On Mon, 21 Aug 2017 14:58:08 -0700 (PDT), Roy >
wrote:

>On Monday, August 21, 2017 at 10:59:30 AM UTC-6, Jill McQuown wrote:
>> On 8/21/2017 10:15 AM, Gary wrote:
>> > Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I'm not going to travel 600 miles to see it but I'd go maybe 100. There
>> >> are fanatics coming from all over the world.
>> >
>> > And funny to for those to travel so far only to end up in a zone
>> > with clouds all day. hehehe
>> >
>> > Jill says she's within the full zone but her weather is calling
>> > for thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon.
>> >
>> Yep! It's the rainy season here. It rained this morning and has been
>> very cloudy all day.
>>
>> The start of the eclipse is about 20 minutes away now. I think the
>> eclipse enthusiasts in this area will be disappointed. I'm going to
>> have to turn on some lights, but I also sometimes have to turn on the
>> lights during a thunderstorm in the middle of the day. <shrug>
>>
>> Jill
>
>
>The over-reaction to this natural event by Americans is noteworthy. My reaction
>to the news of such an event is a big, big yawn.
>People driving thousands of miles to camp-out for this occurence...big deal...
>people have too much money to waste.
>=====

Have you ever witnessed a total eclipse? It is different and I
understood why centuries ago it might have struck fear into people. On
balance I enjoyed the total eclipse of the moon more. This solar one
was only partial here but I understand it will be total from New
Brunswick in 2024 so we are thinking of booking a few rooms.