Huge solar flare jams radio, satellite signals: NASA

Huge solar flare jams radio, satellite signals: NASA

http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/World/Story/A1Story20110217-264083.html

WASHINGTON - A powerful solar eruption that has already disturbed radio communications in China could disrupt electrical power grids and satellites used on Earth in the next days, NASA said.

The massive sunspot, which astronomers say is the size of Jupiter, is the strongest solar flare in four years, NASA said Wednesday.

Wow! I have been trying to learn about the sun and it storms recently, I find it fascinating.
From what I have learned an X is pretty big, is it not? I read the article and sounded to me that they are not quite sure what is going to happen. Your thoughts?

"We want people to know this is not, like, the mother of all events," said Joseph Kunches, a space scientist at the Space Weather Prediction Center in Boulder, Colorado. "What it means for the airlines is that they will adjust their routes, they know this is happening. Power grid operators have back-up plans, and they know what's happening."

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/17/sun-set-for-solar-blast-but-noaa-is-ready/?hpt=C2

The mother of all events....nice.