Solar flares

• People who wouldnt normally see auroras are being treated to stunning sights today thanks to the largest solar radiation storm since 2005.
(CNET News)
• Solar flares emitted by the sun on the morning of Jan. 23 concerned airlines enough to reroute its Polar route flights but may improve aurora borealis activity in Alaska. Delta airlines announced that it had rerouted flights from China to the U.S.
(Examiner)
• the most powerful type of solar storm. M-class sun storms are powerful but mid-range, while C-class flares are weaker. NASA routinely monitors space weather conditions to determine any potential hazards to the astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
(msnbc.com)
• The flare is the latest evidence the sun is becoming more active, emerging from a period of several year when there were few sunspots or solar flares to be seen. The disturbances usually work on an 11-year cycle, with peak activity occurring every 11 years.
(Houston Chronicle)
• Solar flares strongly influence the local space weather in the vicinity of the Earth. They can produce streams of highly energetic particles in the solar wind, known as a solar proton event, or coronal mass ejection (CME).
(Worldnews.com)
• THE sun has blasted the earth with radiation in the biggest solar storm since 2005 and stargazers in southern Victoria and Tasmania could be in for a celestial treat.
(Brisbane Times)
• Will international corporations and banks initiate a first strike against world populations if they have advanced warning all their high tech war toys may become useless after an every 10,000 year event, major solar storm? The above image was [found here].
(OpEdNews.com)
• A research scientist at the Canadian Space Agency says the impact from the solar flares is actually quite mild — for now.
(Brandon Sun)
• A series of powerful solar flares, which began erupting from the Sun on 19 January, amplified the Northern Lights between 21 to 23 January, making them clearly visible in areas of Scotland, Northern Ireland and England.
(Wired.co.uk)