Largest Solar Flare in 25 years on Oct 26th, 2014. Did you know about that? https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/largest-solar-flare-in-25-years-on-oct-26th-2014-did-you-know-about-that <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-12241"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Flargest-solar-flare-in-25-years-on-oct-26th-2014-did-you-know-about-that%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Largest+Solar+Flare+in+25+years+on+Oct+26th%2C++2014.++Did+you+know+about+that%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Flargest-solar-flare-in-25-years-on-oct-26th-2014-did-you-know-about-that&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0ALargest Solar Flare in 25 years on Oct 26th, 2014. Did you know about that?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/largest-solar-flare-in-25-years-on-oct-26th-2014-did-you-know-about-that" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="c36110c90116717e1c8140e4e1e3189e" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/012/241/for_gallery_v2/aa1q.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/012/241/large_v3/aa1q.jpg" alt="Aa1q" /></a></div></div>Our own magnetosphere dampening the effects of these solar disturbances. Sometimes the Sun&#39;s solar lines hook up with our own lines from the Earth and cause a virtual hole along those lines. Charged particles somewhat like lightning can reach the Earth and cause outages along with power grids and Navigation Systems.<br /><br />The Earth can oftentimes cover for the alignment with the shucking of plasma in the Plasmasphere potentially causing a boundary zone of dense material and thereby mitigating some of the potential problems that ensue. Fri, 31 Oct 2014 23:40:01 -0400 Largest Solar Flare in 25 years on Oct 26th, 2014. 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Did you know about that?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/largest-solar-flare-in-25-years-on-oct-26th-2014-did-you-know-about-that" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="8221b3c43a6ed6012c582ed804c9cdef" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/012/241/for_gallery_v2/aa1q.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/012/241/large_v3/aa1q.jpg" alt="Aa1q" /></a></div></div>Our own magnetosphere dampening the effects of these solar disturbances. Sometimes the Sun&#39;s solar lines hook up with our own lines from the Earth and cause a virtual hole along those lines. Charged particles somewhat like lightning can reach the Earth and cause outages along with power grids and Navigation Systems.<br /><br />The Earth can oftentimes cover for the alignment with the shucking of plasma in the Plasmasphere potentially causing a boundary zone of dense material and thereby mitigating some of the potential problems that ensue. SSgt Private RallyPoint Member Fri, 31 Oct 2014 23:40:01 -0400 2014-10-31T23:40:01-04:00 Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 31 at 2014 11:45 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/largest-solar-flare-in-25-years-on-oct-26th-2014-did-you-know-about-that?n=304463&urlhash=304463 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The United States Air Force has been intimately involved in forensic studies of Severe Weather Outbreaks and Solar Flares and even had a Severe Storms Center that predated that of the National Weather Service. Today, the former Air Weather Service is now the Air Force Weather Agency and a storied and critical role in the collection of weather data and warnings to Missile Silos, Military Bases and to some extent, the civilian populations. SSgt Private RallyPoint Member Fri, 31 Oct 2014 23:45:48 -0400 2014-10-31T23:45:48-04:00 Response by SFC Mark Merino made Oct 31 at 2014 11:57 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/largest-solar-flare-in-25-years-on-oct-26th-2014-did-you-know-about-that?n=304476&urlhash=304476 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I thought I felt a disturbance in &quot;The Force!&quot; SFC Mark Merino Fri, 31 Oct 2014 23:57:21 -0400 2014-10-31T23:57:21-04:00 Response by SFC Mark Merino made Nov 1 at 2014 12:03 AM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/largest-solar-flare-in-25-years-on-oct-26th-2014-did-you-know-about-that?n=304488&urlhash=304488 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>It busted gas! SFC Mark Merino Sat, 01 Nov 2014 00:03:11 -0400 2014-11-01T00:03:11-04:00 Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 1 at 2014 12:20 AM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/largest-solar-flare-in-25-years-on-oct-26th-2014-did-you-know-about-that?n=304508&urlhash=304508 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="313343" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/313343-sfc-mark-merino">SFC Mark Merino</a> Irritable Bowel Syndrome!! SSgt Private RallyPoint Member Sat, 01 Nov 2014 00:20:37 -0400 2014-11-01T00:20:37-04:00 Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 1 at 2014 1:08 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/largest-solar-flare-in-25-years-on-oct-26th-2014-did-you-know-about-that?n=305183&urlhash=305183 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>How long before it is blamed on human-caused climate change. SFC Private RallyPoint Member Sat, 01 Nov 2014 13:08:49 -0400 2014-11-01T13:08:49-04:00 2014-10-31T23:40:01-04:00