Solar storm is a serious threat around 2012. Both NASA and ESA confirmed the next huge solar storm between September 2012 and May 2013. We all heard about the big one in 1859 and it looks like we are not far away from another one coming our way.
For more info please read the NASA's report from May 2009:
- http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2009/21jan_severespaceweather/
and ESA's March 2008 report : http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMJSD5QGEF_index_0.html
