 We got this when we went to see 2001 a space Odyssey in con toys auditorium. That was pretty fun The roads are surprising. Well, we live in Essex, but the roads are surprisingly not The roads are surprisingly not as busy Well, I'm not Yes, it is 1134 we're going I don't think it's too late. I know it's very warm out Wrapping Tony TV. I think the mic's still in here. Yeah, it is. Oh Is this a sign? Was that a was that a sign? No, I'm gonna hope that it's I hope no one is doing anything stupid But I bet they are I'm very curious to see how traffic is so far normal roads For a monday midday At the apartment Interesting though because maybe it is seem like a little bit more traffic than like a monday normal monday, but at the same time like Yeah, I don't really know. I think a lot of people probably also did not get the day off I think that that is true I did see a lot of people talking about that on the internet like being like, oh my god. I get out of work at like right around the eclipse time like The roads are really um really screwed I don't think we're gonna get to where we're going I'm scared. Clouds aren't there is cloud Yep, there's clouds a little hazy I don't I kept for I forgot to look at the sky I'm a little nervous. I I don't think that's like gonna block anything. I have not where is the sun Oh gas price. What's gas 331. Let's chronicle that it's 331. The year is 2024 April 1086 Or gas has been outlawed hydro So we're getting to where we're going to start taking back roads here. It's 1143 It's 1143 Is this asset still no, this is colchester What is this? Is this south burlington? I think we're still in colchester Really see oh I was gonna say I've really seen any out of state plates as somebody from mariland drives by But for the most part Just because they're out of state They could be a college student What is this? Is this an airfield? The airport was planning on doing some Activities there's a lot of places around town No, I don't know about that, but just viewing the eclipse from their field Yeah, I you know there's a couple of places that seem like it would be interesting like, you know, um Viewing it from the ticonderoga Shelburne museum is holding a you had to buy tickets like five years ago, but like a mountaintop would be great A mountaintop would be great Jordan, would you like to tell the people our original plan because I can tell that he is I'm so upset. He is upset. I'm not upset at all So we're we were I I really want to see it from a mountaintop Um, so we had a plan, but I didn't want to go up mountains field or all that because I was like everybody's gonna be there So I found this little hill called well, not really it was like a good-sized mountainy thing and called minister hill in Franklin, Vermont And I was like we're gonna go up there. We're gonna climb this hill. We're gonna wash it that way But then there were I heard some some protests which do make some sense that we had never been there We don't know what we're gonna find and then we just got a bunch of snow and thinking it's probably gonna be muddy A lot of the mountains are actually closed too. A lot of the mountains are closed anyways, so that wouldn't have even worked I'm sure there are people who climbed anyways. Oh, yeah, and um And then my family is coming up to be you know in south brough and in the watches. So it's like Why would we climb up a mountain? climb up a muddy mountain not knowing what the hell we're gonna find Instead just you know being in south brough into my family made more sense So I'm not upset about it. I think this is better. So We'll still get to watch the clips from across the lake, which will be pretty cool Unless the sun totally screws us Not the sun the clouds Sun is also involved in that Though these clouds like we were saying they do look quite like Well, the sun's that way right now behind us Yeah, see if it's uh because we can't look at the sun with our glasses, right? Like even non-eclipse Say that again. We can look at the sun. Yeah, you can see the sun through the glasses That's the only thing that you can see through the glasses. Yeah, so we can see if we're doing that the other day at work If it's really messing it up because maybe because there's clouds we could probably still see it I imagine the sun is bright enough to go through these clouds I think so a little bit more traffic here No, this is honest. This is like normal traffic though. There's nothing that I have normal here We're by al's french fries Kind of that's the back road that we take to get there There's market street Oh, this fella's going down market street Probably have some events going on there They do I think they were doing some events at the south brolin to city hall as well All sorts of places. They're having events ticketed events and Yep That most of the traffic is going to be on the way home Yeah, because a lot of people have kind of trickled in over the past couple of days You should have seen church street. I'll put some pictures in of church street yesterday We weren't there personally, but I saw a bunch of pictures on the internet I'd like to I would like to see Wellington and church street As it is today, but there's just no way of doing that. We wouldn't be able to park. There'd be nowhere to go So really there's no way of doing that Yeah, a lot of locals. I mean the official messaging has been to Stay home stay off the roads And I know some people have been upset about that because it's like Why do I need to stay home? and not enjoy The eclipse the way that I want to so that the tourists can come I want to do whatever I want to do And I get it. I mean they're they're gonna be spending money But I am very curious to see like the like I mean I went to the park yesterday in sx It was muddy. So I know that waterfront park is muddy. They're gonna destroy waterfront I think waterfront park is going to be destroyed. Yeah, I'm very curious to see the aftermath of that Well all of the I don't know about north beach, but like oak ledge, leddie Roosevelt Perkins pier those are all official viewing sites. So oh battery park too So I'm very curious to see what goes on with that Not that I'm aware of trying to save north beach Save north beach Not too much traffic I know some people are saying like I think we really overstated the numbers, but I I really think we're gonna see I think we're gonna really see it coming home. Everybody trying to leave at the same time Well church tree looked I mean those pictures church tree was packed church tree hasn't been that packed in a long time No, so that that's we got a lot of folks out walking enjoying the beautiful day You gotta go around it buddy Oh, you can hear it you can hear them So we this is the eclipse traffic There's turkeys in the road. This is the eclipse traffic. Everybody was talking about They're beautiful. They are beautiful. Wow. Wow. They really don't want to go. Yeah, you gotta push through here, buddy Let me get real close to them Some beautiful turkeys Like the tom is still right in the middle of the road. Yeah, it is Here he goes. Oh my god. Look at him. Is he big? Oh my god Oh, he is ginormous Oh, he is gorgeous. Yeah, let's get a nice little this is the eclipse traffic They warned it. Whoa Oh my god That was awesome. Are you kidding me? So Jordan, what just happened? We were just stopped by a A gaggle of demons in the road Some beautiful turkeys. Oh careful. We got a dead animal on the road now. What is happening? Okay, we're approaching We are approaching Shelburne road There's like nobody here Oh my god Um, so where's all these 300 000 people they were telling us about? They got me looking like a liar. This is Shelburne road for anybody who's curious Route seven I guess you can't see traffic. Yeah, there's definitely traffic up there. So I don't know. We'll see We have arrived. We're here. We're gonna we're gonna go see the fan to 437 and totality will be at 326 to 329 And you and you said animals could be acting weird? Yes, that's what they that's what they always say And we may hear okay, there you go owls. We may see bats Crickets maybe even Maybe Maybe these animals will act weird. Yeah, I bet they would you're gonna do some weird stuff You're blind and deaf so you won't be able to tell. No, she will She'll be able to sense it. Yeah, she'll feel it Toby will act weird and Frodo will definitely act weird. Yeah I just saw Frodo Oh Betsy, do you want some lunch? Do you want a sandwich with some sort? It's 12 30. Um, do you want to You got stuff, right? So if I do, I'll just make one. Yeah, such a great thing going on. And Caroline, you as well. What if you'd like something this For a fact, I did not see Burlington. This could be just as the sun came up So we got the chance to speak to some folks that came from year and far to see why they came to the Green Mountain State to watch this once in a lifetime experience The solar eclipse is just a few hours away And for many visitors the planning has been months and even years in the ellipse in South Carolina And loved it so much. They're chasing another one something different. You'll never see anywhere else. You know what I mean? So this is very interesting. So you live in Burlington and that's nobody That's a less than fourth of the life. Yeah, it is But it might be different. I'm I'm Wondering if more people will try and bring their boat back Yeah, oh, yeah I'm pretty bright and shining here in Indianapolis right now. I'm hoping that that will last throughout the day Other places like Dallas, Texas, Buffalo, New York, not so lucky All right, we're going to the traffic. We're going to find the people it's Where are we heading? We are going to go the belly of the beast and try to see people because there's no traffic anywhere It's totally been drawn out of proportion I'm very curious to see What type of traffic we'll run into and so it's one o'clock It's one o'clock Yep, and We have an hour and 15 minutes Not gonna get us stuck in anything here Before the sun the moon starts to My main plan is just to go maybe to hit the roundabout and just go around the roundabout. Yep. We see That's like a test and to see what happens It was about this traffic when we went to the store this morning And he went to Hannaford, which is like what he's what would you say? That's like a couple miles down the road. Yeah, yeah This is also before the highway exit. Yeah looks crazy. I'm just gonna go down the spear instead of getting stuck But if it doesn't look too bad, I just saw that we're starting to get some traffic here Oh, yeah, I'm gonna get into the right lane just in case I do have to flip over to spear It's not that crazy. I've only seen two Vermont license plates into me left the house. I know it's very disproportionate It is there are definitely other people. This is just so late to be coming up for Clubs, you know, you can definitely see the road rage happening from Vermonters Oh, yeah getting frustrated getting frustrated and I Understand that Bagel bakery is about the deadest I've ever seen it. This bagel bakery is dead. Oh, wow Because I was thinking of doing that this morning and it's like everything's probably gonna be packed Yeah, we'll we'll go into the round about at least maybe even past Champlain, I don't know We'll pass Champlain. We're starting to Start to test our limits. Oh, yeah, I see some Mm-hmm This looks look at how clear the highway is. Yeah. Well, that's the spur, but anyways This is how people get off though In Mazatlan, Mexico The moon is just starting to go over the sun. Okay, so it's so So it's in Mexico And now we have what we're about a little less than an hour or a little more than an hour Until we start to see it Yeah And I have um, oh, yeah, we we've got some we're starting to get a little red here We're on Whoops I clicked on my um I have a I have a live NASA app I'm Watching wow, okay or having on And they're they're talking about the eclipse. Oh, yeah, everything about the eclipse. Sorry guys. I know I'm in your I know I'm in your crosswalk here now. They're in carryville, Texas Um, I'm so obsessed and yes, Texas does have some clouds All right, so for a while they were saying that vermont was going to be the best Weather, but now we you know, we're experiencing some clouds too I mean we're still overall we're pretty clear. We got some whispies up there. We do have some whispies That's what they said some high-level clouds But they wouldn't interfere with Being able to see the eclipse. There's nobody here. Oh my god. There is no traffic What are you guys going on back there? I'm nasa nasa. Look at all these bikers Um It's a great day for bikers in Burlington. There's literally nobody around here. No, there isn't This is ridiculous Oh, here comes my old college Champlain, yeah mine too Mine too. They did a very very bad thing They put a girl's door next to a UVM frat. Uh-oh Yeah, well here we go. We got some people. Oh, yep. That's just people walking around People are definitely avoiding cars as much as they can, huh? That's pretty much what I did for the years in college I'm gonna turn around maple We'll just remember that maple and church are Yeah Closed for construction. Maybe I'll go down you and go around that way. That's a tour There's a tour going on right now. Oh, wow Champlain college bus. We didn't have that when I was there This is my old dorm right here. Oh nice. McDonald and then valcor right next to it. Yeah It's of course when I was here parking enforcement. It was jaywalking Nice. It was 1987 Oh, yeah, so some things have definitely changed since then I hope a lot has changed Well, you got somebody with the balloons on their bike here I have Is there a closure down there? That looks like you can go straight through the hall Looks like they reopened it, I guess Um, and I have a friend on facebook Um that I went to Champlain with And we're still in touch Do they live around here or somewhere else? No, well, she was from Long island and a couple years ago. She moved to georgia Oh, there's a little kid on the bike. Yes. You got to be careful with them. Yeah, I'm gonna just slow That's a good idea though. Oh my god Um To have the balloons Much more visible than just a kid Oh, you can tell that they reopened this literally just for this because look at the road I know I was gonna say that This doesn't work Okay, so this part of church three is closed Here's my other old apartment right here Yeah, I really would have been better off. Pine might be a problem. I might do st. Paul What do you think go down a pine? Oh, you can see a bunch of people at Perkins Oh, cool I can't zoom in that far, but there's a bunch of people at Perkins beer. Whoa. See I'm all on that Oh, yeah This is definitely not as crowded as I was expecting it to be. I mean there's people walking around It is a lot of people though. There are a lot of people at Perkins. Yeah Yeah, I probably would have been the best off This is what we're turning on. This is gonna be nice people. Yeah That makes sense And then we might get stuck and say nope not a thing A lot of people though. Yeah, there are a lot of people. They're just no traffic People heated everyone's warnings Pretty well, there is a parking lot Somewhere on pine. So that's probably where these people are all walking from there. Yeah, the parking lot The parking garage and pine I was so bummed when They closed that because that's Where I parked for everything Where on pine was that? Oh look, they're selling merch there. Um attached. Oh Yeah, I might have a look. Is that a trolley? Yes, that's a trolley. I have one of these that does go around. That's Yeah, they have tons of those in Salem. I know I'll probably I should get uh I should get a t-shirt on Amazon because they don't think we'll more merch get close enough That's an artist See look at all these people walking. I wonder if they're going there Because we've got people walking down Yeah It's weird a lot more people around than cars Yes Which I was expecting more cars to be honest with you. Yeah, me too I didn't know how we were gonna get to the store this morning all the locals Are not driving Yeah, and then all the tourists are already here Jordan, what is your take on that? Um, so traffic non-existent a lot of people like walking around and biking And it did look like Perkins pier was pretty well A lot of people and once we were getting close to there There's definitely like stuff going on but Clearly the the traffic concerns were overblown Um, probably my guess is because Locals are hunkering down or only walking and then the tourists are already here That would be my guess But we're almost back home and now it's what it is 121 Yeah, I'm not gonna be able to get that on the camera, but it's 121 That was like a 20 minute drive. We didn't get stuck in traffic at all. Nope We are almost home And I mean I think it was worth it to like we got to see a little bit of the Perkins pier crowd Yeah, but I was expecting more cars. I was expecting more people. Yep. So was I I was expecting an actual Board of humans, but that's not how this has been at all. Can you see me? Yeah We are tuning in live from the Butterfield household as you can see The crowds are huge. There's a bunch of people here And we will be reporting live from the scene before during and after the eclipse so Stay tuned feel about the eclipse Can you tell us, you know, are you excited? What are you looking forward to? Frodo, can you tell us what you're feeling? I think he's excited, you know Wants to go outside Can you tell us how you feel about the eclipse mister? Are you excited? He might even be a little scared Are you he looks terrified All right. Well, thank you for your time, sir. We really appreciate it and we hope you enjoy the eclipse frobo Wait, you talk and talk and talk and then you put a microphone in front of us for any city's camera shot. Yes Buddy, are you excited for the eclipse? Can you tell us a little bit about it? So We're here on Monday, April 8 2024 before we're like an hour before the eclipse actually starts Who am I here with? Shelly Butterfield And um for some reason I thought Bob was just whispering and I thought it was Jordan So Shelly, this is Jordan's mother Jordan's lovely mother. Um, we're here at your house and um, this wasn't our original plan And how do you feel that we're here today? Oh, I'm I'm thrilled that you're here today This is where I wanted you to be all along and it terrified me that you were going to go up to some mountain somewhere and Be be not be safe. So I'm I'm thrilled you're here I I'm also thrilled. Um, though the trip that we just took into town There was like no traffic. So I'm kind of shocked by that but I do think and I was saying this to him. I think that Leaving is going to be um a different story, but Let's you know in terms of the eclipse Are you excited for it? Um Yes and no, yes and no, I I don't I've never seen one. I don't know how it's going to be It doesn't it seems like it's gotten a lot of hype and I hope it's up to the hype Now looking right now I'd say there's like some wispy clouds, but other than that, it's pretty clear. So it's pretty clear Hopefully hopefully we'll get to see the real deal and I'm I'm hoping to be excited about it when I see it I'm not right now, but I will be I think when we start to see the moon come across That might that might help a little bit. Yeah I I share a similar sentiment that you um Said earlier in that, um, you're ready for this to all be over with I'm very ready for all the hype to be over with and everybody to just calm down and let's Let's just live our normal lives in spring and and not have all this hoopla. All right. Who am I here with? I'm betsy butterfield lynch. I am Jordan's aunt and bob sister Now so you guys um, and we'll interview carolin in a moment here But you guys um traveled all the way up for mass juzits to see the eclipse up here. Yes, we did. We live In manchester mass, which is on k-band north of boston And we love coming up here anyway to see our family. So we decided we would definitely come for the eclipse Now have you ever seen an eclipse before? I have when I was about Early 20s there was one in boston And I was living in boston. I remember going up on the roof Uh in the back bay of somebody's apartment. I have no idea. We were up on the roof and um I remember being there. So it must have been I think it was rather spectacular, but It happened and then we went home, but you know, I'm that's probably about 60 years ago And I still remember it So are you looking forward to seeing the eclipse today? Yes, I hope I can see it through my glasses. I've I'm always worried about people losing their eyesight since that's Such a precious thing. Uh, I'm looking forward to seeing it I'm glad I came Mostly to see family But it's an event. So it's fun to participate in an event Absolutely. And did you so what what day did you guys come up and did you experience any traffic? We came up on Monday saturday sunday or monday I don't even know what day. Oh today's monday. Today's monday. Today's the day of the eclipse. We came up on saturday um from the boston area and We noticed when we went to the hooks at rest area On our way up. It was very crowded Um, so we thought oh the roads might be terrible, but the roads were really okay It was just those people all gathered in that spot I think the traffic coming up to vermont was a little heavier than usual, but Not bad And then we got off in richman instead of coming right into burlington on the throughway That worked well. Yeah, I think well We've been taking the back roads these past couple of days and I mean like we just took a trip into town And it wasn't that busy, but I think Taking the back roads at all is the best bet Especially with people leaving and now you're gonna stay until like Wednesday you said which I think I think is pretty smart because you'll miss all the stragglers going home Anything else you want to add? Um, no looking forward to it. Uh, glad to see it with family and I guess that's it. Awesome. Thank you so much. Betsy So who am I here with caroline lynch? And you are jordan's cousin first cousin and so um We just heard a little bit from betsy, but you guys came all the way up from massachusetts to see the eclipse But also to see family. Yep, exactly and we planned this months ago Which I think was smart because you know, I've been seeing a lot of stuff online of people last minute trying to say Oh, what am I gonna do? I want to come up to burlington and months ago was definitely the way to go I think I called shelly like january um now From what I've heard you have listened to many podcasts about the eclipse. So you're prepared Yes, I usually listen to science podcasts and nasa tv so Yes, I I have Worked my way up to the eclipse So can you tell us a little bit about what we can expect as the moon comes to cross the sun? um, I've only seen a partial eclipse But I am really excited about totality and the different Pieces of light you can see around the sun Now I heard you talk about it a little bit yesterday. Those are like baileys beads and yeah Uh baileys beads and the diamond ring when it's been full Like the total eclipse and then it's just slowly starts You can see just one bright spot and that'll be that's called the diamond ring And you are saying something about how like the animals might even act differently when it's in full totality Oh, yeah animals you will see a change Um, I hope the dogs don't slip out Um But I was listening to one yesterday And they said you may see bats because they think it's nighttime and you may see owls Because they think it's well not see owls, but hear owls hooting I'm I'm really looking forward to that myself to see what happens around here But so you said you've seen a partial eclipse, but not a total solar eclipse. Are you excited? quite I um I you know It couldn't really ask for I mean you could have a completely blue sky But compared to how the weather usually is in vermont in april This is about perfect. So this is perfect and sitting in the sun you're even nice and warm Out of the out of the wind So carolin is there anything else you'd like to add Um to document before you see the eclipse I think there are very few things in my life That i've been more excited to see than the eclipse I've watched them on many tv shows and documentaries You know and I always think oh that would be amazing But I don't think it'll ever happen here So yes, I'm excited And now we get to see it ourselves. So yay All right, cool. Thank you carolin. You're very welcome. Who am I here with? bob butterfield And this is jordan's father And so we're here at your house today and um My first question for you is have you ever seen an eclipse before? I have I think it was about 1962 Do you remember where you were it was in our front yard on ads at court in burlington and I had set up a little uh pinhole and uh Cardboard to look at it because we I don't think they had the fancy glasses so uh So that's what I did and it worked But I think it'll be much more exciting to be able to look at it So you're looking forward to it this time around as well. I am and this is a full eclipse though That was a partial. I mean it was pretty Most of the uh moon You know it went in front, but it wasn't total Now you were originally supposed to have band practice today in burlington and that was canceled. Was it because of the eclipse? Uh, not exactly, but I think everybody breed the sigh every leaf because We knew it was going to be a madhouse down there and so Yeah, I mean everybody's Everybody's happy that We had the chance because I wouldn't have been able to be here with you guys probably so I know I was definitely relieved when I heard that you weren't going down into burlington during this whole The craziness of the eclipse and I mean like like I've been saying we just drove down there and it was Passable there was no traffic really. There's a lot of people on the side of the roads, but I think trying to Uh leave the band practice would have been a nightmare Yeah, most of that's gonna be Crazy have you did you hear a lot of hype about um the eclipse happening in burlington? Oh, yeah No, you know it's been on the on the local news for a long time and you know months before Uh about all the people who We're trying to book rooms here and you know, I think a long time ago. It was totally booked. So Yeah, it's been a big big thing and I think it's been a big economic boost from the looks of it and it looks like Throughout the the path of the eclipse. It looks like it Might be a good very good thing economically as well Well, bob anything else you want to add before we were you know, we're about 20 minutes before the moon starts to Close we're getting close I don't really think so. I'm just I am I will be curious to see The birds And anything with a wildlife if that you know their behavior changes there, but Other than that, I'm just looking forward to it Well, thank you so much bob appreciate it. So tobi. Can you tell us how you feel about the eclipse? He cannot eat the sun so thus he does not care And neither does mazy I don't know. We'll be curious to see what how they react. We we think that frodo is gonna have some reactions So who am I here with? I'm jordan butterfield And jordan butterfield Where are we right now? We are at my parents house in south burlington near the lake And why are we here? We're here to see the total eclipse of the sun The total eclipse of the heart Yes, no No, the heart is always clear the heart is always clear and shining So, um, what did you say? We're gonna start over. No, no, I don't think we should I think it's fine. Um So we're like 15 minutes out from the I I think so. Let's see. What time is it? What time is it carolin? So we're about yeah, we're literally like 15 minutes away from it starting here the totes the totality is not until 320 ish 326 so we have a little bit of time, but I'm very curious to see like What happens and I want to see I want to I remember when it happened when we had It wasn't really a partial eclipse here, but an eclipse was going on And the sun did change a little bit like seven years ago You could tell that something weird was going on So I'm expecting that but just like times 10 for the next chunk and then we'll go to the total The total eclipse and dogs are going to freak out animals are going to freak out. It'll be Interesting. I will freak out. I'm going to lose my mind. I might go crazy So needless to say you're excited then I'm I'm it's a cosmic event. It's a celestial event This is the our opportunity to to perceive the size of the universe. It's pretty cool And are you expecting to have a spiritual experience? I am expecting to see Jesus christ And uh, I think I'm going to be changed Now I we already Um, I don't know. We'll see we'll see what I decide to do Um So, um, we already kind of said this before when we were driving but this wasn't our original plan. No Well, the original plan was uh to go up a mountain in franklin romont. It was like a small mountain Trying to find something that was out of the way But then we're like, oh Well in our minds we were with all the reports was like, oh the the roads are going to be packed completely And there's going to be no travel as possible It's going to be apocalyptic And then we were worried it was going to be muddy and we didn't know what we were going to find there I mean, it probably is muddy, but I I am sure that we would have had absolutely no problem getting up there But this is much better. Anyways, we're here with our family. Family's coming up. We get to watch it across the lake Yeah, it'll be good. It'll be fun This is a better way to do it. I I have to agree with you. Um anything else you want to add um I love cctv And local democracy I can't I can't get going in the morning without my local democracy Thank you Do you want to interview me now? Yeah Should we switch places? Should we switch seats? Yeah, let's do it We'll be there in a moment. Yeah, I'm here with active fugitive emily brewer Um, she's being haunted by the u.s. Marshals as we speak, but she's taking the moment to speak with us now Emily, uh, what did you do? I Said that I Was going to look at the eclipse without my eclipse glasses on Illegal deeply illegal federal Uh crime What what uh, okay, so you're emily brewer. I am emily brewer. Yes. Hi Hi Um, what are we doing here today? Why are we here? So we are at the butterfield residence in south burlington Um to view the eclipse the total eclipse that um supposedly will not happen again until I don't know what year somewhere some year 20 20 20 24 Where is it going to be in 2044? I'm wondering where yeah, I mean here probably not for Hundreds of years within our within our lifetime But maybe in 2024 we can be eclipse chasers Bring the whole family out I don't know about that. We can do that I think that this is probably our one opportunity could be What about uh preparations for this? What did you uh, what were your preparations for this day? Um, I actually didn't do as much research about it as I probably should have I because for a long time they were predicting like clouds And bad weather so I was kind of just like a little nonchalant about it Like oh, we're probably not even going to be able to see it So I like didn't do as much um preparation as I Probably would have Um, but it's a beautiful day. I mean there's barely any clouds. We're definitely going to be able to see it I'm a little nervous. I did see a tiktok video about um Watching it with glasses that are either counterfeit or um damaged and ruining your eyesight So we'll see if I come away with a permanent scar on my retina um But I think that I think that I'll be okay Um, I think we might be I think we're okay. Well, we can double up on our glasses. Yeah, just for extra protection Um, but I did bring snacks. I brought a lot of food um I do think that we're gonna be here at your parents house Um till pretty late tonight To avoid the traffic of everybody leaving Um, because I do think that the traffic is going to be really bad. Um immediately following the eclipse What effect do you think the eclipse will have on the legislature? You know, I think that this will be um A really important moment for them. I think that half of the legislature will resign After seeing the beauty of the eclipse and realizing that their lives don't matter or mean anything And then I think the other half will just become more powerful. I think that they'll double down and um Really um Be more passionate about what they have to say Well, Emily, this is great. I hope that the u.s marshals don't find you anytime soon and uh, well, you ask me if i'm excited No All right. Thank you for no. Are you excited, Emily? Yes, actually jordan. I am excited. Thank you for asking. I'm really happy you asked me that I'm happy. I asked you that too And I'm happy that we're all so excited and we're so ready for this eclipse. It's gonna be fun Just a little family gathering. Let's see. What time is it? 205 t minus nine minutes Nine minutes until the moon starts to move across the sun and then I can't do the math to see when the total eclipse is coming What it's coming? Thank you guys for letting us uh sit here with you guys More fun with more people, right? They're scared of snow and the monitors are scared of gravity. Oh, yeah, it's starting guys. If we hear about people We're not going anywhere and we're hunkering down Bring your glasses Bottom right, I can see it. Yep. Yep. It's it's starting Yeah, yep No, I would do it. I said that when it total clicks look for stars if you can see actually I'm not sure Whatever I heard from when you heard There's a comment that might be visible When it's totally This will be so much thank you very much I Thank you No, I'm good. I'm all set. Thank you. I appreciate no, I'm good. Yeah, don't do that I What is that in the sky over there Oh, I see there is something over in the hot air but I don't think not like Why not? Well, because it's I think it's just black I think it's a weather bar away to see Could it be a weather blow in favor? So what's first Bailey Bailey beats come first and then diamond Yeah, they said if don't worry if you mess it on the way in because you'll get it on the way out No, I'm trying to get a look at that what that is over there. That's a balloon A lot of balloons. That's what I thought. Yeah I don't know what else it could be It's not the kind that has people off the bottom. No, yes. Yes, it's a hot air balloon with people on the bottom That's what it looks like the shape Can you bring it closer? Is it a basket underneath? I can't get it that close. I can just I can see the general shape of it Well, that would be fun. Why didn't we think that? No, really? You want me to bring the knock on us? Is it a balloon? Yeah, that's a hot air balloon Wow, it's out there. It's a little black dot see that black thing over there In the When you zoom in you can really see the shape It's aliens. We're being invaded. Yeah What's the next one? I'll call me of the grass Tyson Okay, what time is it now? It's called but I'll be fine Okay It's 3 18 Oh Yeah It is the light is definitely changed but it's brighter than I thought it was gonna be so far Exactly We should be able to see the corona around it And maybe five minutes. What time is it now? I don't know. I'm not taking my eyes off the club. Okay. It's 3 26, right? So another six minutes And it's definitely cooler. Oh, yeah, aren't you freezing? I'm I'm cold, but I'm I'm okay We have jackets. No, I'm good. I kind of want to feel I feel the difference. Yeah My legs want to feel how cold it gets Not my top If you start to see Bailey's baby, I will What do they look like? Maybe like three lights On the lower left or the upper right? Well, both lines have if we see Yeah, can I hand this to you marina so I don't break it? Thank you It's getting you can say see light all around it even though there's yes That is it looks hazy all around No, they're still yelling Yeah, oh my god, it's so dark Oh, yeah I thought it was gonna be like night. Well, it will be If they said it's gonna be like dusk when it's totality But don't look at it you can't look at it until it's yeah, yeah Holy wow, I think it might happen quickly. Yeah You're gonna have to announce That's awesome Oh Only a tiny sliver left very sliver. What time is it? 322 we have more time That's perfect Yeah The take off on how Oh, no Where this woman is trying is about leaving her apartment and she's talking to And as she goes to open the door to get out It says, I'm sorry. I can't do that now Yeah, she turns back to it and then she remembers that she's forgotten something and she thanks That artificial intelligence Oh, this is changing a lot. Thank you, hell for killing everyone. Holy crap. That's changing a lot Okay I think that's a confused seagull You can see over here It's completely changed. Yeah Yeah, exactly Why is it light over there because it's maybe coming out already over there. No, it hasn't gone fully yet We will it any second though or a minute. Yes, you are now Oh my god, what time is it? Oh, this is so cool. Oh my god It's 325. I'm so glad someone else is so excited Look at the sunset over there. Oh my god. Well, that's coming out already, right? No Yeah Yes, right. Okay. Can we see Bailey's beads? Nope. We're getting close. It's not fully there yet Still a little tad lit Oh my god Oh my god Yes, you can look at it. Yes, you can look at that You can see the stars Oh my god, there's stars Look at that. Oh my god I mean, look over there Yeah, no shadow whatsoever. There's no sun Oh Okay, here they come what's in the boat? What's at seven o'clock? What is it seven o'clock right now? Uh Either the start of Bailey's beads And I think it's seven o'clock. Looks like there's one bead there. Yep. And we're can we look at that? Yes, you can look at that But then Also look around And they are Yeah Like red Could be that's red thing a bead like that that would be my guess. Yeah, I think you can get the Oh, you can't really shit. Yeah Just a minute. It'll start coming back. Oh my god. No, it's not picking up It's not too good. Yeah Oh, you can't even yeah, it's still totality. You can't even see it with the glasses Yes, it was supposed to be three minutes. So it's going to be changing soon and you can see it. Yeah, you can see the lights coming back It's the second red spot. Yes. Yep. Oh already. Yeah, I kind of missed it. Yep, that would be that. Oh, it's coming Back on Oh Mom do you need do you want to borrow mine? She's got them. Okay. Yep. There we go. There we go. It's coming back Wow, that was better than I thought it was going to be. No, it really was. I don't know. It's what else you could do, you know Wow All that brightness just comes from that little bit. Mm-hmm. Wow. Okay leaking out the bottom. Yo Back to And the seagulls did not stop crying. No, I made a mental note Okay, I just wanted to warm up now Yeah, now I'm ready for my coat. I'm good now One day more Actually, we should be singing stars Stars And their multitudes Scares to be counted Filling the darkness With order and light And their multitudes They are the sentinels I don't know the rest of the words. I don't either Are we good? We're rolling. We're rolling. I don't even I really don't even know where to start. I just stopped crying Um Uh, this the eclipse is still going we can still see it barely barely. It's a little bite taken out um I I don't know it was a it was a really I think that that was one of the most unique Experiences That we will ever experience in our entire life Yeah, I would agree. I don't see how I mean that's such a It's such a special like cosmic event that happens just for one second and then you really Like perceive how small you are in the universe, but also that you get to like be here for it you get to perceive this Amazing like scale and also this very specific like Uh It's not coincidence, but this very specific thing that you get to be a part of but it's also such a simple thing You're just in a shadow You're just in a shadow, but it's like the world goes dark for three minutes and I mean but you know seeing And and you know We were talking about this too like the fact that We got to see it here Yeah, where we live in my family home At his family home, you know where his grandfather used to live where his grandparents used to live and Our neighbors who now live there kindly let us uh watch it with them So thankful for that. I mean it was so special seeing the light Just disappear over the lake like I mean it was yeah unreal really and you could sort of The edge of the shadow wasn't uh like crisp, but you could see it coming over And then just in the middle of it you're basically surrounded on all sides by sunset Um, and you can see the daylight all around like Off in the mountains, but you're not experiencing it and And you could see it like approaching And you could see it leaving And then in some ways for me it was like the uh, I mean the corona was cool But seeing what it did to the landscape Yeah was Part of what was most magical about it and we all lost our minds I didn't realize how much we did until we reviewed that footage like oh wow We all like uh, we were definitely freaking out and losing our minds But I mean within reason like it was I you know It is so different to see pictures of it see slide shows of it presentations videos See other people react to it Then to see it yourself. It's just it's completely different. Yeah Yeah, it is It got really cold It did get really thing on I wanted to feel how cold it got it got really cold It was 60 degrees and then it went down to like that was cold We should have checked the temperature. We didn't do that Um, but it was very cold and I mean it was it was very dark too Like I mean it wasn't night. It wasn't like deep dark night But it was dark enough that it was like I mean it was like it was I mean it was deep dark night the only light pitch black like we couldn't there was no shadows No shadows you could the only light was from like the daylight that was around us in the shadow That's where the light was from but otherwise it was like just night And then it's amazing how Little sun You need to peek out from around the moon Like just the smallest tiniest once the it started moving away and just the tiniest little sliver comes back The amount of daylight that that produces is pretty impressive like it's a like it comes back to Like pretty much daylight like really really quickly with just a little tiny bit Yeah, and you know I just What do we got we still got I um I Like I kind of said in my interview before like I didn't do a lot of research I didn't do a lot of prep like I saw one re Bobby showed me one reaction video, which was hilarious and I I just That was unlike anything that I was Picturing and imagining. Yeah Yeah, I don't even know. I mean I feel a little Well, you described it as numb I feel a little numb. Yeah, I feel a little like Um, it was such an intense like moment and I do I do feel a little numb and I feel like did I really fully Get to fully experience it and I guess I did but that's put a part of The experiences I don't really know how to I don't know. I don't really know how to even like process I mean, I mean and I I also feel a similar way and I mean like it was like if you think about it in like the timeline of Your life It was like that like not even a snap and I It's it it's also hard for me. It's hard for me to process like like you said because it's just like It was so fast and it was so beautiful and it was so cosmic It was celestial That it's like It's hard for me to believe that I even experienced it And then it happened and then it's over now and it's almost it's like depressing. It's sad um, but it was it's also like beautiful and like Like we will literally never experience anything like that ever again unless we go chase the eclipse in 2044, which we might Yeah, but then that's you know, it'll be a completely different experience Yeah, this particular thing where we got to see it at the family house. That's like that's never happening again No And I just I do think it's not for us No, and I think that we are so blessed that we were in the path, you know, where you were up. Yep And um where I've had the pleasure of spending the last I don't know six years of my life seven years so um There's something else I was going to say about that I I don't know. I just I Oh part of it was like I feel like I was futzing around with the camera a little bit too much To try to get like a good shot and then like it's then you like kind of regret You're gonna be happy that you got those 30 seconds where I'm like trying to figure out autofocus versus manual focus and trying to get the lake and you took those 30 seconds But then what you did is you preserved something for the rest of your life Yeah, so I think that was uh That was time well spent Yeah, I agree and I'm just I'm really Really happy and lucky that I got to spend it with you. Yeah, I agree I'm glad we did it together on With the fam with the fam we can't get much better than that. We got to interview the fam We do see how they're up next. Yep. They have no choice. I love you. I love you too signing off signing off How did this Jordan and Emily how does this affect democracy that that's a very important question because you asked me that before Yeah, how did this affect the legislature? I think that The state house, I don't know. What do you think? I agree All right over and out Carolyn, how was the eclipse experience for you? Unreal I have been waiting for this for the past 35 years Was it everything that you were expecting or more? More But the ducks Still quacked even though every other bird was silent I um Do you think it was because they were confused or That's that's what they say Um They think it's nighttime. So it's time to sleep. So it's time to stop singing What did you think about so we had the Pleasure to see it. Um at the lake. What did you think about seeing the darkness kind of spread across the water? I think it was more amazing than if watched Anywhere else because we got an even bigger effect of The darkness So would you say this was one of the coolest experiences of your life? 100 percent I can't think of anything I've seen Uh astronomically or Um meteorologically It was just absolutely unreal And you were just saying you texted your friend who was in ohio Did she see it similarly or was she in the path of totality or not? Yeah, she was in the path of totality. She said it was absolutely amazing Anything else you want to add about about being able to experience this and what it was like? It was Incredible even more incredible to have viewed it with my family and Their friends and be on the lake it was just Amazing I could not stop crying I also cried I was in my interview with jordan. I was like, okay now that I've stopped crying. Here we go. Yeah Yeah, it was I just in the whole time I kept telling myself This is not happening. This is not happening And then totality came and I'm like, oh my god, it's happening It's it's honestly, it's hard to process really really is I mean, even if you have even a little knowledge Of astronomy, it's still hard to process Absolutely Well, thank you carolin. I'm glad I'm glad you were here to experience it with us. All right. Thank you I was glad to experience it with you. So bet see we just experienced the eclipse Um How how did you like it? I liked it just fine It I felt that it took forever to get to totality When it did it was just amazing how Suddenly it just got so dark but yet to the South and up to the northeast It was bright. It looked like sunset and then the darkness in the middle it was I really hadn't known what it would be like, but it was quite exciting Yeah, that's what I was so that was going to be my next question. Was that what you were expecting? Was it better than you were expecting? I don't think I had any idea What I was expecting But it was it was great. And how did you like being able to see it? Um with family and over the lake. Oh that that made it a lot better I'm we were planning to just watch it on the lawn here and I think we would have liked that but it was Extra special having the lake right there and Seeing balloons on the other side of the lake those little black balloons, which obviously had people under them Yeah, and it was cool because like, um We even saw a couple of stars I saw something red at the bottom now I I think was that one of the baileys beads or the diamonds ring effect something like that which is something special And it was red really special and then the down to the South well away from the moon there was I think it was a star But but it was probably a planet. Well, that's because planets are stars, right? Yeah, and they said there might be several that we would be able to see Yeah, I really loved it now. Mr. Frodo you were inside during this ordeal What did you think of it? Uh-huh. I see and um, were you scared at all? That's fascinating. Now anything else you'd like to add He's busy making biscuits. We'll let him get back to work Over and out Toby How was that experience for you mazy bell Toby and mazy mom is in the kitchen They think that mom is in the kitchen and that they're going to get some food mazy bell thoughts riveting Toby Toby were you scared? Thank you very much for your time. We appreciate it. All right, so now we're we're here with bob and um What did you think of the eclipse? I thought it was amazing the totality was amazing Before I was getting kind of uh bored like what's going on? Why isn't it getting dark? I thought it was going to be dark. What's going on? And then all of a sudden especially over the lake and the You know the lake Was really cool as it was getting dark just a little bit of light on the lake Seeing what might have been a planet Uh, you know Next to the moon was uh, it's very cool Was it what you were expecting or a little different? I didn't I honestly I didn't have expectations about it. Um, you know, I thought I was kind of impatient like okay, let's get on with this But then when we have the totality and then afterwards the uh Little uh, I don't know what they're called beads or something, but they were different colors Like red was one green or something or it was it was very interesting one was red I don't know if when I in the very quick aftermath I was like my brain was all over the place and I was just like trying to process what I just saw with the corona but uh and then after the crescent that was um You know sort of upside down was very cool too. So yeah, it was you know Now compared to the partial eclipse you saw many years ago Was it similar? Uh, it was a hundred percent better because I could Look right at the Instead of the pinhole and the very cool part was Our neighbors who are watching it We're playing the uh, 2001 space oddy odyssey So yeah, that was that was very cool nicely timed Very much so well. Thank you so much bob. Appreciate it All right, so we're here with shelly and we just experienced a full total solar eclipse. How what did how did you feel? Well, I was bored in the beginning a lot and thought wow, this is not great But then when it really hit it was pretty powerful to see Everything get dark and cold and to see the little um dots of light and to see I think it was a planet That was pretty cool I was more impressed than I thought I would be Really? So was it different than what you were expecting? Yes, it was different. It was different. I thought it would be darker But it was pretty dark. It really was pretty dark. But anyway, yeah, and how did you Um, how did you enjoy being able to see and experience that um with family? That was great. I mean we got to it was family and it was friends and it was on the lake Which is the perfect place for it So um That was special. It's a it's one. It's in a lifetime kind of thing that I'll remember ever Yeah Well, thank you very much shelly