The sun is disappearing, and you have only 10 months to prepare.

[Sara S]

The sun is disappearing, and you have only 10 months to prepare.

'Don’t say you weren’t warned: Aug. 21, 2017, “may turn out to be the most popular vacation-day request in history,” Michael E. Bakich writes in Discover magazine — so you may want to get that time-off request in early.

Why? Because on that date — for the first time in 99 years — a total eclipse of the sun will be visible across the United States, from sea to temporarily-not-shining sea. Millions of Americans will be in easy driving distance of a spectacle that has been called indescribable, unforgettable, even life-altering. The sun will disappear for about 2½ minutes, beginning in Oregon about 10:15 a.m. local time; the phenomenon will move eastward, ending an hour and a half later in South Carolina. In between, the eclipse will be visible from Grand Teton and the Great Smoky Mountains national parks, from St. Louis and Kansas City and Charleston, S.C., and all points in between.

The last time a total eclipse was visible coast to coast was June 8, 1918, and it was front-page news nationwide.'>>>

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/the-sun-is-disappearing-and-you-have-only-10-months-to-prepare/2016/10/14/493334aa-8fd2-11e6-9c85-ac42097b8cc0_story.html?postshare=4311476715595901&tid=ss_fb

[Shandi]

Nature provides an excellent marketing opportunity for some people to benefit economically.

I was in Hawaii in 1991 when we had the last total eclipse, and our business clients ordered several different kinds of custom imprinted eclipse items. And we sold many of them in a rented store front. So,we profited both ways. My favorite item was a coffee mug that had the phases of the eclipse that changed color when the hot liquid was poured in.

I watched the eclipse with friends on the roof of my home. We had a perfect view, while tourists who spent big money to stay at the fancy hotels on the north coast were fogged in.