There are indications this week that the new solar cycle has started. We have been at the solar minimum for over a year now. There is a new sunspot at a very high latitude and reverse polarity from normal...this is kinda like a robin in the spring for solar cycles.
Indications are this cycle will be the strongest EVER recorded in the last 400 years. The peak should be somewhere around 2011. If this is indeed as strong as many think then you will see some incredible stuff in the next few years. Intense aurora will reach the equator in some areas, there will be widespread satellite blackouts, and there could be major issues with power line distribution causing massive blackouts from overload.
Figured you guys would be sitting on the edge of your seats waiting to hear this
Will make for some seriously neat fishing nights...