I was fortunate enough to experience the eclipse while under parachute up in Madras, OR. There were a total of 23 of us on the flight. In comparing notes to the people that were on the ground we had one additional experience that they missed - we could see the passage of the umbra across the ground as totality started and ended

Given that the most appropriate response to a politician is "go and f*&k yourself", I'm not a bit surprised that this phenomena is showing up in the Potomac. I say we set up a PayPal donation fund for the research team to spend a few weeks in the Capitol building.