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Eclipse! Eclipse! Eclipse!!!
August 20, 2017, 08:16 AM
Skins2881Eclipse! Eclipse! Eclipse!!!
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Originally posted by jehzsa:
Thank you for posting that documentary, Skins2881. It's very soothing and comforting.
Question for the forum. My pet finch, Marlon, has never experienced an 80% solar eclipse. Actually, he's quite wary of the dark, main reason he goes to sleep with a night light on in his cage.
I'm concerned that if I leave him outside for the eclipse he will stare directly at the sun throughout the whole thing. Should I keep him inside or buy eclipse glasses for him?
I do know that the glasses would need to be fitted with a wide rubber band across his neck to stay put.
Additional info. After a couple of lunar eclipses he just wasn't himself. But, thankfully, he recovered rather quickly. Those moon burns can be a drag.
I would go for a two pronged attack.
Miniaturized solar glasses with retaining band plus a mini tin foil hat.
On the other hand. One can never be too safe with finches. They get their sense of direction from the sun, moon, and stars. It is quite possible he could permanently loose his mind and go down a dark path of evil should he witness it. I might consider a 3" thick lead shield be placed over his cage for the entire event. Plus any previously planned sacrifices.
Jesse
Sic Semper Tyrannis August 20, 2017, 08:23 AM
jehzsaSounds like a plan. Thanks.
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August 20, 2017, 06:01 PM
2BobTannerThe Mother of Dragons has told her children to eat the Sun tomorrow.
https://www.vox.com/culture/20...lar-eclipse-folkloreMe, I'll be watching the hysteria on the Science Channel and the NASA Channel.
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertai...e-online-tv-49252308
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August 20, 2017, 06:45 PM
nighthawkIs this going to end the world ?, cause if it is I am not mowing the grass tonight.
"Hold my beer.....Watch this".
August 20, 2017, 10:50 PM
12131What eclipse?
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August 20, 2017, 11:29 PM
MitchbSCMoon burns?!?!
Dammit. I knew I missed something. Amazon seems to be all out of moonscreen.
They don't think it be like it is, but it do. August 21, 2017, 08:09 AM
jehzsaI'm foreseeing an unexpected surge in 3rd degree cases of moonburns.
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August 21, 2017, 11:30 AM
AnushThe end is coming, my online banking is down, tried to make a call to Europe & no connection, the only thing on local TV is "The Great Eclipse". I think I will just order a Pizza & open a beer!
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August 21, 2017, 11:33 AM
ensigmaticI find the hullabaloo and how people are responding to this thing fascinating--if not a little disturbing.
The Great American Eclipse (srsly?) has even displaced the latest Trump snafu, or made up snafu, as The Biggest Story. Saw on the "news" that the resulting traffic may create the biggest traffic jam in US history.
Get a grip, people:
It's just a fracking solar eclipse. 
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Originally posted by Anush:
The end is coming, my online banking is down, tried to make a call to Europe & no connection, the only thing on local TV is "The Great Eclipse". I think I will just order a Pizza & open a beer!
That's probably why
Grrr... USPS Tracking System Down! Oh NOES!!! I
knew I should've bought more ammo
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"If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher August 21, 2017, 12:01 PM
Anushquote:
Saw on the "news" that the resulting traffic may create the biggest traffic jam in US history.
Since Nashville is the largest city in the path, traffic chaos was predicted. Went out at rush hour this morning to Walmart & very light traffic. Seems that everyone is taking a vacation day.
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August 21, 2017, 12:03 PM
ChuckFinleyThat's not a moon. It's a space station.
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August 21, 2017, 12:26 PM
AnushOK, this has gotten ridicules, the local Fox News station is at the Nashville Zoo to watch animal behavior during the eclipse! My beagle is taking nap.
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August 21, 2017, 01:49 PM
slabsides45It's pitch black here in Mogadishu on the Mississippi. Even the headlights are being sucked into the blackness that is surrounding the area. Hep us all!
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August 21, 2017, 02:01 PM
mrapteam666Even though I think it is ridiculous with all the local news coverage, and eclipse watching parties around Richmond, I figured I am at the house let me step outside and see whatever it is I am supposed to be excited about.
Nothing. It is cloudy around here, and it just seems a tad darker out. My dog and cats must have not gotten the memo that they are supposed to exhibiting some weird animal behavior.
I see this whole thing as one big marketing ploy and an excuse to jack up prices on everything.
August 21, 2017, 02:12 PM
sigcrazy7The eclipse is over. Don't have to worry about it again until 2044. I'll be 75, and that one will be right on top of me.
I'm renting parking/camping futures now, if anyone is interested.
Demand not that events should happen as you wish; but wish them to happen as they do happen, and you will go on well. -Epictetus August 21, 2017, 02:40 PM
Anushquote:
2044. I'll be 75, and that one will be right on top of me.
In 2044 I will be 99 & dirt will be on top of me!
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August 21, 2017, 03:02 PM
jehzsaMy pet finch, Marlon, is now saying that his name is Sam and that he's my father.
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August 21, 2017, 03:13 PM
Skins2881quote:
Originally posted by jehzsa:
My pet finch, Marlon, is now saying that his name is Sam and that he's my father.
I did want to tell you this up front, but I was scared, pretty sure this would happen no matter what level of protection you provided for him. You really should have brought him into a salt mine to be safe.
Jesse
Sic Semper Tyrannis August 21, 2017, 03:30 PM
jehzsa
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August 21, 2017, 04:28 PM
YooperSigsEclipse report from the Yoop:
Meh.
End of Earth: 2 Miles
Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles