It was an X3.3 class solar flare.. it may not be strong enough to eliminate the modern world we have come to love, but it was certainly a strong shot from the sun..
The 11-year solar cycle appears to be heating up..
Spaceweather.com reported that the solar event actually created a rare “magnetic crochet” and extreme ultraviolet flash. Spaceweather explains that the intense flare created an immediate ionization of Earth’s upper atmosphere leading to the magnetic crochet–and that only happens when a flare is in progress…
Video of the flare is here:
SPACEWEATHER.COM and SOLARHAM.NET are both excellent sources when the sun is active–and even when it’s not..