Comments on: Green skies at night, Mpls delight?

By: Johnsmith

Johnsmith — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 04:38:51 +0000

I live in LA california.. and about 8:28 PM.. i just saw the sky flash green three or four times.. it was quick but definately there. I saw it out of my north window in my room. I got shivers..

I then researched it.. and started reading this site.. I didnt think of anything.. and then just now, I hear huge gusts of winds blowing my onnings outside. just quickly.. now its all gone..

i hope im posting in the correct spot. cuz im freaked out..

By: notthatmatt

notthatmatt — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 23:19:30 +0000

Maplewood is on this. They are forming a crack team of "skywarn spotters" and you can join!

By: Dylan

Dylan — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 19:13:20 +0000

I was driving south on Lyndale, right at Franklin, when I saw the flash in the sky in front of me right about 8:30 Sunday. I thought it was lightning, which I thought was extremely odd for this time of year. Then the street went dark for a few seconds and the traffic lights went to flashing red for about 5 seconds before going back to normal. It was odd.

By: cece

cece — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 14:37:06 +0000

I lived up north for a few years, and this didn’t look anything like northern lights that I’ve ever seen. The color did look like the Aurora photos on Jerad’s link, but it was a flash that lasted maybe 2 seconds. Would that be an Aurora?

By: -p.

-p. — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 14:35:44 +0000

This sounds to me like the northern lights with a coincidental gust of air.

By: a.h.o.i.

a.h.o.i. — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 05:19:30 +0000

You people need to quit cooking with gas – the fumes are getting to you. Go electric!

By: Jerad

Jerad — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 02:17:15 +0000

If it wasn't the car hitting the power pole, it may have been a solar flare. I don't think that would account for the wind, though it might count for the brief power outage...

Did it look anything like these?

By: FallOutMan

FallOutMan — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 22:47:02 +0000

Snuggled under my red fleece blanket, I was comfortably curled up while watching the Oscars at my Minneapolis apartment. Suddenly, a blinding flash of green light covered the sky. I dashed to the window only to see the green colors quickly fade away followed by a strong gust of cool, misty air. I shut my window and returned to my chair and the dead pan humor of John Stewart. Another montage came on and then BANG! Some green figures came storming into my dirty, studio apartment. They were tall, thin creatures with long, stick-like fingers that reached for me. I was frozen with fear. I couldn't move. I couldn't scream.

The creatures gurgled when they spoke. They talked amongst themselves in a language I did not understand, nor believe I have ever heard before. There were three of them and they towered over me. Soon they were to work on me. I was pinned down and spread out across the cold hardwood floor. I don't remember anything after this, but awoke the next morning on the corner of 50th and France in Edina.

The good news is I saved a bunch of money on my car insurance by switching to Geiko.

By: Jerad

Jerad — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 19:08:07 +0000

Yeah, I think the SD green flash is different–people are describing something they saw at 8:30, a couple hours after the sun hit the horizon.

I’m with Kevin from Mpls–the government agency ACRONYM is trying to wipe our minds.

By: joel_p

joel_p — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 18:33:30 +0000

Don't know of this was the same ting but...
There is a restaurant on the Beach in San Diego that I have been to that claims to have a view of these "green flashes". Here is their link which describes the phenomenon.