people or the planet, it can cause technical problems. robert bazell is here to talk about it. so bob, none of us get superpowers out of this today? i certainly don t. i wish you the best, but thank you. but what happened is the majority of the charged particles from the sun, from this solar cloud explosion on the surface of the sun hit the earth about 6:00 a.m. eastern time today. there was not as much damage as there had been from previous solar flares. in the past it s disrupted some utility systems and it s caused some problems with navigation for airplanes and gps systems. this turned out to have less energy than forecast. no harm to people, but again, could be the technical glitches that can arise out of this. what is the warning that goes along with that? is it more if you can see as scientists can see how much electromagnetic radiation comes closer to the earth, if it s very bad, and intensity worse at