As of approximately 1710 UTC today we are experiencing a new huge X8+ class solar flare and associated shortwave blackout on the sun light side of Earth centered on the America's. D layer absorption is impacting as high as 30,000 KC and climbing rapidly. I was listening to the BBC on 21470 kc when it abruptly disappeared! Also a new elevated energetic proton level of >10 MeV (10+o) has begun, which is a tip of that another geo-effective (Earth Facing) Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) is on the way and probably renewed geomagnetic storming.
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