OH SHIT SOLAR FLARE TIME GUYS.

(Edit: The article posted in here was published tomorrow; I just included it because apparently a lot of people are a day behind on this)

 http://www.universetoday.com/83392/sun-erupts-with-enormous-x2-solar-flare/
 Yesterday the sun decided to wish the universe a belated “happy Valentine’s Day!” by throwing out one of the largest solar flares since 2006 (the year I graduated high school!).

I think our awesome star is starting to rev up for its solar symphony that’s coming up in the next two years. Better make good use of that Blackberry/iPhone/3G network while it’s still in operation; even this single flare is expected to cause minor issues over the next few days.