Joe,
There actually is a high level of activity, but that quote had a lot of National Enquirer aspects to it. The more professional forecast is below.
Alan WA4SCA
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2006 Dec 08 1805 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Environment Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 07 December follow. Solar flux 96 and mid-latitude A-index 21. The mid-latitude K-index at 1800 UTC on 08 December was 2 (17 nT).
Space weather for the past 24 hours has been strong. Geomagnetic storms reaching the 1 level occurred. Solar radiation storms reaching the 3 level occurred. Radio blackouts reaching the 1 level occurred.
Space weather for the next 24 hours is expected to be moderate. Geomagnetic storms reaching the 1 level are expected. Solar radiation storms reaching the 2 level are expected. Radio blackouts reaching the 2 level are expected.