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The northern lights will continue appearing across parts of the contiguous U.S. this week, Accuweather reports, giving stargazers rare access to the most epic light show on Earth.
Viewers reported seeing the lights on Monday night and early Tuesday morning in Michigan and Iowa, thanks to a massive solar storm. The University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Aurora Forecast predicts it will continue Tuesday in parts of Vermont, Nebraska, Indiana, Maryland, Montana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Oregon, Idaho and Wyoming. ...
On the 18th, readings will likely just reach the threshold for a G1—a minor—geomagnetic storm. G1 storms happen frequently, about 2,000 times every 11 years, or once every two days.
According to the federal government’s Ready.gov website, one geomagnetic storm in 1859 shocked telegraph operators and set the paper they were working with on fire, while another in 1989 caused a nine-hour blackout in Canada. ...
originally posted by: CharlesT
I spent a year stationed in Iceland and experienced the northern lights there. I would truly enjoy seeing them again but it they ever make it here where I live now people had better grab their bug-out bags. I don't ever expect to see them in the southern states just above Lousiana.
And no, I didn't misspell Louisiana.
originally posted by: Subrosabelow
originally posted by: CharlesT
I spent a year stationed in Iceland and experienced the northern lights there. I would truly enjoy seeing them again but it they ever make it here where I live now people had better grab their bug-out bags. I don't ever expect to see them in the southern states just above Lousiana.
And no, I didn't misspell Louisiana.
Why bug out if they appeared? The Northern Lights have been visible in the far south many times over the years. I remember when I was about 8 years old going outside and seeing the aurora in the sky in the southeast corner of New Mexico. That would have been in the mid to late 70's and I know it wasn't me being mistaken as it hit the local news and papers the next day.
Happened again in 2011: Aurora Borealis Appears as Far South as New Mexico
2014: Northern Lights may be visible in Colorado tonight
Where I lived in NM is about the same latitude as the northern border of Lousiana or a bit lower.
We're in a period of high solar activity right now. Seeing the Lights farther south than normal is par for the course.