spectra over the 60–370Å range every ten seconds, and was exposed to the Sun continuously from launch until it ceased operations on 26 May 2014, the MEGS-B (370–1050Å) and MEGS-P ([Ly$\alpha$]{}) exposure times have been much more erratic due to unforeseen degradation soon after launch. For much of the mission MEGS-B has only been exposed for three hours per day in order to limit degradation, as well as five minutes per hour for the consistency of long term variability studies. During periods of substantial solar activity it would observe continuously for 24–48 hours. Recently the flight software was changed to allow MEGS-B to respond to a flare trigger based on the EVE EUV Solar Photometer (ESP) flux for events $>$M1. Although there is an EVE flare catalog online[^10], this includes events for which MEGS-B may have only been exposed for five minutes. Therefore for the purposes of this study, MEGS-B was considered to have observed a flare if it was exposed to the Sun continuously between the GOES start and GOES peak times as determined from the daily exposure times[^11]. However, this does not necessarily mean that the flare itself will show up in the data, as EVE is often 