never saw that movie, but here's the technical data they sorta fudged it from. no floods, and all that i see talking about, but there is a solar maximum (huge ass solar flare) that is set to hit earth starting in the end of 2010 through 2011, and possibly into 2012. if this does indeed happen, all electricity on the planet will be knocked out for months or possibly a year. including batteries. from NASA:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=-sXfUHjXXLk
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news..._stormwarning/
so moral of the story, learn survival skills, get caught up on Gilligan's Island and start stockpiling things that need power to make.