It’s past peak here in northern CT…but we were in the 65% area. Really…it didn’t change the darkness at all. It was partly cloudy…and honestly…from my kitchen…it looks exactly the same as it did before this all began.
Heading to a post eclipse picnic at 4 when this will be completely over.
It’s definitely darker here just north of NYC. Just used a pinhold and cardboard box routine and saw crescent shapes where there had been full circles this morning.
I find it amazing that the anti-science climate change deniers and anti-vaxers have not been howling about how the eclipse is fake…
Omg that was so worth it! Totality was incredible.
@abasket, we had 92% here and I was surprised at how sunny it still was, also. I thought it would just appear like it was cloudy or something.
I shared the one pair of glasses I had with my parents, who are 86 and 87. While it did not get darker like we expected with 97.1% totality, it did get a bit darker; looked a bit like the calm before the storm. Many in the apartment did not have glasses, so we all shared with others standing around.
The parts we were unable to see, we were able to follow with other cities on tv, so I think everyone was pleased.
Here in Wisconsin (85%?), it was a little cloudy but we were still able to see the sun through the glasses. It didn’t get dark but the quality of the light definitely changed. The air got a little cooler and the birds freaked out. The dogs (we went to a dog park) didn’t.
I rode to school this morning with a colleague because we had concerns about parking on our campus. Her elementary school age girls were in school, but the district decided to dismiss early after totality, so we left shortly after that and I’m back home. I took one last look when I came inside and things are probably fully complete now that I’m upstairs on the computer.
The whole thing was really neat, but totality was incredible and made me cry. I am tearing up now thinking about it again. My faith is never larger than when I stop to experience the gifts of our planet and solar system. They boggle my mind and I needed that right now.
We had a large crowd as a NASA viewing site, but not overwhelming. It is so hot here that many came to our campus to get the free glasses and then turned around and left instead of staying out in the heat. No disappointment from me because the crowd was appreciative and reasonably quiet as we went into totality. It was thrilling to hear all the sounds of early evening with the insects chirping, etc. in the middle of the afternoon. While we had some clouds in the area, totality was completely cloud free.
D is on the Vandy campus and sent me a picture of Alumni Lawn and it looks like they had a pretty large crowd. She had texted earlier that despite their campus event being billed as faculty, staff, & students only, community members showed up as well.
Our Facebook page indicated that we had 38 states represented and visitors from England, Israel, & China. As we headed home, lots of cars were turning onto the interstate and I suspect many were headed back home. I hope they got to experience some of what our area has to offer yesterday or this morning as those license plates from Michigan (we saw lots of those) and Wisconsin had certainly come a long, long way for such a short experience.
I was in about 90% totality in eastern Virginia. Shared glasses with some strangers! One of my sons saw it it Wyoming and he texted that he got some video of it .
Used the pinhole method in CT. I had a hard time early in the eclipse because we had some clouds, but when it hit peak, I was able to see the huge “smile” that was now the sun.
S1 reminded me yesterday that in 7 years, the eclipse will be in Buffalo. He may well be living in Rochester then so he’ll have an easier time seeing the eclipse than he did this time. He was at SFO waiting for a flight and I haven’t heard what, if anything, he saw.
We had about 60% in RI. Thank you public libraries for the free eclipse glasses. Heading to Montana and Wyoming tomorrow which would have been perfect. Couldn’t get affordable accommodations or car rental for eclipse time.
Saw the total in Charleston. It became completely dark. What an experience!
We were at 98.5% obscuration and it was noticeably darker but not dark. Totality would have been better. I taped a pair of binoculars to a tripod and was able to see a fairly large image of the eclipse projected on the ground (also had glasses for direct viewing, but the sun projection was probably 2-3" in diameter). Very neat to be able to see the sunspots. The crescent-shaped tree shadows were probably the coolest thing.
2024 WILL be seen in totality here in Toledo! Party at abasket’s house!! (jk!!) 
^^I’ll bring the wine!
Totality in Maine in 2024, also! In April, which is good because it will bring people to the state during the off-season.
We have totality again in 2024 where I am as we are the center of X marks the spot for the two eclipse paths (2017 & 2024). However, I hope to be retired and watching from someplace south of here.
@MaineLonghorn We’re meeting at your house 2024. I’ll bring the calamari and Del’s Lemonade
What struck me the most (I’m in an area where you could only partially see it) is how much COOLER it got all of the sudden.
@gearmom, sounds good!