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My brother lives in the path of totality.  It was cloudy, but he said it cleared up just in time and it was an otherworldly experience.  He also said that he just kinda assumed that 80-90% was "good enough", but that full totality is completely different and it goes dark, cold, and animal noises are weird.  I had some family members travel there to see it, as well.

For me, I had the glasses and was able to see about 60% cover.  But it doesn't really affect you at all.  You can't tell it's happening unless you're looking right at it, with the glasses.

I live in Dallas which was in the path of totality. I had heard that there were a lot of people coming to Texas to watch the eclipse but I really wasn't that interested. I had seen a partial eclipse before and wasn't really that impressed. Nevertheless when the time came I did go outside about 20 minutes before the total eclipse and I was not that impressed but then when it did go to total eclipse it was very different. It was nighttime dark. I didn't really notice the change in temperature but my wife noticed it. I also didn't hear any animal sounds but I live in the city so not really expected there. I heard that at the zoo some of the animals did react to the fact that it appeared to be night, but that's all I heard. The biggest surprise for me was how quickly it went from light to dark and then from dark to light again. In the span of 5 minutes it was light although not as bright as a normal day, more like an overcast day, but then suddenly it was dark as night. Then when it went from dark to light again it was like switching on a light, it was suddenly another overcast day again, I did not expect that. So I got to say there's quite a bit of difference between a partial eclipse and a total eclipse. Not sure that I would travel to see it, but it does make a difference.

Looked pretty cool from TV but wasn't much here in Florida because it doesn't get dark. I guess the daytime darkness really affected some animals.

My wife had gone outside to see it and I stayed inside. I almost took all my clothes off and left them in my chair for her to find when she came back but I didn't think I'd have enough time. Turns out she was out there long enough so I will have to wait another 20 years to pull off this prank on someone. hahaha

it got to about 95% covered here, which was pretty cool to see, it did get dim out but not total darkness.

How far would you have had to drive for totality?  If you were at 95%, not far, I'd imagine.

burlington vermont would be the closest i think
so about 4 hours ish

i actually thought it got BRIGHTER when we were at peak eclipse.  Seems weird, but we only had i think 40-45% coverage, but it seemed brighter and hotter than normal 3pm afternoon sun.  I dunno, maybe placebo effect...  Just an observation.