[SOC] Solar storm

[Bob Nielsen]

On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 12:09:03AM -0000, Paul Bartlett wrote:
> Gentlemen (and ladies too but there seem to be precious few on these lists
> sadly)
> 
> Please forgive the expletive/obscenity but I've just been outside to look at
> the sky. We're experiencing the greatest solar
> prominence/storm/ejection/whatever since records began and here in
> Gloucestershire, England there's a bright moon and it's f**cking cloudy.
> 
> It's a 'once in a lifetime' opportunity to see aurorae in these latitudes
> and I'm missing it.
> 
> I am severely pissed off.

Me too.  

When I lived at 32 deg N, it was nearly always clear, but there never
was any aurora to see that far south (I could see Halley's comet almost
nightly several years ago).  When I moved to 47.6 deg N, I thought I
would have lots of opportunities, but whenever it is clear there isn't
anything to see either and when there is, it's cloudy.  It's clear this
evening and I'm still hoping....