It has begun

Clouds have cleared a bit and we're at about peak. Borrowed a coworker's glasses and it was pretty minimal tbh.

Looked good on the news. They are in Madras, Oregon.

Bay Area is cloudy as **** lol

I'm not really in the eclipse's path so the most it looks like is that the sun is behind some clouds, but there aren't any clouds around.

Given the amount of hype I've heard about this, I can't help but be a little disappointed.

The guys in Oregon seem to be enjoying themselves. I saw the eclipse in 2015 but it wasn't good here, the footage from the Faroe Islands was amazing though and this one looked just as good.

Well ja if you're in the path of totality I imagine it's amazing.

They were just talking about how in the 6th century BC a solar eclipse occurred during a war between two factions in the middle east. It freaked both sides out so bad that they immediately negotiated a peace treaty for fear that the Gods were unhappy about the fighting.