Look at the magnitude of that X5.16! Small wonder then that strong showers of Solar particles have been swarming satellites post-flare:
This was the CME that birthed from the X5.16:
And since then until at this time of writing, this is what is showing:
SpaceWeather reports an on-going Ground Level Event:
A 'GROUND LEVEL EVENT' IS UNDERWAY: Yesterday's
X5-class solar flare from sunspot 4274 hurled a fusillade of energetic
protons toward Earth. Some of the particles are so powerful, they are
penetrating the atmosphere all the way to the ground. "This is a very
significant event," says Professor Clive Dyer of the Surrey Space
Centre. "Neutron monitors around the world are detecting it."
Please read the article at their site here.
I added this afterthought to Part 1:
This makes it five X-class flares since 4 November 2025. I can't help
but notice that we've not had any X-class flares for months since 20
June 2025....then our Sun belches out five in a span of 8 days....soon after its rendezvous with 3I/Atlas on Perihelion 29 October 2025.
Namarie! π©΅