On the face of it, it *seems* unlikely. I guess I put a little more stock in it than most, because in one day I had several strange phone calls from close relatives--all were having very *emotional* reactions to happenings in their lives. I was fielding all these phone calls, that were not connected to each other. As soon as I talked to one person the phone would ring and it would be someone else (okay this is very anecdotal). Finally at the end of the day I just said, WHEW, what is GOING ON? Turns out it was a day for a major solar flare........coulda been a coincidence I guess.
The sun is at a minimum now, but the last solar activity we had in the cycle was pretty strange
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3238961.stm Then there is the forecast for the next solar cycle
http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Science&article=UPI-1-20060306-14302000-bc-us-sunspots.xmlBOULDER, Colo., March 6 (UPI) -- Government scientists say the next sunspot cycle will be 30-percent to 50-percent stronger than the last one, and begin as much as a year late.
The unprecedented forecast was made using a computer model of solar dynamics developed by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo.
Scientists predict the next cycle, known as Cycle 24, will produce sunspots across an area slightly larger than 2.5 percent of the visible surface of the sun. The cycle is projected to reach its peak about 2012, one year later than indicated by alternative forecasting methods that rely on statistics.