I get a feeling that the frequency and duration of Ion storms seems to have increased of late. I may be wrong, but hitting 50+ storms in a day pottering about space seems excessive.

I do appreciate that long term there will be more fogged sectors and fewer storms, but empirically I do think something has made them more common. Not a major bug , since all they do is waste time, but if someone would like to check that it isn't a bug that would be good.