General Discussion

Sigh... I missed the extremely rare aurora in NYC a year and a half or so ago. I was so upset! Been wanting to see them for decades but have no interest in going to Alaska.

Someone in my sister's area where there is a dark area park wise took a glorious picture. She was too tired to check out her window, although she faces the wrong direction.

I keep an eye out on the aurora forecasts from Alaska University. Check them about a week or two at a time. They give a 27 day forecast which would change if an unexpected solar storm flared up.

Both my parents have seen them decades apart. My dad on a visit to Seattle for business mid '60s. My mom as a kid n NYC sleeping up on the apt building's rooftop with her family on a hot summer's night late 1920's or so.