Yes, it was amateur radio that brought my attention to the dynamics of our sun originally. Then from there I have watched somewhat consistently the ebbs and flows for many years now, thanks mainly to the space weather prediction pages by NASA. Of particular interest has always been the LASCO instruments with their occulter disks that produce full frontal imaging of the corona, in sequenced series. These motion pictures provide excellent awareness of CME dynamics coupled to a specific timeframe, for visualizing the stuff streaming outward from our star. Lately, our star has been having unprecedented fits. As my attention became focused on this subject, I noticed some days last year that just seemed abnormally bright outside... Like really really abnormally bright. It was when I had left a jug of red colored koolaid outside during work for a duration of no more than 4 hours one day, and returned to retrieve it later in the evening that peaked my awareness.
It has lost its red color completely, and appeared as water. It also lost about half its flavor. There had been no ice in that drink also. This was the march before this past march. The temperature that day was around 55 degrees F. That event is what made this most concerning to me. An acquaintance had a similar observation that day in the form of a bottle of dawn dishwashing detergent getting it's typically dark blue coloration bleached to a light blue hue in the same short time frame of just several hours.
Whatever the sun had blasted us with that day was remarkable and makes me wonder about it's potential role in driving genetic mutations. This was where some deep diving into the oceans of past recorded solar observation data and the different data point variables further improved my awareness. It's very easy to see, for me, how this kind of thing could be going on, with detailed data available, with the general public remaining oblivious.
No one's sounding an alarm really, yet.
I may be just a lucky observer that noticed the bigger picture early... But I do not take any credit, the data has been collected continually for decades.
With my intensified attention, I have also witnessed alterations in charts days after an event occurred, almost like someone buffering the result to maybe not cause an alarm or something. I had screenshots of the data to compare, so I noticed. This caused me to save frequent screenshots daily in order to catch these types of editing.
I have not looked at the sun the same since. We grew up thinking the light levels and radiation levels coming from this star were steady and constant... And for many periods it essentially has been. But the realization that our star fluctuates is rather intriguing. Then with all the past talk about the star in Orion, Betelgeuse, fluctuating and suggesting some kind of supernova event taking place soon, there is an itching irony here.
I didn't know anything was wrong with this cycle. I haven't paid attention to it since the 70s while hamming. Is there something strange about it this time?
And I would have thought that with a much less percentage of increase....we would notice it right away. But I am no expert.
The prediction of the temp increase with CO2 will be seen in about 10 years. We will see.
The rise of CO2 doesn't worry me. But the smog and smell in Asian cities does. Some cities have a visibility of about two hundred yards.......meters.
No one should live in that. They make LA in the 70s look like pristine air.
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