Sun's next 11-year cycle could be 50 pct stronger

[STEED]

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyid=2006-03-06T204858Z_01_N06327000_RTRUKOC_0_US-SPACE-SUN.xml&rpc=22

Looks like time to stock up on tin food and candles not forgetting the matches. :hmm:

[tycho102]

I've been wondering about this issue for awhile. The GPS satellites are hardened, but there's a bunch of commsats that are lightly. It's only a matter of time before we get a really wicked solar storm that starts knocking things out (or out of orbit :o ).

All the more reason we should be deploying blimps for comms.

[Oberon]

The Auroras would be pretty...and let's face it...there wouldn't be much in the way of light pollution to obscure the view ;)