The new solar flare will probably be rated X40 or higher (which is HUGE):
http://www.space.com/scienceastronom...re_031105.html
It's twice as high as the most powerfull flare ever detected with satellites. It's not directed at earth though.
Last weeks flare was directed at earth, and I got to see the Northern lights for the first time in my life
very cool. A very rare event for the netherlands.
[ November 05, 2003, 11:18: Message edited by: henk brouwer ]