Re: [gardeners] Aurora
Terry King (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Thu, 27 Aug 1998 23:55:34 -0600
On Thu, 27 Aug 1998 14:56:57 -0600, Margaret Lauterbach wrote:
>At 08:42 AM 8/27/98 -0600, you wrote:
>>Did any of you other northerners see the Aurora last night? It was
>>incredable!!! I haven't seen it extend so far south since 1990-`91. I
>bet Liz
>>and Margaret could have seen it too if it was dark enough around their
>>places. It seemed to be at a peek about 12:30 am my time but I was up
>>again briefly at 4:30 and it was still going. Odd thing this time it was
>more
>>white than green.
>>
>>I just watched a show the other day about Solar Storms and it said the
>>aurora was caused by energy from solar bursts encountering the earths
>>atmosphere and that the color was determine by the type of oxygen the
>>energy invigorated.
>>
>>Radio resception, even on the shortwave receiver, was very lousy last
>night.
>>Makes me wonder, if the energy was that intense, if it had anything to do
>>with the satallite rocket explosion yesterday.
>>
>>Terry
>>
>I thought that explosion was about three days ago. Just think, Terry,
>you'll miss all that when you get indoor facilities. Margaret
Was it? I just heard one brief new report on the radio yesterday.
All the more reason to keep the outdoor privy! :-D
Terry