I guess you could say better late than never. I would also like to think it may have been motivated by my earlier post. This same timing occurred last month on a similar event. Who knows, we're all just kind of guessing.
A "halo" type CME occurred yesterday at approximently
06:36 UTC. Could this have been the cause of the many reports of disturbance
with cell and land base phones, televisions, satellites, radios, and computers?
My guess is a resounding YES!
Here is a very helpful link that seems to be independent
of NASA: Site: http://www.dxlc.com/solar/
Also, NASA in a late report called for a "aurora watch" then later canceled. See below
Flares and CMEs Report
*A total of 5 C flares were recorded on March 29. Region 8936 produced a C4.4 flare at 18:47 UTC.
*A full halo coronal mass ejection with a backside origin was observed after 11h UTC in LASCO movies.
*The background x-ray flux is at the class C1 level.
Aurora Watch Cancelled: Conditions for high-latitude aurora were favorable during the midnight hours of March 29-30 (Universal Time). For more than 5 hours on March 29 the interplanetary magnetic field in Earth's vicinity developed a southward component, creating a weak point in Earth's magnetospheric defenses against the solar wind. Also on March 29 the solar wind velocity rose from 300 km/s to more than 600 km/s. These factors combined to trigger high levels of geomagnetic activity. However, the interplanetary magnetic field has turned northward again and NOAA space environment satellites show that auroral activity is declining.
Solar Spotlight: On March 29, 2000, the orbiting SOHO spacecraft recorded a "full-halo" coronal mass ejection (CME). Full-halo CMEs are massive bubbles of hot gas that travel either directly toward or away from Earth. As the eruption expands it appears to completely envelope the Sun like a halo.
When CMEs hit Earth's magnetosphere they sometimes trigger spectacular aurora. Today's CME exploded on the back side of the Sun -- it is not headed for our planet.
Equation:
Sunspots = Solar Flares = Magnetic Shift = Shifting
Ocean and Jet Stream Currents = Extreme Weather
Mitch Battros
Producer - Earth Changes TV
http://www.earthchangesTV.com