Reader, Art of the Zeal, wanted to remind people to keep pets indoors during the solar eclipse. Animals can be blinded if they notice the eclipse and stare into it.
This is a very good, and oft neglected, tip.
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What about our wild animal friends?
Sell them eclipse glasses?
Not Bidding: The savages? Yeah, give them a magnifying glass and tell them to have fun. LOL
I urge our BLM and Antifa friends to stare at that racist white light from the Sun as it’s being covered by the dark of the moon.
You can track it here.
https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2017-august-21
I am so sick of all things “eclipse”. Can’t wait until it is over.
I saw the one in 1979. It wasn’t a ‘total’ but definitely no big deal. And nobody gave a shit 24/7.
Headed to Charleston tomorrow to share the event on the beach with a NASA expert! So excited! She’s bringing all the gear to analyze the eclipse. It would have been cool here in Hilton Head, but way cooler in Charleston.
BFH – how about one of your open feeds on Monday? Will be glad to provide NASA DATA!
My son is a veterinarian and he says this is balderdash. Animals normally don’t stare at the sun and they’re not going to do anything differently during this eclipse. Period. Relax….
Common sense takes a holiday.
As far as wild animals most nocturnal animals will just be confused and think they over slept…same may apply to not so bright humans such as democRATS!
Vixen- Yeah, but what about Joe Biden’s pets?
MJA– What about Joe Biden? 😀
But seriously, you should remind your little kids, though.
Vixen, LOLOL.
My Pomeranians are beautiful but dumb as dirt. I worry about one of my border collies. I could see him noticing.
On a lighter note. They say fishing may improve.
If this true than hunting season is going to be easy this year with all the blind wild animals running around.
lol! One of my now departed doggies loved to look in the sky to watch birds and airplanes fly. She would bark at them sometimes. She caught quite a few crows but never caught an airplane. 😀
Endless parade of stupid Californians heading north on I-5 this morning. Hopefully they will all go home on Monday afternoon.
TonyR, just tell them to wear their ball caps backwards. That’s all the protection they need.
The only thing my pets stare at is a dirty litter pan or an empty food dish.
Either way, they are telling me to get busy, snap to.
MJA: My black Labrador Beauregard watches birds fly over. He hates hawks, turkey vultures, and especially CROWS. Barks ferociously and runs after them as they fly. He would love to catch a crow like your departed pup, but I’ve never seen him remotely interested in the sun. 😎
A giant black body moves in front of the sun, Manchelle Oyeti no where to be found, coincidence?
So, is all of Africa going blind? What about South America?
Should start a type of ghoul pool guessing how many people will become blind after using those Made In China eclipse glasses.
I thought that logically the path would be East to West but it is just the opposite.
In the US it starts in Oregon and heads East.
I saw the dumbest news report the other day.
The woman reporter said that “states that count on solar energy are trying to figure out how to keep the power on during the eclipse.”
I SWEAR she said this!
WTF!!!!
I think it would be worse for your pet if they stare at CNN on TV
We’re in an area that’s going to have right at 99% coverage. I swear, I’m sick and tired of hearing about the eclipse.
However, my daughter developed a special drink for her bar and they have 100 pairs of approved glasses so we will be there!
As for pets, we heard all day on the radio from vets saying while animals will look up to the sky they will not look directly into the sun as it hurts their eyes. They’re smarter than humans.
Just stare at it until you start sneezing.
Headed out tomorrow towards totality, all 2 minutes and 32 seconds of it.
No need to get a pair of protective eclipse glasses for your dog or cat, experts say they don’t normally look at the sun.
In today’s NASA briefing about Monday’s solar eclipse, co-chair of the National Solar Eclipse Task Force Angela Speck remarked, “It’s no different than any other day. On a normal day your pets don’t try to look at the sun and therefore don’t damage their eyes, so on this day they’re not going to do it either.”
DH and I are already at destination. We will have totality here at our SIL & daughter’s home here in MO. Daughter dearest and I plan to sit on the deck with our margaritas watching the eclipse while the guys photograph it.
Here, totality will be only 38 seconds. We all chose not to fight traffic in Columbia for another 2 minutes of darkness
All kinds of traffic delay warnings for tomorrow posted along the interstate today.
i will be staring at a 95% e klipse and not even leave the deck. *thumbs nose*
I have a business to run I won’t even see it.
I rarely leave my office it’s one phone call after another
I’ll be in the complete totality and 40 miles north from the geographic center of the whole USA…..and you won’t nanner nanner….
It’s OK though, I’ll be a benevolent ruler…