Light Show

Just took the dog outside, and the Northern Lights
were putting on a show like you wouldn't believe.
They covered the entire sky, horizon to horizon in
every direction. Unfortunately, the below zero
wind chill somewhat dampened my enthusiasm to stay
out and gawk.

Anyway, if you read this tonight (its 10:50 CST as
I type) it might be worthwhile to step outside and
take a look.

Kevin

"Kevin Vang" wrote in message
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Just took the dog outside, and the Northern Lights
were putting on a show like you wouldn't believe.
They covered the entire sky, horizon to horizon in
every direction. Unfortunately, the below zero
wind chill somewhat dampened my enthusiasm to stay
out and gawk.

Anyway, if you read this tonight (its 10:50 CST as
I type) it might be worthwhile to step outside and
take a look.

Kevin

Lucky man!

I just went outside to take a look. They're barely visible from the far
northwest corner of Milwaukee (latitude ~43° 6.61'N), and then only went I
walked about six blocks to a relatively dark spot along the Monomonee river
parkway. They were so faint that anyone unfamiliar with them probably
wouldn't have noticed....so faint that I'm certain I wouldn't have noticed
had I not been alerted and were I not deliberately looking for them.

Wolfgang

"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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Anyway, if you read this tonight (its 10:50 CST as
I type) it might be worthwhile to step outside and
take a look.

Kevin

Lucky man!

I just went outside to take a look. They're barely visible from the far
northwest corner of Milwaukee (latitude ~43° 6.61'N),

Missing the Northern Lights show this year is my biggest regret. Being at 3
degrees south, there's no hope in hell that they will even peek over the
horizon, but my friends in Maine have all emailed me to tell me about how
stupendous the show is.

--riverman
(and how do you get that little 'degree' sign in your text?)

riverman wrote:

(and how do you get that little 'degree' sign in your text?)

Cut and paste from Word.

"JR" wrote in message
(and how do you get that little 'degree' sign in your text?)

Cut and paste from Word.

OK, this is a try. 36° is pretty warm, in C.



--riverman

"riverman" wrote in message
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"JR" wrote in message
(and how do you get that little 'degree' sign in your text?)

Cut and paste from Word.

OK, this is a try. 36° is pretty warm, in C.


It's about 48° warmer then here.......
Still in degrees Celcius

/Roger
Who didn't use Word, just copied your 'degree' sign.

"riverman" wrote in message
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"JR" wrote in message
(and how do you get that little 'degree' sign in your text?)

Cut and paste from Word.

OK, this is a try. 36° is pretty warm, in C.

Alt+0176 will do it too, in a Windows based system. There is a program
called "character map" you can access by the
route--Start-programs-accessories-system tools. A small popup screen will
appear. You can select whichever font you like. Clicking on a symbol on
that screen causes a legend like that above to appear in the lower right
hand corner. Going back to your document, place the cursor where you want
the symbol to appear and type the numerical string while holding the "Alt"
key.

Wolfgang

"Roger Ohlund" wrote in message
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"riverman" wrote in message
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"JR" wrote in message
(and how do you get that little 'degree' sign in your text?)

Cut and paste from Word.

OK, this is a try. 36° is pretty warm, in C.


It's about 48° warmer then here.......
Still in degrees Celcius

/Roger
Who didn't use Word, just copied your 'degree' sign.


Wow, 36°C- 48°C makes it -12°C, which is only 10°F, already! How cold does
it get when it gets coo-o-o-o-llld-d-d-duh-duh-duh-d-d-d..?

--shiverman

"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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"riverman" wrote in message
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"JR" wrote in message
(and how do you get that little 'degree' sign in your text?)

Cut and paste from Word.

Alt+0176 will do it too, in a Windows based system. There is a program
called "character map" you can access by the
route--Start-programs-accessories-system tools. A small popup screen will
appear. You can select whichever font you like. Clicking on a symbol on
that screen causes a legend like that above to appear in the lower right
hand corner. Going back to your document, place the cursor where you want
the symbol to appear and type the numerical string while holding the "Alt"
key.



Ahh, so thats how you put the accent in mol--uh, nevermind. g

I found the character map, but what does it means to 'type the numeric
string'? I figured out that holding alt, then typing "0176" in order, or
hitting them at once, doesn't do it. I'm on a laptop, so there is no numlock
for the numbers. Maybe that's the problem..

--riverman

On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 16:11:50 +0100, "riverman"
wrote:

I found the character map, but what does it means to 'type the numeric
string'? I figured out that holding alt, then typing "0176" in order, or
hitting them at once, doesn't do it. I'm on a laptop, so there is no numlock
for the numbers. Maybe that's the problem..

AFAIK the alt key method doesn't work unless you have a numeric
keypad.
--
Charlie...