Space Weather, Auroras, Solar Flares and CMEs

[Parsons]

I am a very quiet, very observant person 'in real life' and don't post so much as observe the forums. (I am not bragging; its a double edged sword.)

I have noticed recently (the past 3 days especially) nearly EVERYONE I interact with has been more irritable/irrational.

Driving to and from work, people are being much more discourteous than normal. I had someone speed past me and flip me off (for the first time in years) because they didn't like they way I changed lanes.

At work, the percentage of irate, irrational customers was extremely high;higher than even during the last week leading up to Christmas(which is usually very stressful for most people).

Yesterday, I witnessed a co-worker arguing in an angry way with another co-worker, which never happens in my presence.

On these forums, it seems like people are slightly more irritable and clearly less considerate of other's words when responding to posts.

I think it may be because of this:

Today(Jan 10th):


Jan 3rd:


Dec 31st:


Solar activity had nearly flatlined more recently; then we are suddenly undergoing a very large uptick over the past week.


So a very sharp uptick in activity seems to provide evidence towards the theory solar activity affects our moods.