Northern Lights could be visible in parts of the U.S. due to geomagnetic storm
CBSN
The Northern Lights are forecast to be visible from parts of the country on Saturday night. A strong geomagnetic storm watch was issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Space Weather Prediction Center on Thursday.
The agency said Saturday that there is a 99% chance of a minor or greater solar radiation storm to occur. The forecasted storm was ranked Thursday as a G3 storm, which NOAA classifies as strong on its scale from G1, a minor storm, to G5.
And with the impending geomagnetic storm, which is a big disturbance of the Earth's magnetosphere, the Northern Lights, or aurora borealis, activity is forecast to be high.
Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.