strong solar storm
Posted by heartland chris on January 23, 2012 at 17:54:31:

The link is a NOAA news article that says there has been the strongest "eruption" from the sun since Sept 2005. Not clear what they mean: looks like the flare is not quite X class, and there have been a few X class flares in the last year. And, there was a severe magnetic storm in the last year. They may mean the proton flux, which seems very high on:
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/today.html

Chris