Solar storms are getting more and more publicity as we're going further into 2012. You know why, doomsayers and apocalyptic crows are working hard to scare the hell out of everybody and solar weather is one of the more scientific 'tools' at their command. It actually IS dangerous, kind of.
I've been into solar storms for quite a while now. No, I'm not an astrophysicist, even straightforward physics in high school was a nightmare for me, but sun flares and the whole space weather phenomenon is fascinating and I've been learning as much as I can. Even learning physics is digestable when fueled by passion :).
Anyway, I've put together two websites about the Sun and its frolics (so far) - one about solar storms, the other about their influence on human beings. You be the judge if they are any useful, I can only tell you that they were pleasure to create.
I am usually rather ineffective at traffic driving. I avoid social media like the plague, and I'm allergic to the language of advertising - hence my traffic tends to be rather low. Unless... a solar storm happens :).
Solar storms and technology do not go too well together. I imagine an extreme case could knock my laptop out for good, so I wouldn't go so far as saying that I'm looking forward to them. But - over last two days, when space weather is rather inclement, my traffic on the 'cosmic' pages increased by 300%. With some autoirony I have to explain that it jumped from 2 to 8 pageviews... but it's still an improvement, yes?
So - dear Sun, thank you so much for your flares! Flare more, if you please - with moderation.
To give you some details about recent activity - there was an X5 flare produced on March 7th (which happens to be my birthday as well, haha) and it sparked minor to moderate storms (5-7 on 9-point scale) over the following days. One is on even at this very moment, but since my laptop is not emitting any sparks, I'm not worried.
Hope your tech gadgets are just as unaffected.
