In 1999, I had an unlimited use email pager and one of the things I subscribed to was an aurora alert system you can read about here http://www.keteu.org/~mark/

In 1999, I had an unlimited use email pager and one of the things I subscribed to was an aurora alert system you can read about here http://www.keteu.org/~mark/aurora/ http://www.keteu.org/~mark/aurora/ ... I was in North central Ohio at the time, got a page, and went outside and saw the aurora. Not nearly as vivid as in photos... A green splotch that slowly developed an orange glow and then disappeared over the course of an hour. I feel very lucky to have seen it at such low latitudes and in a somewhat light polluted area. Googling has turned up some other similar and modern projects, and as the sun cycle starts up again, hopefully more people get a chance to catch it sometime.