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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Some years ago I lived on Moscow Mt near the
Tamarack ski lodge and worked in Moscow for GTE. I often did a shift from 11pm
to 7am and one night driving in to Moscow I suddenly noticed how bright it was
outside. I looked back toward the Mountain and nearly drove off the road the
auroras was so bright and spectacular. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Pat</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=cstorhok@co.fairbanks.ak.us
href="mailto:cstorhok@co.fairbanks.ak.us">Chris Storhok</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=Tbertruss@aol.com
href="mailto:'Tbertruss@aol.com'">'Tbertruss@aol.com'</A> ; <A
title=nanc3296@uidaho.edu
href="mailto:nanc3296@uidaho.edu">nanc3296@uidaho.edu</A> ; <A
title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> ; <A
title=DonaldH675@aol.com
href="mailto:DonaldH675@aol.com">DonaldH675@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 10, 2004 1:02
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Vision2020] Auroras over
Moscow</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=456264619-10082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hi
aurora fans,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=456264619-10082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Some
of my best memories of Moscow/Latah County involved the auroras. In
particular, I remember in July 1986 walking across Guy Wicks field
watching one of the most brilliant displays I have ever seen of white and
green sheets; in October 1998 from my old backyard in Viola watching what
appeared to be a "hurricane" as white, red, blue and green swirled into a
giant storm cloud with the eye over the top of Moscow Mountain; and in the
winter of 2002 watching a great display from the parking lot of the ice rink
at the Fairgrounds. When I worked for Latah County as the
Rural Development Services Director I used to love the late night
drive back from Bovill city council meetings because most of the time I could
watch the auroras. I would encourage all of you to drive out to an
area near Bovill on a night that an event is forecast and enjoy the
show, light pollution is minimal out there (and there are a lot of
pull-over sites that have a great view of the northern
sky). </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=456264619-10082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=456264619-10082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The
following link takes you to a site with numerous other links to aurora
forecasts, photos, and so forth. Enjoy!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=456264619-10082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=456264619-10082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><A
href="http://www.geo.mtu.edu/weather/aurora/">http://www.geo.mtu.edu/weather/aurora/</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=456264619-10082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=456264619-10082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=456264619-10082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Chris Storhok</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com]<B>On
Behalf Of </B>Tbertruss@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 09, 2004
12:04 PM<BR><B>To:</B> nanc3296@uidaho.edu; vision2020@moscow.com;
DonaldH675@aol.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Auroras over
Moscow<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0
face=Arial size=2 PTSIZE="10" FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>Jasper and
Rose:<BR><BR>As a result of being a sky watcher and night owl, and living
far enough away from city lights to make sky watching easier (city lights
can ruin auroras), as you do also Rose, I have seen auroras over the Palouse
more times than I can count. I'm not sure what Jasper means by "really
big ones," but auroras big enough to be worth watching happen more than once
or twice a year around here, by my estimation.<BR><BR>Being in a valley will
obscure your view of the North perhaps, which is where auroral activity
probably happens the most. But given where you live, Rose, a very
short hike up that hill south just a small ways will give a good view to the
North. With a significant auroral display you should be able to see
them from your yard.<BR><BR>I'm a bit amazed, Rose, you have not seen a good
auroral display from where you have lived. I have seen them countless
times, and as you know, this is very near your neck of the woods...
Sometimes I call the local radio station to coax them into telling people
over the air.<BR><BR>Rose, I bet you are not out at night watching the sky
that often.<BR>Next time I see some significant auroras, if this happens
again, I will fire off an e-mail, or would you accept a phone call?<BR><BR>I
jump up and down and point and yell when I see auroras ... some people just
never grow up!<BR><BR>Ted Moffett</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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