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June 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) According the the reports which are coming from the head of solar science at NASA, a solar storm is imminent that will likely have very serious consequences for an unprepared world. The answer is not to panic, however, but to simply prepare.

In a statement which was given by Dr. Robert Fisher, the director of NASA’s heliophysics division, “It’s very likely in the next 10 years that we will have some impact like that described in the National Academy report, although I don’t know to what degree.”

The report which he speaks of is warning s which focus on the time period between 2012 and 2013, when these scientists believe that the Earth is going to be hit with “unprecedented levels of

magnetic energy from solar flares after the Sun wakes up from a deep slumber” approximately around the year 2013.

NASA states that the solar storm could hit the earth “like a blot of lightening” and could cause a lot of damage to emergency service systems, hospital equipment, air traffic control computers, systems at banks, and many other items, such as cell phone, home computers, iPods, and such. Since humans have become so dependent on such items, the results from such damage could be catastrophic to businesses, and cause “potentially devastating” problems for governments.

Dr. Fisher told the ‘Daily Telegraph’ “We know it is coming but we don’t know how bad it is going to be. It will disrupt communication devices such as satellites and car navigation, air travel, the banking system, our computers, everything that is electronic. It will cause major problems for the world.”

He went on to add, “Large areas will be without electricity power and to repair that damage will be hard as that takes time. Systems will just not work. The flares change the magnetic field on the earth that is rapid and like a lightning bolt. That is the solar affect.”