A cloudy eclipse

Dont worry, it was still pretty cool. It was overcast the whole time,
but the clouds got thin enough some of the time for us to get a good
view of the shrinking crescent sun through our special glasses. As it
aproached totality, it got dark faster and faster, and we caught a
glimpse or two of a very thin crescent. We were near a couple
enthusiastic tour groups, and someone shouted "5 minutes to totality,"
then "one minute," then "30 seconds" and then it got as dark as the
middle of the night. Street lights even came on. Because of the
clouds, we didn't see the "diamond ring" effect or the corona, but
someone yelled "diamond ring" at about the time we would have seen it
(no one laughed). After almost 6 minutes of total darkness, it
gradually became daytime again, and started pouring rain about 15
minutes later. It was kind of exciting, but wouldn't have been worth
the big trip had we not stretched it into a three week awesome
vacation. Now we're even more curious to see a REAL eclipse,
unobscured by clouds... Someday!