Ongoing discussion [0] (200 points, 6 hours ago, 199 comments), related Most of Europe is glowing pink under the aurora [1] (335 points, 2 hours ago, 95 comments)<p>[0]: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40321821">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40321821</a> [1]: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40324179">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40324179</a>
It's back down to a G4 for now.<p><a href="https://www.spaceweather.gov" rel="nofollow">https://www.spaceweather.gov</a><p>* Solar wind currently has a mean delay of about 2.5 days. Light takes 504 seconds to reach us at this time of year.
The last G5 storm was in 2003<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Halloween_solar_storms" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Halloween_solar_storms</a>