# Aurora visible far to the south tonight **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 24, 2003, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aurora-visible-far-to-the-south-tonight/209340 "2003-10-24T16:04:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2003, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aurora-visible-far-to-the-south-tonight/209340/1 "2003-10-24T16:04:20Z")
[news](http://www.dmregister.com/news/stories/c4788998/22582529.html) You may have heard about the sunspot activity this weekend; well, apparently it will make the Northern Lights visible much farther south than normal. If you live in Canada, the northern US, or northern Europe, watch for it! ---
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2003, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aurora-visible-far-to-the-south-tonight/209340/2 "2003-10-24T16:27:41Z")
The really great thing is that the weather here is supposed to be clear so I just might get to see it this time! ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2003, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aurora-visible-far-to-the-south-tonight/209340/3 "2003-10-24T16:32:40Z")
D’oh, all I kept hearing was “very far south.” I didn’t realize that they meant southern Canada. I had my fingers crossed hoping I might see a little something :(. ---
**Author:** ![Capcha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Capcha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capcha)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2003, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aurora-visible-far-to-the-south-tonight/209340/4 "2003-10-24T16:37:07Z")
I hope it would last until this evening. The forcast here is cloudy periods…I’d like to see those lights 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2003, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aurora-visible-far-to-the-south-tonight/209340/5 "2003-10-24T19:11:16Z")
I for one, have always wanted to run into a crowded room and scream “Lookout! It’s a coronal mass ejection!” and then flee the scene. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2003, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aurora-visible-far-to-the-south-tonight/209340/6 "2003-10-24T19:18:52Z")
**Encinitas** , you are surely welcome to sit on our front porch and ponder life any time you are in the neighborhood. You just made me do a spit-take. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2003, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aurora-visible-far-to-the-south-tonight/209340/7 "2003-10-24T23:30:47Z")
Let’s just hope we won’t get EMPed this time. ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous\_Coward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@Anonymous\_Coward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_Coward)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2003, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aurora-visible-far-to-the-south-tonight/209340/8 "2003-10-24T23:58:52Z")
I’m getting EMPed right now. ☹ My normally solid high-speed internet connection is spotty at best (no EQ for me tonight), and I just tried to make a long distance phone call but got a really crappy line. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aurora-visible-far-to-the-south-tonight/209340/9 "2003-10-25T00:16:47Z")
Here’s a great website for seeing where the current aurora (borealis or australis) is. [http://www.sel.noaa.gov/pmap/](http://www.sel.noaa.gov/pmap/) ---
**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aurora-visible-far-to-the-south-tonight/209340/10 "2003-10-25T01:32:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Encinitas \* > \*\*I for one, have always wanted to run into a crowded room and scream “Lookout! It’s a coronal mass ejection!” and then flee the scene. \*\* “The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man falsely shouting ‘coronal mass ejection’ in a theater and causing a panic.” (With apologies to Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.) ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aurora-visible-far-to-the-south-tonight/209340/11 "2003-10-25T01:35:37Z")
Eh. If the northern lights shine through the fairly thick cloud cover we’ve got right now, I’ll be damned impressed. ---
**Author:** ![IUHomer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90db22/32.png) [@IUHomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IUHomer)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aurora-visible-far-to-the-south-tonight/209340/12 "2003-10-25T05:51:43Z")
To paraphrase superintendent Chalmers : In this part of the country? At this time of year? Located ENTIRELY within your kitchen? ``` Sorry, this probably belongs on one of the many SImpsons threads, but I can't resist using those lines. ``` ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aurora-visible-far-to-the-south-tonight/209340/13 "2003-10-25T06:03:33Z")
Mmmmm! Steamed Hams! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ResIpsaLoquitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@ResIpsaLoquitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ResIpsaLoquitor)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aurora-visible-far-to-the-south-tonight/209340/14 "2003-10-25T06:12:55Z")
“Seymour, the house is on fire!” “No, mother, that’s just the Northern Lights.” Anyway, I’m gonna check my front porch–the view will probably be no good in PA, but I’m gonna feel like crap if I don’t check. ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aurora-visible-far-to-the-south-tonight/209340/15 "2003-10-25T06:16:00Z")
I live about 3 miles north of the PA/MD border… and I just went outside (AGAIN… in the damn cold…) and didn’t see anything but stars. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![DrMemory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DrMemory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrMemory)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aurora-visible-far-to-the-south-tonight/209340/16 "2003-10-25T09:56:58Z")
3:00 AM in Southern Brittish Columbia…nothing, but it IS kinda cloudy…does that Hinder a good chance? ---
**Author:** ![Mooney252](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@Mooney252](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooney252)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aurora-visible-far-to-the-south-tonight/209340/17 "2003-10-25T13:50:57Z")
I checked between 10-midnight on a very clear night in Seattle. Nothing.