One hour until I can see (expected) 82% eclipse in the DC area. I just made my shoebox viewer - it took like 10 minutes!
Me too.
I'll watch it on all the national news stations and the Weather Channel. 12:40 here and it's already been on split screens everywhere from Oregon.
The sun is directly over my house throughout the whole thing, but I'm not even going to go near a window. Overly cautious? Nobody can explain why I had an attack of posterior vitreous fluid detachment (flashing lights in retinas) for three days last year that magically went away. I'm not taking any chances.
Thank you! I kept telling people I had seen one in 1963, people said no 1979. Except I wasn't in 6th grade in 1979 - I'd been married 6 years by then.
Double post. This was my experience too, I kept waiting for dark and it was just grey - not dark grey either - just dirty snow grey. The biggest effect I notice was intense pain on the leg that has permanent nerve damage from a herniated disc. Really intense. That and incredible sinus pressure. Starting about the time of "start" All of which dissipated around the time of "end"
But it was all worth it, even the 103 heat index. 
The difference between 99.9% and totality is really amazing. The last 10 minutes leading up to totality the light was getting noticeably dimmer and dimmer and I kept telling the other half dozen people that I heard the last seconds were very quick -- and it was, just like someone pulling a curtain. The sky went to charcoal grey and the moon perfectly black and the corona a bright, pale yellow. Crickets started chirping immediately and I just stared and stared, not quite believing what I was seeing. 
It was rather surreal and obviously not something I had ever experienced before and was over much too soon (a little over 2 minutes). The instant the first bit of sunlight reappeared the solar glasses went back on and the surroundings seemed as if it were full sun so great was the contrast. Truly an amazing day and I am so grateful for my friend who made the trip possible. 
It's not the same though. Seeing it in person is much more ah inspiring. On tv, it could just be special effects!Some people took it to the extreme and did their wedding vows while "total eclipse of the heart" was their wedding song (during this eclipse). After seeing this, I decided to stay indoors and let everyone else go nuts about something that you can watch on TV. It was fascinating
Me 3. I thought it was the 1963 one but I would have been 6 then and I remember being older. 1970 was the last year we all lived together in the house I grew up in so it's a bittersweet memory.
And just down the street in San Carlos, it was mostly sunny! I was really bummed when I got up and saw clouds everywhere but by the time I biked to work and took a shower, the part of the sky where the sun was had cleared up and we could all see it. It was fun!
You're welcome but I realize now it was the 1970 one.
1964? - my classmate from grade school recalled one too. I can't read the charts, but Mary remembered a similar time frame. 1962, 1963 or 1964 would have been the right time frameYou're welcome but I realize now it was the 1970 one.
I think it was 1963. I remember making the box viewer.
I'm with you.
How sad.
They were making fun of it on Morning Joe Monday morning. I thought maybe it was because they were in NY and not going to get to see much of it. It's not like I would travel across the country (for anything, actually) to be there, but I did flip channels from noon to about 3:30 keeping up with all the cities, and saw the local coverage when it hit ~90% here.
I don't think she meant that those of who could not go outside in eclipse glasses didn't get the "hoopla".
