This latest press release from NOAA indicates that a new cycle of solar activity will peak in 2012, which may bring with it solar storms, meaning “highly charged material ejected from the sun may head toward Earth, where it can bring down power grids, disrupt critical communications, and threaten astronauts with harmful radiation.” Oh noes! Some people are taking this as a sign that the Mayan calendar prediction is correct, and that December 21, 2012 is as far as we’re gonna get.
Unfortunately, the article fails to mention that the last time this “maximum” was reached was in 2002, and at that time, mayhem and Armageddon also, sadly, failed to occur.
Dammit!
