Impending solar flares

[dieselboy]

Didn't this happen in the 80s? And then they put safety measure in place to prevent it? My school teacher said they shut certain parts of satellites down to protect themselfes. Not sure how true that is.

[dieselboy]

Here is the original paper on it, if you're interested. It's a thrilling read

Thanks for that. Although I couldn't get past page 31 as the expanded Fig. 1 (d) looks like a pair of boobs.