Watch for massive cell phone and communications problems from noon EST and on today. Should be interesting, this latest CME was shot out of the sun directly in the direction of the little blue marble. Good night for the 'Northern Lights"!
These events make for a very fun time for radio experimenters and amateur radio operators. Some bands get a big boost in propagation and others get noisier. These things have taken the power grid down in Canada before. It amazes me that something could do that, but it has.