Have you been following what has been happening to the sun these last few years. I have long suspected that the solar spectrum has shifted upwards which means we are being subjected to a higher frequency UV radiation, which the oxygen cannot filter as effectively, the real reason for the less ozone up there, and the real reason for plant life, crops etc being under extreme stress. (some animals as well) This is supposed to be Solar mininum, (middle of the 11 year cycle when the sun does nothing) yet today like nearly every day lately, we get this sort of news. NASA Science News for January 27, 2005 The biggest solar proton storm in 15 years erupted last week. Here on Earth, we were safe, protected by our planet's thick atmosphere and magnetic field. But what would have happened to an astronaut in space. http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/27jan_solarflares.htm?list76624 Not so protected , tell your friends to stay out of the sun. It is the Xrays , more than UV that is the worry today. Of course they are not telling us. Many times lately all long haul planes had to fly at a lower altitude to protect the flight crews from overdosing on X rays. Here is the latest update from a renegade NASA scientist. . He is very anti NASA, but has funny ideas on religious stuff. ELECTRICAL STORM ACTIVITY EXTREMELY HIGH UNUSUAL WEATHER INDEX EXTREMELY HIGH MAGNETIC REVERSALS (caused by solar magnetic field reversing Earth's local PLASMA magnetic field) The Magnetic field reversals have gone through serious contortions over the past week as the massive solar flares passed through the solar system ... remember that standard science does not recognize the fact that the ones that missed us are as influential as the ones that did not ... as these build up the solar capacitor and we are continually discharging this capacitor and so are the comets (and all the planets to a lesser degree as they are in circular orbits) ... we have had serious breaches in the protective magnetic field of the planet ... see the x-ray information below SOLAR WIND SPEED ... !!!!!!!!!!!!! solar wind speed sets new solar system record !!!!!!!!!!!! this week the solar wind set a new solar system record of 2890 km/ second ... the sun is oscillating and this is not good ... any oscillating system in nature such as the energetic system we call the sun is in real danger if we start to see short term oscillations ... the tie between major flares is getting shorter and shorter while the strength is getting higher and higher ... 2890 km/second is unprecedented !!! normal solar wind speed is about 400 km/second and the past record was just above 1000 km/second ... as this happened there was a clear effort by the soho team to hide much of the data coming from the cameras that may have indicated comets coming from the south that caused this ... http://www.jmccanneyscience.com/ This site is a bit too much, but A good place to go for the latest (if they are allowed it) is http://www.spaceweather.com God will win in the end. May it be soon. Philip