A complete solar eclipse is happening over parts of the US on August 21, 2017.
Certain cities will be 100% in the dark for the short time it occurs (about 2.5 minutes).
Among the lucky cities is St. Joseph, MO, where I believe jsearles lives (or lived recently).
jsearles, are you going to get off your fat ass and watch this?
I am going to be taking a flight which will allow me to view it from the air -- and to guarantee to see it happen without clouds obscuring the situation. It will take many hours for me to do this (since it's nowhere near the southwest US), but it's a unique event, and won't happen again until 2045.
Also, this is the first time the event has been confined to just the US since the 1200s -- over 500 years before the US existed as a country.