Originally Posted by Choker

Correct me if I am wrong, from reading about the big storm last month, it was strong enough to have caused serious satelite damage, power grid outages, and lots of permanent damage to electronics. From what I have read the only thing that saved our asses was the earths tilt was such that the solar flare hit the earths magnetic field at the perfect angle to deflect it. If the earth's tilt had been the opposite of what it was we would be in a world of shit right now. But like I said, correct me if I am wrong about this. I do know that NASA was sending out serious warnings right before it hit us last month.