In a message dated 09-05-15, Roger Nelson said to Holger Granholm:   
      
   Good evening Roger,   
      
    HG> Yesterday we had rain from morning to night and even today is   
    HG> murky.    
      
   Same again yesterday (sunday).   
      
   RN> Wow!  I'm glad I wasn't with you.  Years ago, I would have liked   
   RN> that.  (-: Did you return the same way?   
      
   Actually, in the winter the ice became so thick that even the   
   icebreaking ferries weren't able to drop in to �land Islands.   
      
   At that time I used to travel to Stockholm monthly to bring home records   
   and radio equipment/parts for my shop. I went as usual on a trip there a   
   morning in feb. 1966. On my return back to the ferry I made a phone call   
   to the harbour, north of Stockholm, and received the reply that the   
   ferry would leave the next day from a harbour south of Stockholm.   
      
   I turned the car around and went to the city Nyn„shamn from where the   
   return journey started. The ferry wasn't able to break the ice to the   
   harbour on �land so I had to go along to the sw. coast of Finland from   
   where I had to drive north to reach the place where the ice road to   
   �land started. After a coffee break on one of the islands i finally   
   arrived back at home. That trip took me three days instead of one!   
      
   My white skirt wasn't white anymore .   
      
   RN> I've seen cloud-to-cloud lightning, but never saw any that travelled   
   RN> upward. Downward, yes, but never upward.  Below is the article:   
      
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   RN>  Space Weather News for Aug. 20, 2015   
   RN>  http://spaceweather.com   
      
   RN>  This month, astronauts onboard the International Space Station have   
   RN>  witnessed exotic forms of lightning that reach up from   
   RN> thunderclouds near   
   RN>  Earth's surface all the way to the edge of space.  Their   
   RN> photographs of   
   RN>  "sprites" and "trolls" dancing over Mexico are a must-see.  These   
   RN> forms can   
   RN>  been seen from Earth's surface, too.  Observing tips and more   
   RN> information   
   RN>  are available on today's edition of http://spaceweather.com    
   RN> _____   
      
   Thanks for that info.   
      
      
   Have a nice evening,   
      
   Holger   
      
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