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Some families absorbed in watching the concealment calm didn't apprehend best concealment glasses and alternatives are awash out locally.
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SARASOTA — A man who pre-ordered a box of concealment glasses from a acclaimed agent online is admonishing parents to analysis the affection of their solar glasses if they ordered online.
The agent canceled the adjustment Jack Jacobs, 77, of Anna Maria Island, placed about two weeks ago because they were alloyed with affected lenses. He is now active to acquisition a brace to abrasion for tomorrow's once-in-a-lifetime amplitude event.
In Sarasota, the fractional concealment — about 80 percent — will activate at about 1:18 p.m., aiguille at 2:50 p.m., and end at 4:14 p.m.
"I was actuality careful to get ones with the able allowance of approval," Jacobs said. "They apoplectic the addition because they apparent it was a alloyed batch. They didn’t appetite to accelerate out glasses that would account eye damage."
Jacobs appreciates the bearding company's concern, but is frustrated. His wife is traveling to Georgia to watch the concealment with ancestors who did accept their box of certified glasses. It ability be too backward to next-day air a brace to Jacobs. He is because his alternatives.
"I apperceive how to body a examination box," Jacobs said. "That’s a aftermost resort. I’m not activity to alive continued abundant to see addition one. I ability accomplish the advance (in big-ticket welder's glasses)."
He didn't accept to decay the money, a man after came advanced to advertise Jacobs a brace of concealment glasses.
NASA recommends that alone Shade 14 welder's glasses be acclimated to appearance the concealment and says "don't alike anticipate about application Shade 12."
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The welder's glasses can retail for $50 to $100, but NASA says they can be too aphotic for viewing. Shade 13 are adequate, but adamantine to acquisition the amplitude bureau says.
Both Lowes and Home Depot said they do not accept Shade 14 adjustment glasses — both said they alone agitated a welder's helmet/shield that amount $180. Best can alone be purchased at a adjustment accumulation store, none of which were accessible Sunday.
Jacobs said afore he caves and pours money into glasses he'll alone use once, he's blockage places like the Facebook Marketplace area bodies were affairs concealment glasses for anywhere amid $5 and $50. As of Sunday, best of the sellers on the Marketplace had vanished.
"I had no abstraction that everybody and his brother would be watching this thing," Jacobs said. "I went to 7-Eleven stores, they were out. Back I went aback back the barter was to accept been here, the barter came in with no glasses."
The acquaintance has larboard Jacobs in the dark, but mostly anxious for families who could be donning a alarming brace of glasses.
Will you pay the price?
Families are breach on whether they should angle in to acquirement the concealment glasses from third parties — some afraid about the affection of the eye wear.
Andrea Rincon, 17, of Columbia who lives in Sarasota was with her ancestors at Payne Park. She said that she is activity to watch the concealment on a rooftop with friends, but is still hunting for glasses.
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"I apperceive it's actual rare. I've never apparent a solar concealment myself, so I anticipate it'd be air-conditioned to see," Rincon said. "I anticipate it's air-conditioned it's article that we can all see together."
She has not started attractive for glasses.
Jeff Wilson, 54, of Tampa was with his children, Jackie, 11, and Claire, 9, who said some of their accompany anticipate the concealment will be boring.
"They aren't absolutely into air-conditioned science stuff. We absolutely like science," Claire said. "The earth, the moon, and the sun band up in one spot."
Their ancestor said they will be in academy back the concealment begins, and he will acceptable watch from the beach. He said he acceptable won't pay the amount of the concealment glasses actuality hawked online.
"I anticipate it's a little asinine but bodies are absolutely accepting into it because a lot of bodies like my kids accept never apparent annihilation like that," said Wilson who was 16 during the aftermost solar concealment arresting in the United States. "It's fun for people, I assumption — it's a big event."
The website timeanddate.com says the aboriginal absolute concealment of the sun arresting from the United States, excluding Alaska and Hawaii was Feb. 26, 1979. The aftermost absolute concealment arresting coast-to-coast was June 8, 1918 (99 years ago).
Jackie and Claire said their admired allotment about alien amplitude is the stars.
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"They are affectionate of like chiffon fireballs," Jackie said.
"I like apprehensive if there is a abode with bodies on it," Claire said.
Nick Reynolds of Sarasota was at Payne Park with his children. The ancestors will appearance the concealment cautiously on TV, or websites like NASA.gov or EarthCam.com.
When asked if the the ancestor of three affairs to try to acquirement the over-priced concealment glasses online, he replied, "Nah."
"I assumption it's affectionate of cool. It's not article that happens everyday," Reynolds said. "I'm not activity to go out of my way (to watch it).
"It's absorbing to say you were able to attestant article like that."
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