According to the X-ray people, Mother Nature was hitting us with about 700 microwatts per square meter. Since the Earth's disk is about 12,875,000 meters in diameter, the formula for area times the power level tells us that her total power was about 91 billion watts. I'm not one to complain, but hey! Obviously she got rid of her Alpha and is now using an Omega. :-) 73, Bill W7TI