2024 Solar Eclipse - never too early to get ready

[Jiggy-Z 3432]

5 minutes ago, LonghornSean said:

I flipped on that NASA youtube stream of eclipse coverage, and the host goes, about all the large gatherings of people, "it's kind of like a sporting event. So let me ask you, who's the GOAT today, the moon or the sun?"...

 

 

I now hate eclipses.

You can't stop it, you can only hope to contain it.

[ztejas 43411]

6 minutes ago, LonghornSean said:

I flipped on that NASA youtube stream of eclipse coverage, and the host goes, about all the large gatherings of people, "it's kind of like a sporting event. So let me ask you, who's the GOAT today, the moon or the sun?"...

 

 

I now hate eclipses.

Some ditz on local news this morning is interviewing these two intelligent young female scientists and goes to one of them "and she's a scientist studying astrology - with a focus on the sun"

[F250 28764]

35 minutes ago, MontereyMX said:

This is Burnet

 

[boknowstecmo 216]

1 hour ago, landman said:

Absolutely nothing on the radar.  

Burnet won't see any rain or severe weather until this evening, if they see any at all. 

[RPM 26316]

When it gets started look at the shadows.

[MontereyMX 869]

It’s started

[phdhorn 6224]

Don't read the KXAN forecast for the next 2 hours if you don't wanna be disserpointieyed.*

(*of course, they could be wrong, just like Spencer has been for about 80% of this forecast).

Edited April 8 by phdhorn

[0xdeadbeef 1645]

9 minutes ago, LonghornSean said:

I flipped on that NASA youtube stream of eclipse coverage, and the host goes, about all the large gatherings of people, "it's kind of like a sporting event. So let me ask you, who's the GOAT today, the moon or the sun?"...

 

 

I now hate eclipses.

OMG, the NASA TV coverage is as bad as you indicated..."Let's take a look at how the people of Kerrville have been preparing."  No, let's not.   It's like when Olympic TV coverage cuts to human interest stories rather than covering, I don't know, maybe Olympic Events.

 

[F250 28764]

1 minute ago, RPM said:

When it gets started look at the shadows.

The problem here is it's just one big shadow.

[RPM 26316]

1 minute ago, MontereyMX said:

It’s started

[MrBig 5381]

2 minutes ago, F250 said:

The problem here is it's just one big shadow.

I’m not even getting shadows because there’s no sun getting through the clouds.

[Hook1997 5351]

Total overcast on the coast, can’t see a damn thing.  

[Jiggy-Z 3432]

Some peek through going on in Oak Hill. Feel the heat then put you glasses on.

[Hagbard Celine 10850]

1 hour to showtime

[SmokeyTheBear 5562]

Burnet fest canceled due to wind and tornados

[MontereyMX 869]

Just now, SmokeyTheBear said:

Burnet fest canceled due to wind and tornados

wrong that’s not why it was cancelled.   

[SpiralOut 1813]

Already getting underway in Abilene.  Not a cloud in the sky, either!

[Biff Tannen 45665]

Got some intermittent views on lake Austin. Should be cool if it stays like this

[NorthLoop 14181]

Yeah the sun is peeking through a little here in NB

[RPM 26316]

Starting here. Locked and loaded.

[Anastasis 23459]

13 minutes ago, RPM said:

When it gets started look at the shadows.

This was the coolest part about the last one. 

[HRSchenker 2268]

Looks like pac man right now 

[phdhorn 6224]

7 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:

1 hour to showtime

 

Same photo above enhanced with NASA AI digital technology:

Edited April 8 by phdhorn

[butthurt 1522]

[Dbeasy 15042]

Tips for those with clouds. If they aren't thick you can see it still.

[Jiggy-Z 3432]

Son #2 is disappointed.

[Quagmire 2147]

Anyone else planning to jerk off during totality ?

[jimmyjazz 45887]

3 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

This was the coolest part about the last one. 

Somewhere I have a photo of my chihuahua with those shadows on her fur.  I need to dig back and find it.

[4th&Five 41510]

1 minute ago, Quagmire said:

Anyone else planning to jerk off during totality ?

 

[T-shirt Sip 2097]

Clouds clear out every few minutes here in Killeen. Very cool so far. 

[SubliminalHorn 6786]

Just got a good look. About a quarter of the way across 

[SmokeyTheBear 5562]

At the in-laws in Georgetown with a group of olds in the back yard and who are jamming Pink Floyd asking if I brought weed.  

[Armybrat 40822]

23 minutes ago, MontereyMX said:

It’s started

Bet a lot of goobers are starting to sacrifice some goats and chickens to ward off the bad juju.

[Anastasis 23459]

Got a couple glimpses, but now totally obscured by cloud cover. 

[LonghornSean 3989]

Clouds so thick here in central Austin, can't even find the sun with or without glasses.

[Radical Larry 28546]

[Shut up Lou Holtz 2026]

2 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

Bet a lot of goobers are starting to sacrifice some goats and chickens to ward off the bad juju.

Jobu 

[Francisco 2.0 32386]

So it begins.

 

[CycleTex87 2966]

Raining in Cypress.  No eclipse viewing here today.

[BrickHorn 18216]

Getting a few scattered opportunities of cloud breaks. Hope one coincides with totality. 

[Francisco 2.0 32386]

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4975]

Bright and sunny at Petit Jean State Park in Arkansas. 

[UTGrad98 2271]

Quarter of the way across here in flower mound. Looks incredible. Still partly cloudy.  

[RPM 26316]

5 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

Bet a lot of goobers are starting to sacrifice some goats and chickens to ward off the bad juju.

[speed817 19255]

Some blue skies....

[deadshank 24652]

Plenty of clouds. Light drizzle.
 

Nice pour of Teeling.  Come what may.  
 

 

[Homercles 10205]

7 minutes ago, SmokeyTheBear said:

 jamming Pink Floyd

 

6 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

obscured by cloud cover. 

[Wally Fairway 5541]

It's happening, well a little anyway

[UTGrad98 2271]

Subtle change in the blue sky. Subtle changes in overall light. But it is for sure noticeable now

[LonghornSean 3989]

7 minutes ago, LonghornSean said:

Clouds so thick here in central Austin, can't even find the sun with or without glasses.

No sooner I post that then we got a little break in the thickness and can see the eclipse.

Come on good fortune at 1:36!