Has anyone seen any effects from this sort of thing?:

Solar Storm Will Be Felt on Earth Friday

BOULDER, Colorado, May 29, 2003 (ENS) - A solar flare traveling towards
Earth at a speed of three million miles per hour, is expected to impact the
Earth's magnetic field sometime between 2 to 8 am EDT on Friday, according
to the Space Environment Center operated by the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Boulder.
The storm is expected to reach strong to severe levels (G-3 to G-4) on the
NOAA Space Weather Scales, which can adversely affect satellite operations
in Earth orbit and power grids on the Earth's surface.

A complex sunspot region near the center of the sun has produced three major
flares in the last 48 hours, NOAA says. A strong solar wind was observed in
response to the first two events. The three Coronal Mass Ejections
associated with the flares ejected billions of tons of plasma and charged
particles into space.

The third coronal mass ejection is the one presently heading towards Earth.

A solar radiation storm is also in progress in association with the flare
activity, and all flares reached R-3 on the NOAA radio blackout scale.

In addition, there is a good chance of seeing the Aurora Borealis in the
mid-latitudes after midnight on May 30, NOAA says.

The Space Environment Center website is online at:
http://www.sec.noaa.gov/SWN/

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