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Oregon City man: Protect your eyes during eclipse
Mike Benner , KGW 7:31 AM. EDT August 14, 2017
Lou Tomosoki (Photo: Mike Benner)
OREGON CITY, Ore. -- An Oregon City man is warning people to be extra careful
on the day of the eclipse.
“It’s going to be over real quick and it’s not worth taking a chance,” said Lou
Tomososki.
Tomososki and a friend viewed a partial eclipse outside Marshall High School
back in 1962.
“The sun at that time, at 3:30 p.m., was in the one o’clock position,” said
Tomososki. “I said to Roger, ‘If you stare at it long enough the brightness
goes away.’”
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What seemed like a silly dare at the time turned into one of the biggest
mistakes of their lives. By nightfall, both Tomososki and his buddy were having
vision problems.
“It doesn’t get any worse and it doesn’t get any better,” said Tomososki.
Both Tomososki and his friend, now 70 years old, have vision problems to this
day.
“You know how the news people blur a license plate out,” said Tomososki.
“That’s what I have on the right eye, about the size of a pea, I can’t see
around that.”
A doctor later told Tomososki his retina was burned during the partial eclipse.
An eye expert told KGW you do not want to look at the sun without protection
for even an instant during the total eclipse.
“I think anytime is too much,” said Dr. Brandon Lujan of the Casey Eye
Institute. “Anytime looking can do damage.”
Tomososki is living proof of that. He is excited about the eclipse on Aug. 21,
but he will not be looking towards the sky.
“I’m going to go out and enjoy it,” he said. “But I’ll stand and watch it get
dark.”
Learn more about the proper eclipse safety glasses
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