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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-20-08 10:23 PM
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Lunar eclipse I'd like to watch and it's freaking 10 below
and I fell the other day so I can hardly walk. Will this winter ever end?
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Debi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-20-08 10:30 PM
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1. Mr. Debi went out to look at it...
he represented the family...I'm too wimpy...
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petersjo02 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-20-08 11:02 PM
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2. Caught a glimpse when I took the dog out,
a fleeting glimpse at that. We hurried back inside. The moon looked like a gray version of itself. The moonrise earlier tonight was spectacular.
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cyberswede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-20-08 11:18 PM
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3. Loved it!
Edited on Wed Feb-20-08 11:39 PM by cyberswede
We bundled up the kiddos and watched for a while (then peeked out the windows to check the progress.
Rambis Jr., took some photos - we'll see how they turn out (he's 7 years old).

I thought it looked super cool around 9:00 p.m. - reddish tint, etc.
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Sal Minella Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-20-08 11:20 PM
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4. We had fairly heavy cloud cover (no stars) and while the eclipse was happening, it was just a pale
spot in the sky, darnit, because I have a pretty good view out the kitchen window without putting on the KlompenBoots and FatJacket and HairyHat and ThickScarfOne and FuzzyScarfTwo and the HeavyGloves and by then the eclipse would have been over anyway.

But it was cloudy. darn. So I just stood there in the kitchen and looked at where the eclipse would have been if I could have seen it.

I was tired of our –25° windchills and the WeatherGods must have heard me complaining, because last night we had –40° windchills. Iowa has such an interesting variety in its weather, doncha think.
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youthere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-22-08 11:37 AM
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5. We all watched it from my youngest daughter's bedroom window.
much warmer than sitting on the deck.
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Counciltucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-23-08 08:01 PM
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6. It was clouded over down here...
...so I couldn't see it. :-(
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