total eclipse, anyone?

We had another eclipse here in pdx when I was  little.  I have fond memories of watching it get dark and then light (there was a cloud cover).  Creepiest thing?  This took place in the morning.  As it got dark all the birds stopped singing, then when it got light again, they started back up.  The silence of the birds was sublime.  (please no silence of the lambs jokes) :)

Eclipses are like fireworks - I only need to see them one time and then I'm done for the rest of my life. 

paulo

sharke
Eclipses are like fireworks - I only need to see them one time and then I'm done for the rest of my life. 

Yup. 
 
I was in Switzerland during one once and there was all this big build-up and fuss about what a momentous thing it is that you will hardly ever see in your lifetime, blah, blah,blah and how you really shouldn't miss it and how to see it safely blah, blah, blah and all the best eclipse parties that were going on and then on the big day there was dense low cloud everywhere and nobody saw a thing. 

But it was a good excuse to down a few jars and chat up some birds though, ya? 

emeraldsoul
Perhaps more for my Pacific Northwest brethren and sisteren . . . but perhaps for other inhabitants of the globe as well . . .
 
It's in a month. Aug 21st. Are you going??? Where? Is this a once-in-a-lifetime event?
 
 
I'm not going. I think it will be 3 minutes of dark, followed by 17 hours of traffic. 
 
If you like Burning Man maybe you'll like this "event"
http://oregoneclipse2017.com/
 
I dunno. I think the sun god might be angry at my lack of song production.
 
 
 
 

My little ones are looking forward to this and I haven't experienced it either, so we'll try to be somewhere (not sure where) to experience it (away from crowds for sure).

What i lve abou those is the impact on earth , there a mood , a silence from animals , wind , neach ct that reminds me how impacted and connected to those we are , we tend to forget abou that ...

We just got good news!!
Weather is predicting overcast for the big event. We won't see anything here. They have also refined the ground zero area to Newport, 12 miles south of here. Hoping against hope for a deterrent.
Road north to Lincoln City is already more like a parking lot with the pre party folks arriving already and wandering aimlessly through the neighborhoods. We were warned.
Scalpers getting 1000 plus for a one night rental. Fogarty Park north may have 10 cars of visitors on a busy day. They issued 800 camping permits before they had to cut it off over sanitation containment.
Signs up for fire sale 100 dollars a day eclipse parking. More signs up warning no eclipse parking here.
Fire chief said not to feel like trapped inside a bomb shelter, just don't plan on taking a car anywhere.
Thanks to Allah this only happens every few decades or so.
John
 

Good call brother, ain't worth the commercialism and the congestion. However...
 
If you are close (where you at?). You and any other warriors in this sacred Sonar family who want to travel south or north to the rugged coast and hang out here for the event, 5 star ocean front accommodations are here to watch the event. Likely will only witness dimness for a few minutes, but cold beer on tap to dry tears of the foggy experience .
 
Best to all of you,
John

It's the moon moving in front of the sun.
What's the big deal?

Craig,
 
Without any doubt, you and that guy are my heroes.
Going right now to see if the local feed store has one of those for rent.
 
John
 

Right Bob,
 
This has been the most consistent thing I was able to research. Get rid of the worms, grubs and the little critters will seek elsewhere, though Craig's example is really tempting.
 
My next door neighbor to the south is about evenly split on the plague zone. He has his place as a vacation mansion and rarely comes to the coast. I called a few days ago expressing that we got a problem.
He made a trip over to check out the carnage first hand. He froze, put a handkerchief over his nose and turned a whiter shade of pale.
 
The feed store doesn't have any of the blasters. Still hope though. There's the local brothel, the Chinese restaurant, and the Baptist church.
 
John

Even after the moles have left, that blaster is pretty good at causing the tunnels to collapse so you don't have new moles moving in without work and so you don't accidentally put your foot into one.

I'm taking the day off and my wife and I and a few friends are heading to Beatrice, Nebraska. We are going to be on a spot that's the second highest point in the county - right under the direct path of the Eclipse. It's only about a 90 minute drive - should be fun! :)

BobF
M-O-O-N that spells eclipse!

see you on the Dark Side... :)

I'll set up my GoPro clone to do a time lapse.  I need to do this because I'm sure there won't be any videos available on the interwebz - lulz