Think back in the late 90's or early 2000's there was some aurora here. Just enough to be seen with a long exposure on film but it was a dull red color and might of been one that was a dull green low on the horizon
There was one PHENOMINAL Aurora in 84/85 but I was north of Chicago in Lake COunty at the time. The main solar wind blast hit during the day, IL time and it was a 3-ring circus on 28 mHz! (I didn't have 50 or 144 mHz equipment at the time). The books tell you that Aurora is mainly a VHF deal, but I had fluttery/watery SSB signals from both coasts, all S-4/5. I could contact both coasts but the coasts could not hear each other. SSB Aurora is "supposed" to be a CW only affair but SSB worked just fine if folks talked slowly and distinctly. FM was a washout due to mere bandwidth.
We never get Aurora down this far south

I hope you work a boatload!