Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2015 16:00:06 -0800
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From: thewestyman <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET>
Subject: Seattle? Re: NVC - drivable Northern Lights viewing in Canada or
NE US?
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Well, I have seen Northern Lights down here in the Seattle area once at
night, rather early morning 2 am. Pretty awesome to see a wall to wall
light green theater curtain flailing. Gave me goose bumps and raising the
heir on my back. Fascinating.
Zoltan
-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis Jowell
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2015 3:43 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: NVC - drivable Northern Lights viewing in Canada or NE US?
We drove this route past year in the spring from Quebec to Goose bay then
the ferry over to NF. Over 800 + miles of gravel road. Pure hell if you are
not use to it. Carry your own fuel. No petrol on the long stretch. A lot of
heavy 18 wheelers. We got a loner satellite phone from the government for
safety. No cell service! This time of year a lot f snow etc. A 4 wheel drive
vehicle I suspect would be required. I would not do this in the winter IMHO.
Our 1988 GL Westy made it ok. That was in May .
Laters,
Dennis Jowell
Scotch Hollow Farm
Newbury, Vermont
> On Feb 21, 2015, at 12:20 PM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
>
> Stephen
>
> If it were Me planning this I would want to get AsFar North as I
> could AsQuickly AsPossible ~ So ~ From Virginia I might head for
>
> LabradorCity, NL ~ Then maybe on East to GooseBay & NorthWestRiver just
> for the experience as long as I was up there ~ But I would
>
> not be going without MyWesty & @Least a PortableHeater ~ It appears as
> though there are VeryLongStretches of WildernessDriving up
>
> there & I'd SureWant to have MyWesty in case I ChoseTo or HadTo spend the
> Night SomeWhere InTheMiddleOfNoWhere ~ & I'm Not @
>
> all fond of Motels&Hotels ~
>
>
> ORR ~ DeanB
>
>> On 20 Feb , 2015, at 10:42 PM, OlRivrRat wrote:
>>
>> Big Oooops Correction
>>
>> To name a couple more ~
>>
>> http://www.spaceweather.com/
>>
>> http://rossellet.com/aurora_tracker.htm
>>
>> & have a look here for some recent examples ~
>>
>> http://spaceweathergallery.com/index.php?&title=aurora&title2=lights&starting_point=0&PHPSESSID=gl0qn92kuid6mppdljvnki7t32
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> On 20 Feb , 2015, at 10:32 AM, Mark McCulley wrote:
>>>
>>> Trying to see the aurora within a prescribed time window is an iffy
>>> proposition right now. The current solar cycle is very weak.
>>>
>>> http://www.space.com/23934-weak-solar-cycle-space-weather.html
>>>
>>> My wife and I just travelled (in January) to Iceland to see the aurora
>>> and
>>> did not see anything (other than a beautiful landscape).
>>>
>>> I suggest keeping an eye on the space weather forecast and be prepared
>>> to
>>> head out on short notice if we enter a period of heightened activity.
>>> There
>>> are a number of sites on the internet with space weather information.
>>> Here's one:
>>>
>>> http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/30-minute-aurora-forecast
>>>
>>> -Mark
>>>
>>> On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 4:53 AM, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Asking for input from those who've seen it and can recommend a viewing
>>>> location. We'd like to drive from Virginia in late March to a spot
>>>> where
>>>> we'd have a good chance to see the Aurora Borealis. Research indicates
>>>> that fun, remote places like Iceland, Churchill MB, Ft. McMurray AB and
>>>> Fairbanks AK are prime viewing spots but if we drive it means we could
>>>> afford to stay longer if we need to wait out a sighting. So let us
>>>> know if
>>>> you know a good place likely to make it worth the drive. Thanks!
>>>> By the way, we are not planning to drive the Westy and camp out on this
>>>> trip. We're tough but we're Propexless.
>>>> Stephen
>>>>
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