While many here in Omena enjoyed seeing the partial eclipse, a number of Omena-ites were able to be in places where they could witness the total eclipse. Crowds gathered all around Indianapolis, and Shapiro’s Delicatessen was one of those spots. Sally Shapiro reported that many hotels in Indy had several day minimum stays, so the deli was busy all weekend, through Monday. Quite a few people made Shapiro’s parking lot their spot for eclipse-watching. Brian and Sally and all of their staff took turns going outside to watch the eclipse. Sally put eclipse glasses on her camera and got some good pictures.
Kim and Dennis Armbruster visited Kanda and Harold McKee in Powell, Ohio, which is outside of Columbus, and which was in the totality path. They said it was an awesome experience. They got to see the diamond ring effect.
Not too far to the southeast of Powell, Bill and Paula McMenamy experienced about a 90 % eclipse. They said it got dark enough that the street lights came on and the temperature dropped about 10 degrees. Further north in Ohio, Rob Oberndorf and his father, Ed, watched it together in Cleveland, and said that it was spectacular.
