{"id":1033,"date":"2012-03-08T19:49:31","date_gmt":"2012-03-09T01:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/?p=1033"},"modified":"2012-03-08T19:49:31","modified_gmt":"2012-03-09T01:49:31","slug":"solar-flare-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/2012\/03\/08\/solar-flare-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar Flare-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1034 alignright\" title=\"Solar Flare Up\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/solarflareup.jpg\" alt=\"Solar Flare Up\" width=\"400\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/solarflareup.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/solarflareup-275x300.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Was anyone else feeling a little out of sorts today? Charlotte sure was, shown here heckling the bluebird of happiness during an impromptu concert she attended at lunchtime.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is, Charlotte may well have been affected by the <a title=\"Link to Wired Magazine article on the 2012 Solar Storm\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2012\/03\/solar-storm-auroras\/\" target=\"_blank\">solar storm<\/a> that\u2019s been going on today\u2014reportedly our most significant in years. (Good news, because that means \u201cthis too shall likely pass.\u201d) While the increased solar activity was not supposed to affect humans, there\u2019s been no mention of how it might affect cats.<\/p>\n<p>The even better news, though, is that this increase in solar activity also increases our chances of seeing the Northern Lights tonight\u2014even from places further south, like Illinois, where we live.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1037\" title=\"Aurora Borealis\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/aurora1.jpg\" alt=\"Aurora Borealis\" width=\"640\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/aurora1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/aurora1-300x262.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As I write this, the cats and Flora Mouse have already headed outdoors with a warm blanket and a snack, hoping to catch a glimpse.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about Aurora Borealis activity tonight, check out this <a title=\"The Huffington Post opens in new window\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/03\/08\/aurora-borealis-2012-solar-flare-storm_n_1332255.html\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a> on The Huffington Post. It includes some useful links to find out whether you might see a light show in your own neck of the woods.<\/p>\n<p>Have a stellar evening, Everyone, and see you all tomorrow!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Was anyone else feeling a little out of sorts today? Charlotte sure was, shown here heckling the bluebird of happiness during an impromptu concert she attended at lunchtime. The good news is, Charlotte may well have been affected by the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/2012\/03\/08\/solar-flare-up\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[158],"tags":[159,12,13,7,48,14,8,162,160,161],"class_list":["post-1033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events","tag-aurora-borealis","tag-blackie-2","tag-cats","tag-charlotte-2","tag-flora-mouse","tag-max","tag-mice","tag-northern-lights","tag-solar-flares","tag-solar-storm"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1033"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1053,"href":"https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1033\/revisions\/1053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}