tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post299435722664784837..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: One Year From Today, August 21, 2017SiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-49904290622192613072016-08-22T15:26:02.400-04:002016-08-22T15:26:02.400-04:00Looks like it goes right over Chattanooga. Maybe ...Looks like it goes right over Chattanooga. Maybe time for a road trip.Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-33424405897740376772016-08-22T09:43:55.925-04:002016-08-22T09:43:55.925-04:00Correction, It was July 11, 1991, not the 13th. Correction, It was July 11, 1991, not the 13th. Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02693579680266086557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-18057334926502825042016-08-22T09:41:51.422-04:002016-08-22T09:41:51.422-04:00Don't feel too bad about not being able to dri...Don't feel too bad about not being able to drive in 1970. If I recall correctly it was cloudy where the path crossed the east coast (we set out northbound and gave up). I did get to see the July 13, 1991 eclipse in La Paz, Bahja California. Middle of the day and not a cloud anywhere. Magnificent. Some folks I knew went to Hawaii and were clouded out. I plan to go to S. Carolina for this one.Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02693579680266086557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-86882175353932777892016-08-22T08:44:21.021-04:002016-08-22T08:44:21.021-04:00The first one I got to see was the one that Carly ...The first one I got to see was the one that Carly Simon referred to in "You're So Vain":<br /><i>then you flew your Lear Jet<br />up to Nova Scotia<br />to see the total eclipse of the sun</i><br /><br />It was March 7 1970, and I was a geeky 10th grader with a telescope, projecting the image on the paper and the house for my folks and anyone else. <br /><br />Looking at the maps now, it's shame I wasn't able to drive, because it was closer to where I lived (Miami) than this one gets. I just found <a href="http://www.greatamericaneclipse.com/20th-century/" rel="nofollow"> this place</a>, which has a little writeup on every solar eclipse visible from the US in the 20th century.<br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-1318656637828455102016-08-22T08:13:27.047-04:002016-08-22T08:13:27.047-04:00Did a little digging and found that the almost tot...Did a little digging and found that the almost total eclipse I remember seeing in Philadelphia was on July 20th 1963 at 5:49 PM. <br /><br />My father had us outside looking at pinhole projectors. I kind of remember this event and wish I had been old enough to realize how rare and wondrous an opportunity this was. John in Phillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16196033252818387245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-25911901925714600872016-08-21T21:56:46.420-04:002016-08-21T21:56:46.420-04:00Thanks - didn't know they did that.Thanks - didn't know they did that. SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-51947832097330415912016-08-21T21:55:14.715-04:002016-08-21T21:55:14.715-04:00That part of Kentucky is in the Central time zone....That part of Kentucky is in the Central time zone.Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10108430731483801350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-19741291426563152892016-08-21T18:58:45.047-04:002016-08-21T18:58:45.047-04:00ooops...I meant I-25.
The city of Douglas looks t...ooops...I meant I-25.<br /><br />The city of Douglas looks to be pretty close to the path, BUT the host the Wyoming State Fair in August.drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-11395515151974035912016-08-21T18:55:10.599-04:002016-08-21T18:55:10.599-04:00It looks like the path crosses I-75 some distance ...It looks like the path crosses I-75 some distance North of Cheyenne.<br /><br />I'll research it a bit further and see what small towns off-ramps are in the area, and start a list of things to take.<br /><br />I'm sure any lodging in the area is booked solid!drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-69754136879073836502016-08-21T18:10:22.498-04:002016-08-21T18:10:22.498-04:00The eastern Wyoming "desert" is probably...The eastern Wyoming "desert" is probably one of the best places to go. Gotta be a low chance of rain out there. <br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-91537347323041617152016-08-21T17:19:25.935-04:002016-08-21T17:19:25.935-04:00*IF* we've completed our move to Fort Collins,...*IF* we've completed our move to Fort Collins, we'll head up to Wyoming to observe it.drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.com