[BenLurkin]

triggered a strong radio blackout for parts of Earth

Really?

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Could be why our Muzak system went out for a while on Saturday?

[workerbee]

Women and minorities hardest hit!

[WKUHilltopper]

“...triggered a strong radio blackout for parts of Earth...”

Huh. Maybe that’s why I wasn’t picking up radio stations from my teeth’s fillings?

[familyop]

Don't pay serious attention to the morons and liars posing as engineers now. Some should go back to their corrupt, foreign cesspools, and the rest should learn to iron shirts and bake cookies.

Solar flare
Wikipedia
"Within a class there is a linear scale from 1 to 9.n (apart from X), so an X2 flare is twice as powerful as an X1 flare, and is four times more powerful than an M5 flare. X class flares up to at least X28 have been recorded (see below)...Other large solar flares also occurred on April 2, 2001 (X20),[24] October 28, 2003 (X17.2 and 10),[25] September 7, 2005 (X17),[24]"

X17 Solar Flare and Solar Storm of October 28, 2003
http://www.thesuntoday.org/historical-sun/x17-solar-flare-and-solar-storm-of-october-28-2003/

Looks like the morons are in leadership positions.

The Marching Morons
By C. M. Kornbluth
Project Gutenberg Canada

[Amagi]

Anthropogenic carbon dioxide to blame?

[Lazamataz]

If this is as bad as it gets... then we will be fine. I thought a Carrington Event kills electronics so much more efficiently? Is a Carrington Event even worse? This is described as the worst flare possible. What am I missing?

[familyop]

Magnetic north has headed so far north, that the field is weakening in some areas. If there’s much damage from one of the minor flares that the hysterical political/regulator effete are cackling hysterical exaggerations about, it will be because of that. But an X1.8 flare is otherwise no big deal compared to other flares that we’ve experienced over the last 15 years.

[familyop]

Background for 21st Century astronomy and physics:

[SaxxonWoods]

Thank goodness the Sun is waking up. The prospect of continued weak activity was worrisome.

I want some warmth, not a mini-ice age.

[Godzilla]

X class is strong, However it needs to be in the X 20 range (the Quebec blackout) for trouble to start

[upchuck]

This flare is but a drop in the bucket compared to a full fledged Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) attack.

[upchuck]

Who owns and controls the sun?

[theneanderthal]

My FM radio reception yesterday was very poor. Every time I moved my head it changed. Net connection was good on a wireless usb stick. Today FM radio reception was perfect as was the net connection.