1 Choose steaks that are at least 1 inch (2.5 cm) thick, and preferably 2 inches (5.1 cm). 2  Thinner steaks will dry out easily when you cook them. 3  Fresh sirloin steak is deep red in color, with a generous marbling of fat.4  This marbling is what makes steak succulent. Plan to serve 1/4 to 1/2 pound per of steak per person. 2  Choose steaks that are at least 1 inch (2.5 cm) thick, and preferably 2 inches (5.1 cm). 3  Thinner steaks will dry out easily when you cook them. 4  Fresh sirloin steak is deep red in color, with a generous marbling of fat. 5  This marbling is what makes steak succulent.
The eclipse reaches Oregon at about 10:15 a.m. PDT and exits the state at 10:27 a.m. At the coast, the greaest duration of totality is 2 minutes and as the eclipse exits Oregon, the duration of totality has increased to 2 minutes and 10 seconds. When the eclipse first touches Oregon, the Moon's shadow is racing at approximately 3,400 miles per hour!
The partial eclipse begins at 6:07 p.m. The total eclipse begins at 7:11 p.m., at which time the moon should be in view over the horizon. The eclipse is at its greatest at 7:47 p.m. After 72 minutes, the total eclipse ends at 8:23 p.m. and the partial eclipse ends at 9:27 p.m. Jim Todd from the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry has provided the eclipse times. OMSI will have a free eclipse viewing party tonight beginning at 6:30 p.m. in its south parking lot, at 1945 S.E. Water Ave., Portland.