"I got to see the northern lights for the first time in my life on my trip to Canada a few weeks ago. Not a lot of colors, but very cool nonetheless!"
There was a solar storm in 1859 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_storm_of_1859>in which the Aurorae where seen around the world. It was such a large solar storm, it has its own name: the Carrington Event. Coincidentally (or maybe not), that same year, the third highest temperature ever recorded in the US happened: Goleta <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goleta,_California> has a mild climate with high temperatures normally within ten degrees of 70° year-round; low temperatures rarely fall below 40°. However, Goleta experienced one of the highest temperatures ever recorded in the United States. The city's geography at the base of the Santa Ynez Mountains sometimes subjects Goleta to sudden hot winds locally called "sundowners", similar to the Santa Ana winds in the Los Angeles and San Diego regions. They are caused by high pressure drawing dry air from the inland side of the mountains, whereupon they can become superheated as they rush down on the city's side. On June 17, 1859, a related wind a superheated simoon passed through the Goleta and Santa Barbara area, raising the temperature to 133 degrees Fahrenheit (56 degrees Celsius) in minutes. People were forced to take shelter immediately; according to a report of the U.S. Coast Survey, animals died in the fields and fruit dropped from trees. It was the highest temperature recorded in the United States until 1913, when a 134F was reached at Death Valley. J - When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves in the course of time a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that justifies it. - Frederic Basti ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:352992 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
