http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/08/03/spectacular-northern-lights-signals-sun-waking/ Positive side: you may be able to see aurora tonight. Negative side: maybe a start of '2012'.
Does this by any chance have to do with Glenn Beck and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse? Jk, I read the article. I would never discount science; after all, I'm not one of FoxNews' viewers.
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