Hi Simon, This is a very fun story about a small town in the U.S. that suddenly finds itself in the limelight. As best i understand it, the longest duration of the eclipse is in a small town in Illinois where many of my in-laws live, and where my husband and I lived till this past April. Truth be told, this has been a rough weekend. I'm sad I'm not there. The university is closed Monday, and there are lots of parties that we would be attending if we still lived there.
http://eclipse.siu.edu <http://eclipse.siu.edu/> Donna , Donna > On Aug 19, 2017, at 4:57 PM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote: > > Hi Janina, > > Yes it was a story on our evening news tv show last night. > > The town in Oregon that is the centre of the eclipse has a population of > approx. 6500 people but they are expecting 250000 to arrive over the next day > or so to watch the eclipse > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] > Sent: Sunday, 20 August 2017 6:55 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: App to make the solar eclipse accessible > > Simon, > > Where I live just outside Washington, DC, it will approximately 80%. > It's full further west in the U.S. Hotels out west are full. People are > sleeping in their cars, I imagine! <grin> > > Janina > > Simon Fogarty writes: >> I didn't know there was to be a solar eclipse this year? >> >> So is it a full one for you folks in the northern hemisphere or only partial? >> >> And besides I'm sure this type of thing happens every day, Or at least >> night, I believe what happens is the earth gets in front of the sun so that >> the side of the earth furtherest away from the sun is eclipsed from seeing >> it, and it gets very dark on that furtherest away side. >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries >> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] >> Sent: Saturday, 19 August 2017 9:40 AM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: App to make the solar eclipse accessible >> >> Hi, >> >> People living anywhere proximate to the coming solar eclipse might want to >> look into a special app intended to help blind and visually impaired people >> experience this upcoming celestial event: >> >> https://www.space.com/37746-solar-eclipse-experience-for-visually-impa >> ired.html >> >> The app, Eclipse Soundscape, may well be available via Itunes Appstore. >> I haven't checked, though. >> >> Enjoy! >> >> Janina >> >> >> -- >> >> Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 >> sip:jan...@asterisk.rednote.net >> Email: jan...@rednote.net >> >> Linux Foundation Fellow >> Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org >> >> The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) >> Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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