BTW, here is an article about the concern I mentioned.
Yet Another X-Class Flare From AR 1748
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3019456/posts
“And with this dynamic sunspot region just now coming around the Suns limb and into view, we can likely expect much more of this sort of activity along with a steadily increasing chance of an Earth-directed CME. “