While it might not have caused the cell outage, I don't think you can say that solar flares are "junk science". I think it's been pretty well documented that they can definitely have an effect on electronics/communication.AT&T blames coding error for hourslong network outage
AT&T blamed the incident on an error in coding, without elaborating.www.wthr.com
Not solar-flare related.
Stop believing junk science. Don't be gullible.