Five whole years from now, a solar eclipse — when the Earth, moon and sun are fully aligned, thus creating a spectacular shadow seen from our planet — will appear in our sky for nearly four whole minutes at about 3:13 p.m. that day. Akron, too, will see about two minutes of show time.
Ohio is one of only 13 states that will experience this rare and celebrated occurrence in its totality.
Find a detailed map of the event’s projected path right here.
Whatever you do, if you plan to take in the light/dark action, don’t forget your glasses.
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This article appears in Apr 3-9, 2019.
Trump Derangement Syndrome is real and you folks have yourselves convinced that it’ll go away when he does. Never forget, we put him in office and we’re not going anywhere.
Trump will be rejected, ejected, and eclipsed in 2020. He…and you…will be on the dust heap of history.
I saw the 2017 one, down in southern Illinois…woe. Solar eclipses…they’re real and they’re and they’re spectacular. Had to reserve a hotel room a year in advance, but the crowds were much smaller than expected, all the advance paranoia about traffic jams and hordes of visitors kept many people from going there. Cleveland may get pretty hectic…maybe like the GOP in 2016…a lot of folks will probably show up here. Rent your house out!
However, the 2017 one was in late summer…this one will be in early spring. April can be either sublime or shitty…it could be 75 and clear or we can get heavy rain nad overcast or a foot of snow. Chances are, it will be cloudy and chilly. That’s why I drove 600 miles each way in 2107. Waited all my life to see one. Now I can die happy. Unless this one comes to my backyard. I hope so. Two minutes of ecstacy…celestial sex!
OOPS…make that 2017. In 2107 I will probably fly to the solar eclipse with my personal jetpack.