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Gwyneth's avatar

I witnessed the total eclipse at the age of 17 and what was far more fascinating to me than the actual phenomena in the heavens was the effect it had on the wildlife around me. Crows typically gathered at dusk behind the house in the treetops to prepare for their flight acorss the bay to the island for their nighttime roost. On this day they performed the same ritual at mid day. Once the eclipse was finished, they came back sqawking up a storm and "talked " all afternoon.

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Visayas Outpost's avatar

Did not know about that pendulum effect ! I imagine if a full eclipse happened in this part of the world people would be outside banging pots and pans, or possibly racing up and down the streets dragging corrugated roof panels behind their motorcycles as they do on New Year's. The local governments would probably need some special funding from Congress for who knows what purpose, and they would distribute sacks of rice for who knows what reason.

Meanwhile, the farmers and fishermen would just carry on. They might take a 10 minute break for a smoke.

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