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Sun Storms May Affect Radios, Cell Phones Today

Posted by timothy on from the going-once-going-twice-sol dept.

ABC News is one of various news outlets reporting that "Intense solar activity may affect Earth today, potentially disrupting radio and cell phone frequencies." (The Space Weather Prediction Center calls the likely effects minor, but it might be a good day to have an atlas packed in with the GPS.)

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  1. Alert has been downgraded by __aaelyr464 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Chance is now about 20% for 29 December. This ABC article is a bit alarmist and unnecessarily scaring the masses.