"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 8/20/2017 8:58 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>> We're only at 65% here. But even if it was 99.9% it still wouldn't be
>> a big deal to me. I can't even fathom traveling just to see it. I've
>> already seen a total eclipse. I'd rather sit out all night and watch
>> a meteor shower - the one last week barely got any publicity compared
>> to the boring eclipse <yawn>.:-)
>>
>> -sw
>
> I've seen partial solar eclipses in my lifetime. That's why one of my
> elementary school teachers taught us to make a pinhole camera.
>
> I've seen a bunch of lunar eclipses. Given all the media attention about
> this solar eclipse you'd think one had never happened before.
>
> I might have been interested in a meteor shower. I enjoy watching things
> like heat lightning. This time of year there are lots of thunderstorms.
> When it's really humid but does not rain, and a storm is somewhere to the
> south, I often see what I call heat lightning. I love watching that.
>
> Tomorrow it's just going to get dark in the afternoon. <shrug>

Heat lightning must be what we referred to in KS as a dry storm.