So yeah I've been reading a bunch about this here lately. Apparently the sun lets off a solar burst of energy every 11 years. Its a natural process that it has always done. When it does this, it sends solar wind out in all directions. This has been known to affect electronics and knock out satellites in the past.
Now I personally think its funny because if you google what Nasa has had to say about 2012 in the past, they always dismissed it as a bunch of silly rumors. But just within the past year one of the popular lead researchers is space(forget who exactly, he's Japanese) came forward saying they made a mistake. This particular solar storm is going to be a solar maximum for us. Something that hasn't happened in a while apparently.
I'm probably just seeing coincidences but my power has failed a few times this week and my net has been acting funny too =P Anyway we should debate what would happen if Earth got EMP'd for a week or our poles shifted or something!
Now I personally think its funny because if you google what Nasa has had to say about 2012 in the past, they always dismissed it as a bunch of silly rumors. But just within the past year one of the popular lead researchers is space(forget who exactly, he's Japanese) came forward saying they made a mistake. This particular solar storm is going to be a solar maximum for us. Something that hasn't happened in a while apparently.
I'm probably just seeing coincidences but my power has failed a few times this week and my net has been acting funny too =P Anyway we should debate what would happen if Earth got EMP'd for a week or our poles shifted or something!