nPosted on August 21, 2017
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nToday is the day that all kinds of human-made problems are supposed to break out.
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Maybe gigantic traffic jams. Travelers stranded by overbooked planes. Trash left behind by a million tourists.
Maybe gigantic traffic jams. Travelers stranded by overbooked planes. Trash left behind by a million tourists. n
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nOr…maybe most things will stay relatively sane.
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nWhatever happens, today is THE day of the first solar eclipse to be mostly in the United States in almost a century.
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In the past 99 years – all of my life, and all of my mom’s life, and even most of HER mom’s (long gone, now) life! – there hasn’t been a total solar eclipse that has hit the U.S. “from sea to shining sea”…
In the past 99 years – all of my life, and all of my mom’s life, and even most of HER mom’s (long gone, now) life! – there hasn’t been a total solar eclipse that has hit the U.S. “from sea to shining sea”… n
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nBut today, there will be!
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nAnd it’s the first total solar eclipse to hit any of the “lower 48” states in 38 years.
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nI knew about today’s solar eclipse a year ago – and at that point hotel rooms in the areas of totality nearest to my home were ALREADY sold out! We got a hotel room just an hour away from totality…
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nHopefully, we’ll be in on “the show.”
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nTo find out more about eclipses, check out this article.
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nTo find out about the partial or total eclipse where you are (or will be), check out this website.
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nIf you are going to watch the eclipse, check out this article.
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nAlso on this date:
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nPoet’s Day
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nAnniversary of the eruption of Lake Nyos
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nAnniversary of the theft of the Mona Lisa
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nAnniversary of the Voyager 2 fly-by of Triton
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nHawaii’s statehood anniversary
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nPlan ahead:
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Check out my Pinterest boards for:
Check out my Pinterest boards for:
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nAugust holidays
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nAnd here are my Pinterest boards for:
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