[kanawa]

MEGA-FLARE: Giant sunspot 486 unleashed yet another powerful solar flare today (Nov. 4th, 1950 UT), and this one could be historic. The blast saturated X-ray detectors onboard GOES satellites at X17.4 for 11 minutes. The last time such a thing happened in 2001 the flare was classified as an X20--the biggest ever. This one might be even bigger; stay tuned for updates.

Ionizing radiation from the flare hit Earth's atmosphere soon after the explosion and caused a severe radio blackout, which radio listeners noticed across North America. The explosion also hurled a coronal mass ejection (CME) into space. Although the CME is not heading directly toward Earth, it could deliver a glancing blow to our planet's magnetic field on Nov. 5th.

spaceweather.com

[Dog Gone]

Somebody needs to tell the Sun to behave. We're Earth, and we're the boss around here.

[RadioAstronomer]

Fortunately not pointed in our direction.

[_Jim]

Ionizing radiation from the flare hit Earth's atmosphere soon after the explosion and caused a severe radio blackout, which radio listeners noticed across North America.

Uhh .. anybody here (besides me) notice any 'radio blackouts'?

Last week Alex Jones came in just fine on shortwave, although signals on other bands and frequencies were weaker (much weaker) at times ...