Made it to just SE of Llano, Texas and watched it from the side of the road. That wall of dark that comes at you is something - birds were restless, the wind kicked up
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 8 April 2024 23:06 (five months ago) link
Little late posting this, but this is pretty cool: weirdest things that happen during a total solar eclipse.
This is hilarious:
“It turns out that Galapagos tortoises had a remarkable reaction,” Hartstone-Rose says. “Right at the moment of totality, they started mating behaviour. As in, they literally started breeding in front of everybody, before our eyes.”
― birdistheword, Monday, 8 April 2024 23:35 (five months ago) link
it's from the Daily Mail so you know it's been well-researched
Americans suffering from 'eclipse sickness', including insomnia, headaches and changes to women's periods
* Eclipse sickness has been used to explain weird side effects of the event * People have also reported feeling more anxious and emotional
― Andy the Grasshopper, Monday, 8 April 2024 23:51 (five months ago) link
(strangely, I had a bout of insomnia last night which is not all that common for me)
― Andy the Grasshopper, Monday, 8 April 2024 23:52 (five months ago) link
I think i have it. I changed into a locust.
― President Keyes, Tuesday, 9 April 2024 01:33 (five months ago) link
My wife and daughter have a hotel room in Little Rock tonight, but my wife's cousin had to get back to Birmingham for a work meeting. It took her four hours to get from LR to Memphis.
― Ippei's on a bummer now (WmC), Tuesday, 9 April 2024 01:49 (five months ago) link
It doesn't look like fun over there.
https://i.imgur.com/RYelXVI.png
https://i.imgur.com/8mid9GK.png
― pplains, Tuesday, 9 April 2024 02:49 (five months ago) link
My shot of the day.
https://i.imgur.com/AJNi0Bq.png
― pplains, Tuesday, 9 April 2024 02:50 (five months ago) link
Memphis didn't get 100% totality, but Chip Somodevilla did get this:
https://i.imgur.com/WfMlcag.jpeg
― pplains, Tuesday, 9 April 2024 02:56 (five months ago) link