When will be next solar storm?
First of all, there is no such thing as a “solar storm.” There are things analogous to storms on the surface of the Sun: magnetic storms (sunspots) and solar flares. Very occasionally solar flares give rise to coronal mass ejections, and very rarely these reach as far as the Earth, causing aurora and, on only two occasions in the last two centuries, more serious events, These occurred in 1859 and 1989 and caused some damage to long runs of wire in the world, but no human was injured or killed by them. All that happened in January 1958 was a solar maximum, which happens _every_ 11 years…this one just happened to be the largest one ever recorded. The article you’ve linked to is over four years old and contains a seriously outdated information. Current estimates place the next solar maximum in May 2013 or later, and predict that it will be _less_ severe than recent solar maxima. The trouble with the internet is that old news items float around forever, and you should always check the da
