…we’re gonna find out how robust our electrical and data networks when Sol starts throwing tempest tantrums again.

The latest guess is for mid-2013. But we’re already fourteen years into what is usually around an eleven-year cycle. And so a lot of smart people are expecting higher ion levels than usual when the storms finally kick back in. Add the whole Internet thing to the picture and nobody knows what’s going to happen.

Shouldn’t be a problem for any of us though, right? Your Zombie Apocolypse protocols will serve nicely.