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From: Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.invalid>
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Subject: Re: xkcd: Solar Protons
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 17:19:22 -0700
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On 10/11/24 14:27, Scott Lurndal wrote:
> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> 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
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