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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Might be of interest to some…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>M<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> CITASA [mailto:citasa-bounces@list.citasa.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Andrea H. Tapia<br><b>Sent:</b> March 17, 2015 9:23 AM<br><b>To:</b> citasa@list.citasa.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [CITASA] Huge Solar Storm happening right now<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Hi CITASA folks.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Some of my research looks at crowdsourcing early warning systems. We use sightings of the aurora borealis as a proxy for emergencies. I’m asking for your help today.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Please share this widely.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Please tweet.</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Currently underway is THE aurora event of the year.</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Geomagnetic storms levels are at severe.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Kp is predicted to reach 8 in the next hour and the solar wind power plot has blown over our color scale limit. Aurora would probably be visible from as far south as Alabama.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Just one problem… it’s daylight both in the US and in Europe.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Fingers crossed the levels remain high until nightfall.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Tonight—go outside and look up—look north.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Go to our website--<a href="http://aurorasaurus.org/">http://aurorasaurus.org</a> and log in what you see. Download the mobile app free.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>You can also follow the Auroral oval as it moves south. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Andrea H. Tapia, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Associate Professor of Information Sciences and Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>College of Information Sciences and Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Penn State University<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>University Park, State College, PA <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Website—<a href="http://andreatapia.net/">http://andreatapia.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Email—<a href="mailto:atapia@ist.psu.edu">atapia@ist.psu.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Facebook--<a href="https://www.facebook.com/andrea.tapia">https://www.facebook.com/andrea.tapia</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>