No Aurora For SoCal, Again

And again, that’s probably for the best.

I did go out to check (temps in the mid 40’s, a few thin clouds) but the view to the north was lacking in color.

Check out social media for a ton of incredible images from Europe, Scandanavia, Canada, and the northern tier of US states. I saw some images from Northern California, Oregon, northern Nevada, the Virginia/North Carolina border, and northern Arizona, but nothing any further south. We’re probably at least 400 to 500 miles too far south.

That’s okay. As noted in the past, as uber cool as it would be to see to see aurora from SoCal, doing so probably involves an event at least as powerful as the 1859 Carrington Event, which would have massive side effects that would be catastrophic to our society and infrastructure. Being without an electric grid, the Internet, airline travel, and all of the related distruptions to our economic structure, food supplies, and trade would not be my idea of a good time. It was highly disruptive in 1859 – it would be a nightmare today.

So, no aurora for SoCal, again.

As it should be!