M1 Solar Flare - I noticed because my cat went bonkers., page 1

It might be wise to keep the discussion in this thread to be about the M1 flare and sunspots 1401 & 1402. Spaceweather.com has a nice blurb about the solar prominence which I believe is associated with the two clusters of sunspots. Within the last hour (at 1912 UT Jan18) we had and M1. I do not know where the flare came from yet but it might be from that cluster which looks rather active.

The only reason I knew about this M1 flare (which I admit is not exactly rare, btw) but this afternoon my cat went from sleeping calmly to going totally beserk. He squared off with me as I was standing in front of him and he started attacking my leg but he would not really use his teeth/claws - he would just lunge and bounce off. After quite awhile of this activity, I finally decide 'what the heck' and checked Spaceweather.com to see if there was any solar activity. The cat started going crazy when I txt'd my fiancee to say he was bouncing off the walls which was around 20:10 UT. I am not saying any more than that - it was probably coincidence. That is just the story of how I came upon the solar flare prior to the official report.

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reply to post by nydsdan

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Does anybody know where I might find a list of flares M1 and greater? Just a month or so of data is all I need. I am striking out wherever I look.

reply to post by nydsdan

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What day was it when your cat was going beserk?

reply to post by Aeroe

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Entire family here is having headaches. Could be anything though. However, checking the latest SOHO, the sun seems to being going crazy.

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