The first & last time I saw the Northern Lights I was about 12 or 13 years old. I had woken randomly in the middle of the night during the winter and out my window to saw the sky above the ridge behind my house glowing a vibrant red. Naturally, as anyone that age would, I had assumed that the gas station about 4 miles away in that direction has blown up and was currently projecting flames to an untold height.

After watching for a few more minutes I noticed the red sky was oscillating like a flag in the wind, and recalled from recent memory (at the time) the movie Balto, in which stupid Canadian huskies were frolicing around all stupid-like underneath the Aurora Bourealis.


Long story short, I got my entire family up at the ungodly hours of the morning and dragged them outside into the -20 degree weather to stand in the freezing snow in our bathrobes in the middle of the street to stare at the pretty magnetic lights in the sky.



Where the fuck am I going with this? Here: Today (right now) and tomorrow, the earth is being hit with Solar Flares from the sun- Obviously. What this means is that the magnetic force of the flares will be (is) coming into contact (read: smashing forcefully) with Earth’s magnetic field, causing potential grid/power outages, and other electrical & technological disruptions. But also, on the upside of this seemingly annoying occurce it is also making the Northern Lights visible farther south than normal. So prepare your bathrobes, telephoto lenses and telescopes and be ready to get outside and freeze your asses of for this all natural light show of Aurorea. Those of you too far south? Sucks for you.