Ok so I have the "3D Sun" app on my ipod touch. It is an official NASA app. I'm just going to quote everything they say. If you have an Iphone, or other smartphone, look for this app. It has some really, awe inspiring great pictures as well, but that's besides the point. It's free so I don't think quoting it breaks any copyright issue.
Well the title of the article synopsis is "Here Comes Trouble?" date is May 10th.
The rest of the synopsis states, "Crackling with solar flares, an active region just behind the sun's eastern limb is turning toward earth. Must see images from may 9-10!"
So i click on the synopsis to read the whole article.
Awesome picture of the sun
Title: "Solar Activity picks up"
Body: A sunspot located just behind the sun's eastern limb is crackling with flares. A C5-class eruption during the waning hours of May 9th hurled a spectacular coronal mass ejection into space. Pictured above is an extreme UV image of the explosion's aftermath taken by NASA's solar dynamics observatory. Earth was not in the line of fire this time, BUT THE ACTIVE REGION IS APPROACHINGTHE EARTHSIDE OF THE SUN, SO FUTURE BLASTS COULD BE GEO-EFFECTIVE! Stay tuned.

you must be a new sun watcher? C class flares are nothing to worry about. every flare produces "GEO ACTIVITY"

You need to alert us of the high M's and X class flares

Yep. there just isn't much going on in space for sky watchers.

Every burp,fart and sneeze out of the sun is pretty much a big deal for them.

Solaris is a good app for sun watching too.