We have been joking around coffee that we may be seeing the Sun about to shut down...
http://www.drao-ofr.hia-iha.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/icarus/www/current_flux.shtml
It looks even worse, at that link.
Observed Flux Density : 0071.0
Flux Density Adjusted for 1 A.U. : 0068.9
URSI Series D Flux, Adj. x 0.9 : 0062.0
Political cartoon from the 1970s had a black suited, and sunglassed EPA nazi getting ready throw water on the Sun because they determined it caused cancer.
Aren’t there a few radio (ham) sites that are really “pissed” that the sunspots are so low, and so late starting back up for cycle 24, that their reception is staying lousy?
And getting worse?
It won’t shut down but it could hiccup a tiny bit. A blink of an eye for the sun but that could be a few centuries of the big chill for us. Probably won’t happen though.