Eclipse reports, continued:

Westport, New York

By Donna Pursley

I had met some distant relatives that lived in Westport in upstate New York a few years back. We decided to rent an RV and they invited us to stay in their driveway. We traveled up on Sunday and avoided the eclipse traffic. It was nice on Monday visiting with all the relatives I didn’t know I had in Westport.

The four of us sat on lawn chairs and watched the eclipse from the front yard. We were listening to the NASA app that was broadcasting the eclipse as it went across the country. Just before the eclipse it became windy and cold. There were a few high clouds that probably made the corona look brighter. It didn’t get as dark as I thought it was going to. We were not in the center, we had 2 minutes 40 seconds of totality. It was over too quickly.

We had a nice eclipse dinner and stayed over that night in the RV. We drove home on Tuesday and avoided all the eclipse traffic. I am glad we did this since it was so close and I got to meet family I didn’t know I had.

Buffalo, New York

By Don Straka

I went to Buffalo for the event which was very cloudy and completely overcast at the moment of totality.  I did manage to get some photos before then during gaps.  Here’s the last one I took before all clouds.