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I was considering taking the kids out of a school and going to an invite I had at a farm that would normally be 40 minutes from me. Thinking about it the schools have a whole curriculum for the eclipse and I've been taking off work a lot over the summer. Since I'm a traffic engineer, my plan is to observe the traffic patterns in South St. Louis and will by happenstance close to the optimal totality. I'll have my glasses ready to go for my break.
Quoted from Wolfmarsh:Can you imagine what a total eclipse was like 500 years ago? People must have gone nuts.
I am sure it would have been deemed godly. Now, imagine you are a high ranking priest with knowledge of astronomy. You could predict this and have people believe you are the conduit to god.
Quoted from SirScott:I bet a fun thing would be to go way back in time to where there was going to be an eclipse and tell the cave men, "If I have come to destroy you, may the sun be blotted out from the sky." Just then the eclipse would start, and they'd probably try to kill you or something, but then you could explain about the rotation of the moon and all, and everyone would get a good laugh.
-- Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey
Christopher Columbus' ass was saved by a lunar eclipse, believe it or not. This was an instance where he did have astronomy knowledge and used it to keep the natives from killing him and his crew and well fed until they could be saved after being stranded in Jamaica.
Quoted from spiroagnew:I'll be in Myrtle Beach. I was planning to road trip to visit a few minor league ballparks around the time of the eclipse. I wondered why Greenville and Charleston hotels were so pricy (or just completely unavailable) in and around the 21st...I seriously had no idea people liked the moon and the sun so much.
Needless to say, I re-arranged my schedule.
You made a good choice. Try the next week when everything is cheap again, but avoid 2024
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