For months now the world has been told to expect bad space weather "that could generate unexpected currents in electricity distribution grids, that could lead to blackouts and damage to valuable infrastructure, with potentially high cost to the global economy."
Last week, the US media reported NASA's warning of a possible once in a generation space storm that could zonk out our electricity and electronics. This morning, I saw the British ITN news video, reporting the NASA warning, this warning said that "Britain could face widespread power blackouts after the earth is hit by a once in a generation space storm!"
Is the news later in Britain, or is Britain favored for an extra warning, or are the folks at ITN trying to scare the British people? The morning British tabloids are echoing the warning. Sometime in 2012 to the beginning of 2013, the papers are predicting the solar super storm to strike. So, therefore the people living in Britain should hold off on buying expensive computers, cell-phones and electronics until after 2013? Right?