Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Bobbie Sellers Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: xkcd: Solar Protons Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 17:19:22 -0700 Organization: dis Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: BobbieInSanFrancisco@mouse-potato.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2024 02:19:23 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="d90826c57f224e5f670628ca15dcd054"; logging-data="4059840"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+JEBWXvLbznbF2Aq2szz5c" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:P+FL/zdseiQ+EthV5NKewwK+dXM= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2174 On 10/11/24 14:27, Scott Lurndal wrote: > Lynn McGuire writes: >> On 10/11/2024 2:44 PM, Cryptoengineer wrote: >>> On 10/11/2024 3:07 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote: >>>> xkcd: Solar Protons >>>>     https://www.xkcd.com/2997/ >>>> >>>> Uh, Solar Protons are not going to directly form water.  But we do >>>> need the rain here in Texas as we are in a drought again. >>>> >>>> Explained at: >>>>     https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2997:_Solar_Protons >>> >>> I went out and photographed the aurora last night here in MA. >>> >>> It may be visible again tonight. >>> >>> pt >> >> I did not see anything here in south Texas last night at 1 am. >> > > Texas is far too south. > > https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/communities/aurora-dashboard-experimental > And San Francisco had a lot of Fog. But we saw very pretty pictures like red velver drapes floating with the breeze from areas more blessed with Aurora Borealis visibility. bliss -- b l i s s - S F 4 e v e r at D S L E x t r e m e dot com