Supposedly its 80% in Oklahoma. If its cloudy, oh well.

We are supposed to be only partly cloudy here in southern Illinois so the turn out is expected to be huge around here.

Schools are closed, DOT has suspended most road work and reduced the lane restrictions as much as possible. Campgrounds and the like are sold out. There is a carnival here in town that opened yesterday. Emergency declarations have been issued in some places to allow for the overtime and such to deal with the expected crowds. The small local airport is booked up with incoming flights. Vendors are set up everywhere selling everything from food and drink to trinkets and 'eclipse clothing'.

This eclipse business is shaping up to be one of the bigger things to happen to us around here in a long time. As for me and mine, we're staying home and watching from the porch.

After seeing the traffic the last eclipse, not a chance in hell I'll risk driving anywhere.

The one in 2017 I watched from my driveway. It was kind of cool to watch for about 5 minutes. That was probably enough for me for my lifetime. I sure wouldn't drive for hours and spend a fortune to see it. Guess I'm not worldly enough.

I got 2 pair from my work and the tavern I and the wife frequent were handing out glasses with a $15 dollar coupon included that can be redemed as long as you come back by the first week in june ... we go a couple times a week , cha ching ...

Not in the total path but 80%. Will see if my welding helmet has a dark enough lens. When i was a kid i seen one, Wild to see it go dark in the middle of the day!

I am not in the path of totality, about 250 west of it. My daughter is though, not planning on seeing it, gotta work. Besides, I've seen an eclipse before, seen one, seen them all, basically. I was in the path of the annular eclipse last fall.

I am one of the few that really doesn't care, I need all the sunlight I can get, so I hope it goes away quickly...

I watched it through my welding helmet. Probably better then watching it through cheap sunglasses. If your helmet is an auto darkening one, you might want to be sure its darkened before looking at the sun. I watched through my old school fixed lens helmet with a 12 or 13 tint (I think). Just after the start and just before the end have the most intense brightness, when the sun is almost covered the remaining light seems to be more focused.

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Same here, we are almost smack dab on the centerline if not right exactly on it. Never thought we would be right on it when it was noted it would was going to happen around here.

Right in the path. I'll be checking out from the porch swing.

i'm right there with you ! [even though my entire working career involved the midnight shift, turning me into a vampire......... ]

hope all those people don't end up in your lawn.

So I just stuck my head out the door with my welding helmet on, we have about 1/2 the sun blocked out from where we are, right now. Probably about our peak eclipse we will see.

97-98% at my house in Pa. It cleared up just in time to watch with my Amazon glasses. Pretty dog gone cool as the birds even started to sing.

That was pretty freaking cool. 100% eclipse here. Glad I was able to experience it, and on a nice clear day.

Yeah, my vitamin D is low too. Once was enough for me.

About 15 mins away from full eclipse area.
Seen them before and didn't have much interest. Sun gets blocked things get dark and them normal again. Life moves on.

Lunar eclipse is more interesting.

Always enjoy the opportunity to get a bit artsy with the camera. (ok, it's an iPhone photo. Whatever. )