Events

[woody]

Please Help – Total newbie with limited knowledge in this area so silly questions are more than likely below. Can someone please direct me to a website that has information on classes of warnings? A website that might be described as "SolarHam for dummies"?

What I want to know is - earth has experienced some M-Class blasts recently

In terms of an individual out in the sun, an electrical power company or even sunburn implications:

What is expected to be experienced by a Geomagnetic K-index of 4 – what does it disrupt?
What is expected to be experienced by a Geomagnetic K-index of 5 – what does it disrupt?
What is expected to be experienced by a Geomagnetic K-index of 6 – what does it disrupt?
What is expected to be experienced by a Geomagnetic K-index of 7 – what does it disrupt?
What is expected to be experienced by a Geomagnetic K-index of 8 – what does it disrupt?
What is expected to be experienced by a Geomagnetic K-index of 9 – what does it disrupt?

Can any disruptions or noticeable effects be expected from an M-Class event?
Can any disruptions or noticeable effects be expected from an X-Class event?

Thank you and please pardon my ignorance

[azuria]

X-Ray Flare definitions: A B C M X
spaceweather.com/glossary/flareclasses.html?PHPSESSID=gijkccb3u83qsa40mbure7csv0

Radiation & Geomagnetic storm definitions:

Geomagnetic Storms:
G1 G2 G3 G4 G5
Solar Radiation Storms:
S1 S2 S3 S4 S5

www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales/index.html#SolarRadiationStorms

Plus, as an added bonus: Radio Blackouts on the bottom of page two.

Radio Blackouts:
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5

Radio Blackouts bottom of second page. ^

[azuria]

Here's a Yahoo! article about today's radiations storm/effects, although I wouldn't necessarily trust everything the media says:
news.yahoo.com/strongest-solar-storm-since-2005-hitting-earth-163628746.html

but they are on the right track - even if it's too late.