Solar flare

All the hype about the solar flare a few days ago was a bit over-inflated. Nasa said "The particle cloud produced by the Valentine's Day event appears to be rather weak and is not expected to produce any strong effects at Earth other than perhaps some beautiful aurora in the high northern and southern latitudes on Feb. 17." Actually, today there was a good opening on 20 meters. I worked OE5FIN, Fritz from Austria and SQ2GXO, Marek from Poland. Both contacts were accomplished with 5 watts! My 5 watts got me a 559 RST from both hams. Not bad for a puny signal from my Elecraft K2.