http://www.dxlc.com/solar/

Here's a site that has reliable solar activity reports, updated daily.

Enjoy!

August first was quite active.

-- CygnusXI (noburnt@toast.net), August 02, 1999

Answers

An "X" flare just happened (posted 2126 UTC 2 July 1999), and proton bombardment of Earth could happen within one hour... This could be interesting, indeed.

-- Mad Monk (madmonk@hawaiian.net), August 02, 1999.