That site not only does science education, but its founder Deborah Byrd also replies to comments from her website visitors, with a skeptical view. The commenters generally see the End Of The World in solar flares:<p>Comment: "I believe that a flare big enough [...] would affect the Earth’s magnetic field. [...] the magnetic field is weakening [...] flare lets get some volcanoes and earth quakes [...] infastructure collapse?"<p>Reply: "We see too much about possible disasters that are, essentially, out of the control of people like you and me. There’s way too much fear-mongering going on in the world."<p>Comment: "It does not concern me so much what a powerful X-Class flare may do to our technology, but more importantly what it may do to our bodies on a cellular level."<p>Reply: "We humans evolved under the influence of solar flares, including x-flares. They have been happening for all of human history. We’ll be fine."<p>Comment: "...wouldn’t that mean that massive solar flares will damage the ozone layer?"<p>Reply: "The concern most people talk about is <i>not</i> to Earth itself – or our human bodies – but to our technology."
Am I doing the math right?<p>150,000,000 km (distance from sun to earth)<p>1,000 km/sec (speed this thing is traveling)<p>2,500 minutes (time it takes to get here)<p>41.67 hours<p>1.74 days<p>This is a lot faster than the post said it would take.