Are we having solar flares today, or somethin'? Cable services and even some internet services are going kaplooey, and check out this data on the San Diego power grid during the last hour!
(http://www.caiso.com/outlook/ems_large.gif)
Nope. We're at Solar Minimum. According to the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center, all is calm. http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/SWN/
NOAA Scales Activity 5/7/2009
Range 1 (minor) to 5 (extreme)
NOAA Scale Past 24 hrs Current
Geomagnetic Storms None None
Solar Radiation Storms None None
Radio Blackouts None None
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/SolarCycle/
It is a warm day.
Fantastic video from NASA Heliophysics:
http://www.youtube.com/v/A2Y6ay-41No
NICE! I'm thankful it is 93 million miles from us.