We are under a current solar flare attack from our sun. A rather large coronal hole on the sun is shooting magnetic rays towards the earth at current speeds of 591.5 km/s. Expect speeds as high as 800.0 km/s.
http://sec.noaa.gov/ace/MAG_SWEPAM_7d.html (the yellow one)
http://www.spaceweather.com
Better put on that aluminum foil deflector beanie
http://zapatopi.net/afdb.html
Yes, I have been on a outer space bug lately