CNN.com - Solar burst could scramble phones, power lines - Oct. 24, 2003

Freaky Sky Friday: Not only is the local atmosphere looking like another planet, what with the smoke from the San Bernadino fires to the east and the fog coming off the ocean, but now we hear that a giant magnetic storm ejected from the sun is about to hit the earth.

Everything is orange, and there's a faint smell of smoke.

I shoulda stood in bed.