Thanks all for the warm welcome. I say warm because wilst you are swatting skeeters we're shoveling plenty of snow.
Eric:
Its not quite the real thing but you can see plenty of aurora images at my site here
www.aurordude.com
Ving:
Unfortunately our town is not named after someone so respectable as Homer Simpson. Instead the fella for whom we are named was one Homer Pentock. Not much nis known about him except that he was a con man. Supposedly duped a lot of people out of a lot of money in some gold mining scam. There must not have been a lot of notable citizens back then.
Boy, this comet is shaping up to be a real beaut. I sure wish I were there first hand. I even checked plane tickets to see if there were any cheap seats to fill... no such luck. Oh well the Southern Cross will wait for now.
Regards,
Dennis A.