NOAA Says Powerful X-Class Solar Flare Will Hit Over Next 72 Hours; Communications Systems Vulnerable

Mac Slavo- February 17th, 2011
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The NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center is advising that a powerful X-class solar flare is on its way to Earth. Charged plasma particles are expected to reach earth today.

China has already begun experiencing effects from a coronal mass ejection that preceded the X-class flare by a couple days: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110217/sc ... 0217095946

The China Meteorological Administration reported that the solar flare had jammed shortwave radio communications in southern China.

It said the flare caused “sudden ionospheric disturbancesâ€