Well, that's that, I guess
By BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (45523)
St. Catharines, Ontario
April 8, 2024 2:38pm CST
Today, April 8, 2024, there was a total eclipse of the sun. Unfortunately, it was overcast all day. So there wasn't really anything to see. I popped my head outside just after 3 and caught a glimpse of the edge of the sun just before it became dark as night for maybe 2 minutes then it started lightening up again.
It was an eclipse, but not an apocalypse as some feared.
It wasn't even Alpaca lips.
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@kaylachan (57900)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
8 Apr
Here in florida, It'd been clear all day. During the eclipse, it got cloudy and kinda dark. Didn't last long. Don't think the world's ending.
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@BarBaraPrz (45523)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
8 Apr
You weren't in the direct path.
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@BarBaraPrz (45523)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
9 Apr
That's right, but you and I weren't expecting the world to end, were we.
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@LadyDuck (458583)
• Switzerland
9 Apr
@BarBaraPrz Exactly, I did not expect the world to end... not for an eclipse.
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@JESSY3236 (18919)
• United States
9 Apr
We had 80%, but we also had cloud cover. My mother made me a cereal box viewer and I got to see some of it when I got the hang of it.
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@BarBaraPrz (45523)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
9 Apr
What is a cereal box viewer?
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@BarBaraPrz (45523)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
16 Apr
@JESSY3236 Ah. Thanks for the explanation.
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@JESSY3236 (18919)
• United States
16 Apr
@BarBaraPrz It's a cereal box with aluminum wrap on one end with a pin hole through it.
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@Hannihar (129491)
• Israel
9 Apr
@BarBaraPrz
It sounds like the weather permitted you from the experience. We had nothing telling us about it so it was another day yesterday in Jerusalem.
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@BarBaraPrz (45523)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
9 Apr
If you're really lucky, you'll catch the next one...
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@arunima25 (85442)
• Bangalore, India
9 Apr
Hope that they took Alpaca's permission to put the image 
Alpaca lips.. that's a clever image
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Apocalypse seems to be very fascinating. Seems like there is a group of people who keep waiting for the world to come to an end and keep predicting for it. We have already passed few of those predictions
Alpaca lips.. that's a clever image.
Apocalypse seems to be very fascinating. Seems like there is a group of people who keep waiting for the world to come to an end and keep predicting for it. We have already passed few of those predictions 1 person likes this
@BarBaraPrz (45523)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
9 Apr
Quite a few! They must have gotten the alpaca's permission because it's smiling.
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@BarBaraPrz (45523)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
9 Apr
Guess you weren't in the path of totality... maybe next time.
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@shaggin (71663)
• United States
10 Apr
@BarBaraPrz 95% I guess from what I saw people on Facebook say but it was so cloudy most everyone here couldn’t see anything anyway.
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@celticeagle (159227)
• Boise, Idaho
8 Apr
Sounds interesting. I'll watch it later on YT.
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@celticeagle (159227)
• Boise, Idaho
9 Apr
@BarBaraPrz .......Yeah, I don't have any glasses. Oh, I do have some dark sunglasses that I had from my cataract surgery. I could have used them.
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@RasmaSandra (73570)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
8 Apr
Yes, so the fat lady has sung and we can get on with life
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@Fleura (29151)
• United Kingdom
9 Apr
I've never seen a solar eclipse. Not a total eclipse anyway. I've seen a lunar eclipse two or three times and that had a certain magical quality to it - and was easier to watch as well.
The next total solar eclipse visible from the UK will be in 2090 so I don't suppose I'll be around for that!
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@BarBaraPrz (45523)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
9 Apr
I remember trying to catch a solar eclipse on film back in the 60s. It wasn't total but it did burn a hole in the film.
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@Deepizzaguy (94682)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
8 Apr
I remember one vlogger who goes by the name The Watchman suggesting that a major event would occur today. Thank goodness other losing internet connection for about five minutes and a brief shower, nothing happened.
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@BarBaraPrz (45523)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
9 Apr
I guess everybody in your area were watching it on the 'net and it overloaded.
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@Deepizzaguy (94682)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
9 Apr
@BarBaraPrz That is likely what happened.
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@LindaOHio (156584)
• United States
9 Apr
That's a funny meme. I watched the eclipse on the Weather Channel. It got really dark here at around 3:15 pm, the time of totality.
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@BarBaraPrz (45523)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
9 Apr
I just watched the neighbors watching it. The young couple across the street even had their baby out with them on the porch. He/she/it won't remember it but will still be able to claim seeing it.
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@sabtraversa (12975)
• Italy
8 Apr
LMAO I've seen this one on FB.
Some argued the distance between Earth and Moon is way shorter than the Sun's diameter, the Sun is definitely not as small as depicted. I mean, it'd be apocalypse in all three cases.
Oh well... sucks you had clouds. 
Some argued the distance between Earth and Moon is way shorter than the Sun's diameter, the Sun is definitely not as small as depicted. I mean, it'd be apocalypse in all three cases.
Oh well... sucks you had clouds. 1 person likes this
@BarBaraPrz (45523)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
9 Apr
That's where I grabbed the meme.
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