Update: 6:45pm Eastern Time

Bad Soco: http://phys.org/news/2013-10-africa-biodiverse-area-endangered-oil.html
ISON and the SWAN: http://isoncampaign.org/potw-oct07

Earthquake Watch Score: 7, trending up WITH AN EYE ON CORONAL HOLE POWER– ISWA> Solar Tab> Panel 10> Far right cygnet ‘earth connectivity’. USGS upgraded the later Chile rise quake to 6.2 – my concern remains highest there, and throughout the South American west coast.

Solar Watching Notes: Flaring and filaments to watch now… almost feels like solar maximum.