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Here’s the cloud cover forecast for Eclipse day.

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   / Solar Eclipse... #82  
It's still out there but I got a giggle this morn.
Looked at the predicted weather for MOONday.
Sunny until about an hour before and after the BID DAY event.
And the Falls is expecting a Million visitors that are being gouged for motels already and I'm sure everything else on the day.
I'm hoping they turn on their greedy hosts like in a scene from Frankenstein with the villagers carrying torches and pitchforks.
It will be dark enough for the scene to work with both cloud cover and the eclipse. 🙄 🤪:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::LOL::cool:
 
   / Solar Eclipse... #83  
For historical purposes, I found this to be a fascinating read.

What Happened The Last Time Two Eclipses Formed A Giant “X” Over The New Madrid Fault Zone?
April 1, 2024
By Michael Snyde

endoftheamericandream.com

What Happened The Last Time Two Eclipses Formed A Giant "X" Over The New Madrid Fault Zone?

Could it be possible that history is about to repeat itself? On April 8th, the Great American Eclipse of 2024 will complete the giant “X” over America that the Great American Eclipse of 2017 started. Meanwhile, the Devil Comet will be racing through our solar system for the first time in 71...
endoftheamericandream.com

A lot of you are not familiar with this, and so let me take it one step at a time.

A remarkable total solar eclipse crossed the entire continental United States from the west coast to the east coast on June 16th, 1806…

On June 16, 1806, a total solar eclipse crossed the North America from Baja California to Massachusetts. This was a long duration eclipse with nearly 5 minutes totality at the point of greatest eclipse. While the western United States was sparsely populated, this eclipse did pass over Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
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That was the first half of the giant “X” over America in the early 1800s.

The second half was formed by the path of a “ring of fire” solar eclipse that took place on September 17th, 1811.

This eclipse was so widely anticipated that even Thomas Jefferson wrote about it…

But in 1811, when the solar eclipse that occurred on Constitution Day was visible in central Virginia, that is exactly what Thomas Jefferson did.

On September 17, he diligently recorded his observations in his weather journal. He noted the times when the moon first “contacted” the sun, when the annulus (ring shape) formed, when the annulus broke, and when the contact ended. He also indicated the central time of the contact and the central time of the annulus. According to Jefferson’s observations, the entire event lasted 3 hours, 15 minutes, and 34 seconds.
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The paths of those two eclipses intersected in the vicinity of Cleveland, Ohio…

The 1806 and 1811 eclipses cross in Cleveland, which was founded in 1796. It is not a Hepton Cross, and one of the eclipses is annular, but it’s still probably the most pronounced US cross until our current ones.
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Approximately three months after the eclipse of 1811 completed the giant “X” over America, the New Madrid fault zone started to go absolutely nuts.

To this day, we have never seen earthquakes of such destructive power in the continental United States…

The New Madrid earthquakes were the biggest earthquakes in American history. They occurred in the central Mississippi Valley, but were felt as far away as New York City, Boston, Montreal, and Washington D.C. President James Madison and his wife Dolly felt them in the White House. Church bells rang in Boston. From December 16, 1811 through March of 1812 there were over 2,000 earthquakes in the central Midwest, and between 6,000-10,000 earthquakes in the Bootheel of Missouri where New Madrid is located near the junction of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.

In the known history of the world, no other earthquakes have lasted so long or produced so much evidence of damage as the New Madrid earthquakes. Three of the earthquakes are on the list of America’s top earthquakes: the first one on December 16, 1811, a magnitude of 8.1 on the Richter scale; the second on January 23, 1812, at 7.8; and the third on February 7, 1812, at as much as 8.8 magnitude.
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According to the USGS, at one point the geography of the region became so distorted by seismic activity that the Mississippi River actually began to flow backwards temporarily…

In the winter of 1811 and 1812, the New Madrid seismic zone generated a sequence of earthquakes that lasted for several months and included three very large earthquakes estimated to be between magnitude 7 and 8. The three largest 1811-1812 earthquakes destroyed several settlements along the Mississippi River, caused minor structural damage as far away as Cincinnati, Ohio, and St. Louis, Missouri, and were felt as far away as Hartford, Connecticut, Charleston, South Carolina, and New Orleans, Louisiana. In the New Madrid region, the earthquakes dramatically affected the landscape. They caused bank failures along the Mississippi River, landslides along Chickasaw Bluffs in Kentucky and Tennessee, and uplift and subsidence of large tracts of land in the Mississippi River floodplain. One such uplift related to faulting near New Madrid, Missouri, temporarily forced the Mississippi River to flow backwards. In addition, the earthquakes liquefied subsurface sediment over a large area and at great distances resulting in ground fissuring and violent venting of water and sediment. One account of this phenomena stated that the Pemiscot Bayou “blew up for a distance of nearly fifty miles.”
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These earthquakes opened up enormous fissures in the ground.

Some of them were up to five miles long, and most of the crevices “ran from north to south”.

I think that is a very interesting detail.

Just before the earthquakes started, Tecumseh’s Comet made a spectacular appearance…

The earthquakes were preceded by the appearance of a great comet, which was visible around the globe for seventeen months, and was at its brightest during the earthquakes. The comet, with an orbit of 3,065 years, was last seen during the time of Ramses II in Egypt. In 1811-1812, it was called “Tecumseh’s Comet” (or “Napoleon’s Comet” in Europe).
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Here in 2024, the “Devil Comet” has made a spectacular appearance just before the Great American Eclipse of 2024 finishes the giant “X” over America that the Great American Eclipse of 2017 started.

Interestingly, CBS News is reporting that large numbers of Americans will be flocking to an area in southern Illinois where the paths of the Great American Eclipse of 2024 and the Great American Eclipse of 2017 intersect…

While many are likely to head as far south as possible, some of the biggest cities in the Midwest are likely to fuel day-of migration to spots in Missouri and Illinois, many of them likely seeing a total eclipse for the second time in a decade. A small zone centered around Carbondale, Illinois, was along the path of totality in 2017, and will be once again this month.
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For a lot of these people, the Great American Eclipse of 2024 will be a wonderful opportunity to party.

As the most ominous sign in the entire history of our country passes over our heads, they will be celebrating.

But the last time we saw a giant “X” over the heartland of America, it certainly wasn’t anything to celebrate.

Scientists tell us that it is just a matter of time before cataclysmic earthquakes erupt along the New Madrid fault zone once again, and when that time arrives the death and destruction that we will witness will be off the charts.

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See more of the history here,
1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes - Wikipedia

Over the last few years these quakes keep intensifying too. Some big cities are in the region as well.
What will happen in this 2024?
 
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Updated cloud cover forecast for eclipse day

Updated weather forecast for our location.
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   / Solar Eclipse... #85  
bmaverick said:
For historical purposes, I found this to be a fascinating read.

What Happened The Last Time Two Eclipses Formed A Giant “X” Over The New Madrid Fault Zone?
April 1, 2024
By Michael Snyde

endoftheamericandream.com

What Happened The Last Time Two Eclipses Formed A Giant "X" Over The New Madrid Fault Zone?

Could it be possible that history is about to repeat itself? On April 8th, the Great American Eclipse of 2024 will complete the giant “X” over America that the Great American Eclipse of 2017 started. Meanwhile, the Devil Comet will be racing through our solar system for the first time in 71...
endoftheamericandream.com

A lot of you are not familiar with this, and so let me take it one step at a time.

A remarkable total solar eclipse crossed the entire continental United States from the west coast to the east coast on June 16th, 1806…


That was the first half of the giant “X” over America in the early 1800s.

The second half was formed by the path of a “ring of fire” solar eclipse that took place on September 17th, 1811.

This eclipse was so widely anticipated that even Thomas Jefferson wrote about it…


The paths of those two eclipses intersected in the vicinity of Cleveland, Ohio…


Approximately three months after the eclipse of 1811 completed the giant “X” over America, the New Madrid fault zone started to go absolutely nuts.

To this day, we have never seen earthquakes of such destructive power in the continental United States…


According to the USGS, at one point the geography of the region became so distorted by seismic activity that the Mississippi River actually began to flow backwards temporarily…


These earthquakes opened up enormous fissures in the ground.

Some of them were up to five miles long, and most of the crevices “ran from north to south”.

I think that is a very interesting detail.

Just before the earthquakes started, Tecumseh’s Comet made a spectacular appearance…


Here in 2024, the “Devil Comet” has made a spectacular appearance just before the Great American Eclipse of 2024 finishes the giant “X” over America that the Great American Eclipse of 2017 started.

Interestingly, CBS News is reporting that large numbers of Americans will be flocking to an area in southern Illinois where the paths of the Great American Eclipse of 2024 and the Great American Eclipse of 2017 intersect…


For a lot of these people, the Great American Eclipse of 2024 will be a wonderful opportunity to party.

As the most ominous sign in the entire history of our country passes over our heads, they will be celebrating.

But the last time we saw a giant “X” over the heartland of America, it certainly wasn’t anything to celebrate.

Scientists tell us that it is just a matter of time before cataclysmic earthquakes erupt along the New Madrid fault zone once again, and when that time arrives the death and destruction that we will witness will be off the charts.

---
See more of the history here,
1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes - Wikipedia

Over the last few years these quakes keep intensifying too. Some big cities are in the region as well.
What will happen in this 2024?
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Maybe there is something to all this. There was a 4.8 magnitude quake in NJ this morning!

abc7ny.com

4.8 magnitude earthquake confirmed in New Jersey, felt across NYC and Tri-State

Assessments are underway across New York City and the Tri-State area after an earthquake shook the region Friday morning.
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3-days to go! I know 1/2 of my workplace already took off since Thursday to be down near the 'X' marks the spot. That's a few hundred from the manufacturing center. It's going to be a zoo down there.

My only benefit this week was, excellent parking up close rather than walking 2 parking lots. (y)
 
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I'm leaving Sunday for a fishing trip on the White River in North Arkansas. It just so happens that we will be in the 100% zone. I'm not sure what to expect, because I've never been fly fishing and I've never seen a 100% eclipse.

Maybe the trout will jump into the boat???
 
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Complete Turf Care said:
I'm leaving Sunday for a fishing trip on the White River in North Arkansas. It just so happens that we will be in the 100% zone. I'm not sure what to expect, because I've never been fly fishing and I've never seen a 100% eclipse.

Maybe the trout will jump into the boat???
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Whatever happens, I'll bet you have a good time!
 
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Complete Turf Care said:
I'm leaving Sunday for a fishing trip on the White River in North Arkansas. It just so happens that we will be in the 100% zone. I'm not sure what to expect, because I've never been fly fishing and I've never seen a 100% eclipse.

Maybe the trout will jump into the boat???
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Asian Carp will:

 
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I lived in a small town in SW Arkansas that is going to get a lot of traffic with this thing. DeQueen and Mena are definitely going to get several minutes.
David from jax
 

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