# More crashes than an air show—why?

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**Created:** [April 5, 2000, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-crashes-than-an-air-show-why/1209 "2000-04-05T18:20:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 7, 2000, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-crashes-than-an-air-show-why/1209/21 "2000-04-07T18:23:00Z")

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Aha! It wasn’t RevervoirDog’s overloading or Ike’s cussing that’s bringing the Board down—

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - Government scientists detected a major solar flare Friday and warned that geomagnetic storms could disrupt communications and knock out electrical power.

—To quote Mrs. Antrobus, “I think it’s sunspots!”

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