There's not really a "problem" with the magnetosphere but Bz is South, which means that the interplanetary magnetic field is able to line up with
earth's magnetic field, letting in the solar wind. The only perceptible effect this has usually is auroras. I'm not sure if it was south at the
time of these incidents, but there have been some extended periods when the whole NICT simulation was flipped, in the past week or so.
I don't put much stock in it as significant of anything other than growing old and getting over a cold, but I have a very good sense of direction and
extensive mental map, and in the past few weeks I've experienced a fleeting feeling of not having any idea where I was, while driving in a familiar
setting. As soon as I became aware of the feeling and engaged the logic centers of my brain I talked myself out of it and everything made sense
again. Probably nothing, but I did experience it so there it is.



, but now that this is something worldwide that seems silly. I agree
that people are not thinking ahead to what this could mean for the insect population for the spring. Whatever is going on I am very certain that we
won't get the real answers from the media.
