http://www.universetoday.com/14645/2...r-solar-flare/
very interesting article on solar flares and their dangers...
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We could be in for a huge firework display in 2012. The Sun will be approaching the peak of its 11-year cycle, called “solar maximum“, so we can expect a lot of solar activity. Some predictions put the solar maximum of Solar Cycle 24 even more energetic than the last solar maximum in 2002-2003 (remember all those record breaking X-class flares?). Solar physicists are already getting excited about this next cycle and new prediction methods are being put to good use. But should we be worried?
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The film "Knowing" is about an mass extinction event in the form of a huge solar flare...not the greatest film but worth seeing.