What Can Cast a Shadow on Viewing the Solar Eclipse

Hundreds of thousands of Americans have traveled to other parts of the country to be able to see today’s total solar eclipse, a rare event to be sure.

Some airlines have what they call “Path of Totality” flights that are fully booked with passengers 30,000 feet in the sky.

Lots of Americans have driven hundreds of miles from where they live to places where there will be a total eclipse.

Hotel rooms and Airbnb and Vrbo have been booked for weeks and even months.

In central Texas for instance, where the sun will be fully covered by the moon for a few minutes, travel plans and work schedules have been made, preparing for months for the big day today to see the total eclipse.

What they did not want to see today is what they apparently will see if the weather forecasts are correct. With the day finally here, what happens there?  Cloudy skies and a good chance of rain over much of Texas.

That certainly can cast a shadow on what was supposed to be a day when something happens that doesn’t happen very often over an entire lifetime.

But it will still be a memorable day even where the weather doesn’t cooperate.

Because this will still be a day that family and friends will talk about for years and decades to come while they wait for the next total eclipse of the sun in 2044.

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