Back in the mid-80’s I had stuffy nose and itchy eyes. My ‘Houston’ doctors said ‘get rid of the cats’ and didn’t prescribe anything to help or recommend an over the counter. I kept my fur babies, all 4 of them. I moved to Charleston in 1999 and my new doctor asked me questions about my itchy eyes, running nose, etc. He told me ‘Let me prescribe something to help your allergy so you can keep your kitties’. I swear I heard an angelic chorus doing a rousing start to the Alleluia Chorus.
That happened to me in Charleston. About 1/2 way through a big dark cloud came up and it was furiously raining for at least an hour then steady until dark. I lived in Goose Creek, about 5-7 miles from the beach, and on the 5 o’clock news they showed clips from the beach, which we had avoided because of the crowds. Bright sunshine, darkness, then sunshine again, the crowd alternating between cheers and silence. In January I was in the path of totality but I had to move in February to La Marque and we had about 90% coverage and clouds. As the clouds opened up I viewed the eclipse safely on the hood of a car. Wasn’t huge but it was sharp before the next cloud rolled in.
I was in Goose Creek SC when the last path of totality swept through. A friend of hours came down to camp in our living room so he could take pictures. When the sun was almost 1/2 covered clouds boiled out of the north with thunder and lightning and we were barely able to get the telescope and associated equipment under the shelter of the covered walkway of our apartment complex. It kept raining hard through totality and most of the exit of the moon, and the clouds persisted until evening. We watched the eclipse on the TV, and when the local news came on all it was was bragging about how wonderful the eclipse was down on the beach, up in Hanahan, and Goose Creek!!! The bedammt thunderstorm was practically sitting on top of us and virtually stationary! We couldn’t even get outside to appreciate the darkness! Our friend was bummed but made the best of it and we had fun the rest of his visit. Our goal was to move back to Texas before this eclipse popped up. Here it is, less than 3 months until the eclipse for which we were in the path of totality, and I had to get up and move to La Marque, Texas, where it may be 95%. Okay, 95% is good, but it’s probably going to be raining. Sigh. ‘Man proposes, God laughs’ is an apt description of my plans right now. Better luck to the rest of you!!!
19 years of dealing with ‘The Shoppers at Walmart’? You have my condolences and I acknowledge the strength to do that long stretch. I worked at my first ocean transportation 19 years before I was laid off and the second one 18 years—- about 3 months shy of 19 years—-before I was let go (not my fault). I had just about every form of co-workers, shiftless, shopping on line while I’m slammed by phone call after phone call, alleged illness,, Karen’s and the male equivalent. I wish you well and good sailings as you appear to be heading for year 20.
Beware, criminals, of the Mighty Blork. I don’t think I need to say what his super power is…I’d probably get the ‘naughty word’ message anyway.