Space storm alert: 90 seconds from catastrophe - space - 23 March 2009 - New Scientist

Space storm alert: 90 seconds from catastrophe - space - 23 March 2009 - New Scientist: "Over the last few decades, western civilisations have busily sown the seeds of their own destruction. Our modern way of life, with its reliance on technology, has unwittingly exposed us to an extraordinary danger: plasma balls spewed from the surface of the sun could wipe out our power grids, with catastrophic consequences.

The projections of just how catastrophic make chilling reading. 'We're moving closer and closer to the edge of a possible disaster,' says Daniel Baker, a space weather expert based at the University of Colorado in Boulder, and chair of the NAS committee responsible for the report."