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https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation

https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/

More serious answer: No risk for people, not even astronauts based on the current projections for the associated solar radiation storm (beyond the normal increased exposure they get up there). We'll almost certainly all have some trouble with GPS this weekend, and the folks maintaining satellites will have their hands full. Other RF systems will be disrupted at times this weekend.

us randos on HN won't be able to help you much.

and then he did it anyway

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