You have to stay up on the weather if you want to be a real sailor:
http://www.sec.noaa.gov/

archives at:
http://www.sec.noaa.gov/alerts/archive.html

one can see that a few weeks ago it was pretty intense:
http://www.sec.noaa.gov/alerts/archi...16Oct2003.html

compared to the beginning of the year:
http://www.sec.noaa.gov/alerts/archi...01Jan2003.html

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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10/14/03 and again on 11/1/03


"Jeff Morris" wrote in message
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Was this "other night" about a week ago following the Great Solar Mass
Ejection?

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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While listening to Uncle NOAA the other night, my radio started cutting
out,
intermittently. Reaching for the radio, as I touched the mike cord the
radio
worked fine. When I let go, static. then the next morning, it seemed to
work just fine. Someone suggested a bad ant. gound (?). What do you
think?

Scotty