My Flight Experience Thru Solar Eclipse - United Airlines Denver To Orlando / Path Of Totality FAIL
Flight Experience During Solar Eclipse
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welcome everyone Adam the woo here as
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the recording of this Monday April 8th
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2024 just got dropped off my friend Jim
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here in Denver at the Denver
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International Airport I got my bag here
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I got my suitcase
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here and I will be boarding a flight
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back to Orlando which
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coincidentally will be taking
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place during the eclipse
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and I am hoping so basically where the
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path of totality is happening I'm going
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to be going over Arkansas
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is halfway through my flight I have a
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4-Hour flight when I am departing if
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everything goes correctly I will be give
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or take a half hour in the path of
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totality most likely high enough above
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any clouds or inclement weather and I
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have a window
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seat see what happens I'm going home
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only for a few days I get back to
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Orlando I'm there for 3 4 5 days give or
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take a day and then I'm off again to
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other spots but this might work out
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really well I'm inviting you to join me
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for Eclipse day
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2024 I went you the eclipse back of 2017
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I believe it was I was in the path of
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totality in Idaho Falls Idaho this time
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I'll be in the sky join me I got to get
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to my gate shall you flying United
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flew here on United flying back on
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United heading over into the West
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Section I got about an hour till boards
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till boarding now the last 2 days there
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were hundreds multiple hundreds of
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flights that did not happen either
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canceled or postponed and I thought
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maybe there'd be a little busier people
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showing up to try to catch uh connecting
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flights reschedule flights things like
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that but honestly this does not look too
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terribly bad at the moment and I believe
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there are two I'm going to the gates to
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the a Gates so I believe I can either go
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through this way or I can walk over to a
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bridge to the other one so I'm going to
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ask one of the employees and see if this
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is where I need to go or if I can go
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over the bridge but this usually I've
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been here once or twice before is
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usually insanely backed up this doesn't
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look too terribly bad okay I just asked
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a very helpful worker here she was
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saying yes go this way all the way to
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the end and I will avoid that checkpoint
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and then I will end up finding another
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one at the end of this little gate this
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little section here this little thare
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okay recommended for a Gates 5:00 a.m.
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to 5:30 no TSA pre-check which I don't
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have but that's where I'm going and it
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is between those hours someone else
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walking down there too so maybe a little
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hidden
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hallway construction
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update kind of excited if again crossing
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my fingers that this works out with the
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eclip I don't know how much I'll be able
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to see but I do have a window seat and
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I'll probably be able to
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see
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something walking at an extremely fast
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rate of speed
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because I'm not only walking but I'm
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also on a moving platform passing all
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these different exhibits that new
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exhibit is loading soon some little
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artistic pieces here creative Endeavors
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in these
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exhibits oh yeah look over there I can
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see all the United
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planes don't have to take a shuttle or
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anything at least to the a Gates holy
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cow there is no one up here look at this
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there is no
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one up here this is going to be a
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complete
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walk-on no way whatsoever there's just
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one lady in front of
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me man I looked
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out there's no one there's only one lady
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in front of me on this one all right
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that was the quickest I've gone through
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a checkpoint at an airport in probably
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ever one person in front of me like even
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John Wayne
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Airport in you know Orange County
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California he doesn't have weight that
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short the bridge walking across the
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bridge for the win now I got plenty of
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time just to walk walk over there to
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where all those United planes one of
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those could possibly be mine if not one
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will pull out and pull into the same
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little parking spot but one of those are
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mine yeah I think from now on if I fly
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in and out of Denver I'm going to choose
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this Airline for these Gates because you
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bypass and it could be because they're
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doing a lot of that construction maybe
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people don't know you can go this way
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but
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wow
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a27 is what I'm looking for
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gate
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a27 the nether regions of the Denver
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Airport oh look at that there's snow
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Mass Mountain Capital
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Peak Challenger Point Mount Columbia
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Mount
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bat Humbolt Peak kulaa Peak and mount
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Sherman that has been a tour of the
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artwork well no we not Red Cloud Peak
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pyramid Peak
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Lis Peak take a look at this thing there
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a big old light
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here Spotlight like something out of a
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lighthouse something lampy Peach Dragon
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would be proud of I guess that would be
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in a lighthouse I don't know if I've
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been over in this section of the airport
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airport before look down here there's
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not even there's a couple people walking
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by there's an employee walking by and
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those are all the departures and
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arrivals this where the train is over
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here to getting off the aate but I
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didn't have to take a train I just
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walked all right got to look over the
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entire board here got arrivals over
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there which I'm not arriving I am
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departing and mine this is a very
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interesting coincidence I remember how I
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just mentioned how John Wayne Orange
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County has uh you know hardly any weight
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or anything when you're trying to like
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get dropped off to to go board a flight
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it's directly above Orange County is
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directly above where I'm going to or
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that's just a weird coincidence my
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flight is right here departs at 10 10 12
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a27 flight number
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1451 so coinciding 2 hours from this the
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time zone I will be
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in should be around the time 2 hour
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halfway through the flight is when the
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eclipse should be reaching totality over
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that Arkansas Oklahoma border
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threshold hopefully looking for
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a27 like it's going to be right over
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here there's a26 it's 32 kind of right
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here at the little cusp there the little
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turning point you can either go that
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direction to 40 to 66 or under 40s over
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here all right now that I've got over to
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where the train dropped off a little
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more people over in this area but I'm
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not far from my gate this is 835 right
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up here so I only have about nine gates
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to go for a moment I thought I was an
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826 but actually I'm an a27 this is a31
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same airline United right there got the
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control tower off in the
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distance this guy's carrying a
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ladder all right this guy appears to be
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fueling
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up right over here at
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ah that is a thing of beauty right there
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on time after two straight days of
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flights being pushed back removed not
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happening delayed on time on Monday
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April 8th as I'm filming this it's 9:05
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right now now boarding time it's at 9:32
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activated departure
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10:15 one ticket for path the totality
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please of course I've already already
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purchased a ticket so I don't know why
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I'm saying that but yeah all right
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there's a 27A and a 27b BBE I'm on a
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this one's pulling it over to
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25A seeing it pulling in with the
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luggage cart going by and I did ask the
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guy just confirm my ticket at the front
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desk at the little gang way walk-off
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area and he was saying that it's looking
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like about the point halfway point of
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the flight it will be around give or
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take a half hour the path of
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totality had good luck so far today so I
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was going to knock on wood but I don't
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want to knock on this glass these
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eclipse glasses were from
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2017 my buddy Jim who I stayed with the
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last few days he had a pair he goes you
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can use these I don't know if I'm going
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to need them on the plane looking
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through the window if I do get to look
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in the Sun by the time it starts to
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diminish you know once it starts to the
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eclipse starts to happen probably won't
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need them looking out the window cuz
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I've but when I was in Idaho Falls the
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time before also I guess this was the
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date when I was in uh when the last
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totality one
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happened I'm just guessing based on the
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glasses I used to have a pair of these
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but didn't bring any with me I don't
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think I even still have them but got the
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3D glasses here not 3D what am I saying
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they look like 3D glasses but they are
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eclipse
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glasses I'm going to be having on
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the I could use on the flight or I could
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just have them as a momento to remember
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this occasion as well this would be my
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second
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eclipse and see what happens with
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the out the window seat and it really
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was kind of unplanned I knew I had this
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a lot of time frame I knew the e clipse
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is going to happen today but did not
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strategically plan out the totality
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pathway but man if it works out it is
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it's going to be awesome to experience
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it above any clouds that might be over
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Arkansas Oklahoma in that in that
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pathway these are kind of neat right
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you're supposed to like put them on so
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you can look at the Sun that way you
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don't you know you don't have any major
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issues I don't know how well they would
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work though from the perspective I'm
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trying to
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show anyway you get you get the idea
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they just they help they help they help
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block out this up all right my seat is
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2f 2f is my seat I did confirm it is a
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window seat oh yeah
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a little bit of an older model plane
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with the ashtray still 3 hours and 3
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minutes to Orlando today we should be
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pushing back momentarily uh sched pars
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tomorrow after and we'll Havey on the
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way little bit under block leing update
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once we get airb go
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reat to be seated also we know that
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there's going to be an eclipse by if you
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see anything we'll let you guys know if
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you see anything it should be on the
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all right take it
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off into the
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eclipse well not really into it but you
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know what I mean
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little bit of turbulence a lot of
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turbulence coming out of going out of
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Denver one of the good things about
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being this elevated up is if it gets
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thick cloud cover which they're
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predicting over the Texas Arkansas Area
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will be above that in the
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plane watching some new stuff at the
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airport right we were taking off and
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they were saying in Texas there might be
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a thick layer of cloud
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so if you're on the ground you might
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have a TR trouble seeing it not too many
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clouds here but once they get over Texas
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and
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Arkansas be above the clouds
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and for lunch I have opted for the cob
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salad kind of glad they had a salad
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option I got the little chicken on the
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side there that comes with a dessert but
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I'm trying not to eat dessert so we not
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be eating the slice
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of cake over there or pie yeah check out
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the C salad there's no Brown Derby cob
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salad by any means at Hollywood Studios
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but get the
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idea it's very bright outside too and
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that should be diminishing very soon
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probably about another hour till the
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path of totality area again not going to
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be precisely down to the minute but
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should be able to see some
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visual noticeability if you will
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all right cloud cover is definitely
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rolling in
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now yeah right through the Midwest a lot
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of clouds
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all right there's a little condensation
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on the window and I have to get really
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low down almost like below my knees and
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angle it up so my I have my camera down
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here and angling it up looking through
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the windows to get the sun cuz the sun
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is way up here
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I get into that very cloudy area again I
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have to angle up upward from the bottom
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of the window looking
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up almost above where the window is to
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get the view of the Sun and as I was
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checking watching a news report on the
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plane looks like it's about a quarter of
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the eclipse at the moment over the area
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I'm in so it should start engulfing the
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the sun soon
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still pretty bright out there at the
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moment at the moment
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anyway got both windows open got to get
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a good view if it
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happens kind of we're angling
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now and I might not see the complete
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Eclipse but I'll probably going to see
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more than anyone that's on the ground
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below those clouds
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now flying through the cloud so little
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turbulence
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all right this is the first indication
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that I've noticed with my own eyes that
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it's not as bright out there as it has
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been the last couple
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hours I think it'll be pretty soon
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happening I think I may be a little out
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of the path of totality but not too far
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I'm not directly in it but I'm pretty
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dang close where I'm going to be able to
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see the I'm going to be able to see the
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the
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darkness all right watching a news
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report on the plane the totality is now
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at this exact moment hitting
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Fredericksburg
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Texas which I believe we have passed by
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about a half hour so I don't know if
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I'll be on the path of totality the
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plane would have departed about a half
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hour late I think it would have been
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exactly at the moment
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but doesn't look like we're going to get
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totality just just a little little
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dusess yeah looking at the map here
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already pass the
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totality I'm guessing probably by about
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a half hour 45 minutes
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though the totality is just up there on
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the Texas Arkansas
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border kind of passing by just a little
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bit pretty close though
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now yeah that was a little snippet from
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the photo from the news that's over
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Dallas at this very moment you can see
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what a difference it is an hour back
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plane
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ride than it is right here
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total immersion of the sun totality in
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Dallas happening right now back behind
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us a flight attendant came through and
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alerted everyone that we miss it by just
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a little bit when you're going at this
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speed it's really hard to time it and
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she was a little disappointed too I
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think the flight attend also wanted to
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be able to witness it out the windows
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got a little bit of a lull in the
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sunlight but didn't go through totality
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missed it by just a little bit again
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when you're speeding along at hundreds
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and hundreds of miles an hour you only
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have a very limited window
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one thing's for sure though it
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definitely is not as bright and sunny
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outside as it normally would be at this
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moment of the day what physics man so
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there is a little bit of a partial
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eclipse just part a
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partial then again I do not know the
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exact partiality that is over Central
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Florida
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50% I don't know I'm just throwing
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numbers out
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there yeah there's the I4 eyesore right
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there I4 I
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you definitely is not as bright out as
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it usually is and I think it's
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already already way past the time for
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the eclipse so it should be start
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brightening up a little more
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too I have arrived back in Orlando
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Florida for a few days three or four or
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five days give or take a day can't
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recall the exact amount but not here for
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too long but I am going to head back
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home arrived at MCO Orlando
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International just on the cus very very
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close to being right in the path of to
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totality man that was close rolled the
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dice took a chance just a little off
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again think everyone on the plane was a
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little bummed flight attendant was a
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little saddened by the fact that it
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didn't happen either but man it was
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close I think if the flight would have
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been delayed about 45 minutes or if they
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would have flown a little slower it
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would have
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happened the sky was a little darker
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than normal though that that is for
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certain and outside I can tell outside
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it's not quite as
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bright all right that's going to do it
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for today thanks for watching I'll see
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you in the next video the Vlog indeed in
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fact Absolut solutely at this particular
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time frame at this
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moment this one
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anyway this episode the
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Vlog is over wow okay I'm out in the
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parking lot now the sun is almost back
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to full potential I can see if you can
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see through these