Even if Shep wasn’t so impressed by it, what really matters is how rare an astronomical event it is. I mean, this isn’t something that happens every day.
The next eclipse in the U.s. won’t be until August of 2044. I, along with a lot of other people in my age group, probably won’t be around then. So we enjoy it for what probably will be the last time in our lives.
As was explained by Bill Nye The Science Guy on CNN today, eclipses happen quite frequently (every 15 – 18 months). They just aren’t total eclipses, and usually aren’t over land (which is, after all a small part of the Earth’s surface.)
Yes, CNN uses Bill Nye The Science Guy as one of their go-to experts on sciency stuff.
That came and went pretty quickly. Not dark as night, but like sunset. The sun is still high in the sky, so the shadows didn’t get longer. We could see a star. The sun was briefly safely viewable without safety glasses.
0perator
April 8, 2024 9:16 am
Ps 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
I got to see one on February 26, 1979 and have the 16X20 Eclipse photos of the total coverage that was viewed just 30 miles north of maximum eclipse time thus has one of the best seat in the house at the time.
I went to Richland Washington for the Totality in Feb 26 1979. Very impressed even with high overcast sky.
Best memory was the sweeping shadow line moving across the sky projected on the high overcast!
Decades later I was definitely heading to Stayton Oregon for another Total Eclipse event! Perfect weather there.
The 2024 event was just too far away with dicey weather possibilities. My brother lives in Ohio and he had a great Totality experience for his first time today.
Yep: me too. Interesting in person, but on TV? Hardly, it’s just same old, same old, with over-egged excitement and commentary from the commentariat who lead, justly, dull lives in their studios!
Simon
April 8, 2024 12:31 pm
I blame Marjorie TG for incurring the wrath of God.
Mark, Hello how are you doing. Are you saying she didn’t say the earthquakes were the wrath of God. If so let’s chat. Or do you just want to resort to personal abuse? Your call.
I’m certainly not… that’s just stupid. I see no evidence that CO2 causes earthquakes. I say anyone who says they are the wrath of God, or caused by CO2 is just plain ignorant. Do you agree?
From 2010
Actor Danny Glover says the earthquake in Haiti is a result of global warming. Glover told GRITtv that it could have happened to any of the Caribbean island nations: “They are all in peril because of global warming.”
Then, he lamented the failure of the climate summit in Copenhagen. As a result of that failure, he says, “this is what happened.”
PS Even if the climate summit in Copenhagen had succeeded (and would have had any effect on anything at other than “Brandonomics” starting sooner and on a Global scale), how quickly did he think it would have changed anything? (Reminds me of Al Gore blaming Katrina on GW Bush!)
She is a candidate for the senate and let’s hope she looses, as should MTG. Anyone who thinks earthquakes are linked to God or CO2 deserves derision and removal from office.
PS Sunny is obviously very wrong on so many levels.
Why aren’t the CliSfy scientist out there correcting her?
(Waiting to see if the outrageous claims “stick”?)
Two minutes and twelve seconds I’ll never get back.
Edward Katz
April 8, 2024 2:23 pm
I’m surprised some climate alarmists haven’t tried to tell us such eclipses will be increasing in future because of our continued use of fossil fuels. These eclipses will start occurring so frequently that they will adversely impact agriculture because the growing season will be shortened thereby leading to lower agricultural output. Next would come food shortages, famines, shortened life expectancies, higher infant mortality rates and a decline in global populations. But since overpopulation threatens the planet’s carrying capacity and resources in the first place, more eclipses are just what the doctor ordered to save the Earth, mankind and all living creatures, so bring them on by keeping the fossil fuel consumption high. Problem solved.
“No Big Deal”
A couple of decades ago, I saw a gull with a black head mixed in with usual flock of Hearing Gulls and Ring-Billed Gulls we saw ever year on the basins at our water plant.
My best guess is that it must have been a Napoleon Gull blown a bit off course. (This is in Central Ohio.) If so, a rare siting for me personally, and I think for my little spot on the globe.
I’ve no idea who won “March Madness” or even which teams played. I don’t care about college basketball anymore. Some people do. It means a lot to them if their team wins. Who won doesn’t mean so much to those rooting for another team.
Some people care about seeing a predictable “once in a lifetime” event if it happens near them.
The event itself isn’t “life changing” but it’s something they never experienced before and may never again.
PS I live on the edge of totality. I thought I’d have about a minute where stars were visible and I might be able to be sure I saw Mercury with the named eye. Alas! In my backyard there was always a “bead” making in dangerous to look.
Oh well, life goes on.
The experience of witnessing a solar eclipse is probably not the same for psychopaths as it is for normal humans who have all of the human parts of their brains functional. If they cannot feel emotions like compassion, mercy, love, guilt, etc, they may not be able to feel awe & splendor.
They often join with other psychopaths to rule normal people, whom they consider foolish &/or superstitious. They often join the Communist Party to rule those who rule with human values, so they can have power over others with might instead of wisdom & Right. They see no use for spirituality. love, morals, or many of the things that allowed humanity to thrive & make our lives worthwhile. Theirs is more of a robotic thought process that has only the logic of survival but not any reason to survive other than selfish desires. Listen to them & notice for yourself. They are not fully human & we should have helped them integrate into our society as we do for others who are handicapped, instead just punishing them with no explanations they can understand.
I blame Carly Simon.
Even if Shep wasn’t so impressed by it, what really matters is how rare an astronomical event it is. I mean, this isn’t something that happens every day.
The next eclipse in the U.s. won’t be until August of 2044. I, along with a lot of other people in my age group, probably won’t be around then. So we enjoy it for what probably will be the last time in our lives.
As was explained by Bill Nye The Science Guy on CNN today, eclipses happen quite frequently (every 15 – 18 months). They just aren’t total eclipses, and usually aren’t over land (which is, after all a small part of the Earth’s surface.)
Yes, CNN uses Bill Nye The Science Guy as one of their go-to experts on sciency stuff.
He probably knows more about science than does anyone who works for CNN.
PS: I’m not praising Nye, I’m insulting CNN.
It is amazing to me they were able predict eclipses in biblical times.
Bing Crosby did the same thing when the Connecticut Yankee visited Camelot
He relied on his copy of an almanac, IIRC.
I’m not impressed by Shepherd Smith.
I’m in West Plains, Missouri to view the eclipse. We will have just over 3 minutes of totality here.
That came and went pretty quickly. Not dark as night, but like sunset. The sun is still high in the sky, so the shadows didn’t get longer. We could see a star. The sun was briefly safely viewable without safety glasses.
Ps 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
No….. it’s not the end of the world…
Is it a harbinger of climate apocalypse?
Why would it care?
I saw a full eclipse in the early 1960s.
Once is quite sufficient.
I got to see one on February 26, 1979 and have the 16X20 Eclipse photos of the total coverage that was viewed just 30 miles north of maximum eclipse time thus has one of the best seat in the house at the time.
I went to Richland Washington for the Totality in Feb 26 1979. Very impressed even with high overcast sky.
Best memory was the sweeping shadow line moving across the sky projected on the high overcast!
Decades later I was definitely heading to Stayton Oregon for another Total Eclipse event! Perfect weather there.
The 2024 event was just too far away with dicey weather possibilities. My brother lives in Ohio and he had a great Totality experience for his first time today.
Yep: me too. Interesting in person, but on TV? Hardly, it’s just same old, same old, with over-egged excitement and commentary from the commentariat who lead, justly, dull lives in their studios!
I blame Marjorie TG for incurring the wrath of God.
Simon crawled out of his hole, does this mean another 3 weeks of winter?
Mark, Hello how are you doing. Are you saying she didn’t say the earthquakes were the wrath of God. If so let’s chat. Or do you just want to resort to personal abuse? Your call.
She can say what she likes. Just like some think the quakes were exacerbated by the wrath of CO2. Defend that.
I’m certainly not… that’s just stupid. I see no evidence that CO2 causes earthquakes. I say anyone who says they are the wrath of God, or caused by CO2 is just plain ignorant. Do you agree?
From 2010
Actor Danny Glover says the earthquake in Haiti is a result of global warming. Glover told GRITtv that it could have happened to any of the Caribbean island nations: “They are all in peril because of global warming.”
Then, he lamented the failure of the climate summit in Copenhagen. As a result of that failure, he says, “this is what happened.”
PS Even if the climate summit in Copenhagen had succeeded (and would have had any effect on anything at other than “Brandonomics” starting sooner and on a Global scale), how quickly did he think it would have changed anything?
(Reminds me of Al Gore blaming Katrina on GW Bush!)
Conclusion…. Danny Glover should stick to acting.
The pretend “scientists” who hype the global warming scam should also go back to their day jobs.
A few days ago a Democrat state senator from New York made the claim that the recent quake in New Jersey was caused by CO2.
BTW, I see no evidence that CO2 causes global warming either.
She is a candidate for the senate and let’s hope she looses, as should MTG. Anyone who thinks earthquakes are linked to God or CO2 deserves derision and removal from office.
As should anyone that thinks human CO2 causes warming.
“I see no evidence that CO2 causes earthquakes. “
I see no evidence that CO2 causes anything except enhanced plant growth.
Do you have any ?
Why stop at earthquakes?
https://www.foxnews.com/media/the-views-sunny-hostin-blames-eclipse-earthquake-cicadas-climate-change
PS Sunny is obviously very wrong on so many levels.
Why aren’t the CliSfy scientist out there correcting her?
(Waiting to see if the outrageous claims “stick”?)
Because she is a no one and is best ignored…..
Simon is correct, MTG said that.
Two minutes and twelve seconds I’ll never get back.
I’m surprised some climate alarmists haven’t tried to tell us such eclipses will be increasing in future because of our continued use of fossil fuels. These eclipses will start occurring so frequently that they will adversely impact agriculture because the growing season will be shortened thereby leading to lower agricultural output. Next would come food shortages, famines, shortened life expectancies, higher infant mortality rates and a decline in global populations. But since overpopulation threatens the planet’s carrying capacity and resources in the first place, more eclipses are just what the doctor ordered to save the Earth, mankind and all living creatures, so bring them on by keeping the fossil fuel consumption high. Problem solved.
Don’t forget that more Man-Made eclipses due to Man’s CO2 will hinder one of Man’s solutions to Man’s CO2 pollution, namely, Solar Power!
No, no, no.
We’ll just build better batteries.
“No Big Deal”
A couple of decades ago, I saw a gull with a black head mixed in with usual flock of Hearing Gulls and Ring-Billed Gulls we saw ever year on the basins at our water plant.
My best guess is that it must have been a Napoleon Gull blown a bit off course. (This is in Central Ohio.) If so, a rare siting for me personally, and I think for my little spot on the globe.
I’ve no idea who won “March Madness” or even which teams played. I don’t care about college basketball anymore. Some people do. It means a lot to them if their team wins. Who won doesn’t mean so much to those rooting for another team.
Some people care about seeing a predictable “once in a lifetime” event if it happens near them.
The event itself isn’t “life changing” but it’s something they never experienced before and may never again.
PS I live on the edge of totality. I thought I’d have about a minute where stars were visible and I might be able to be sure I saw Mercury with the named eye. Alas! In my backyard there was always a “bead” making in dangerous to look.
Oh well, life goes on.
I had a good time using my Solar Telescope to see he 25% eclipse and count sunspots over several hours time
And some knuckleheads blamed today’s eclipse on climate change.
And they are allowed to vote.
Probably more than once.
She didn’t blame it climate change but she is allowed to vote … in Congress no less!
(And, No, this isn’t AOC.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/rep-sheila-jackson-lee-mocked-saying-moon-made-up-mostly-gases-dumb-dirt
https://www.foxnews.com/media/rep-jackson-lee-ripped-defending-moon-gaffe-and-blaming-gop-vote-better-people
What’s scary is that she was on both the House Science and Space committees!
Shelia Jackson probably learned from Hank “Guam will tip over” Johnson. These Congressional people are really stupid.
Despite Shepherd Smith’s dismissiveness, the impact and joy of viewing a total solar eclipse is difficult to overstate.
Oh there’s some overstating going on alright-
The View co-host embarrassingly claims the solar eclipse is a sign of climate change (msn.com)
Jeezzzussss we are doomed with airheads like that getting a microphone.
The experience of witnessing a solar eclipse is probably not the same for psychopaths as it is for normal humans who have all of the human parts of their brains functional. If they cannot feel emotions like compassion, mercy, love, guilt, etc, they may not be able to feel awe & splendor.
They often join with other psychopaths to rule normal people, whom they consider foolish &/or superstitious. They often join the Communist Party to rule those who rule with human values, so they can have power over others with might instead of wisdom & Right. They see no use for spirituality. love, morals, or many of the things that allowed humanity to thrive & make our lives worthwhile. Theirs is more of a robotic thought process that has only the logic of survival but not any reason to survive other than selfish desires. Listen to them & notice for yourself. They are not fully human & we should have helped them integrate into our society as we do for others who are handicapped, instead just punishing them with no explanations they can understand.