lanet in 2012 with a force of 100 million hydrogen bombs.Several US media outlets have reported that NASA was warning the massive flare this month was just a precursor to a massive solar storm building that had the potential to wipe out the entire planet's power grid.
Similar storms back in 1859 and 1921 caused worldwide chaos, wiping out telegraph wires on a massive scale. The 2012 storm has the potential to be even more disruptive."They can even trip circuit breakers and knock out orbiting satellites, as has already been done this year," added Reneke.No one really knows what effect the 2012-2013 Solar Max will have on today's digital-reliant society.
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