WTH? Aurora in MD?

Hey everyone!

My name is John and I am not very active in the Astronomy Science.
First time visiting this group. My question is... I am living in
rural MD right now and last night I was looking out my window (to the
north) and saw a very green streak in the sky. I went outside and
looked further and wondered if this could be the Aurora Borealis.
Then I saw Red with streaks and vertical lines going directly up to
the center of the sky. Was this the Aurora? I have been wanting to
see it for many years. It was a beautiful experience and I think I
may be hooked.

Well the rest is just more deep information about me so you can cut
off your reading now. Actually I did visit a observatory on many
occasions over a 3 month span when I was in Cape Canaveral FL taking
engineering classes over the summer. It was at BCC and they had a
nice little observatory with a laser show with popular music artists.
A small little club with about 8 people got to use the telescope
whenever they wanted too and I use to visit them on the weekends alot.

Oh well... Any information on the Aurora (or links) in MD would be
greatly appreciated.

Thx,
John