses is just not going to work for you?