# What will happen with the solar storms of 2012-2014 **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [August 11, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-with-the-solar-storms-of-2012-2014/592332 "2011-08-11T14:28:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2019, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-with-the-solar-storms-of-2012-2014/592332/21 "2019-02-10T13:57:36Z")
So apparently there was a solar storm in 2012 that would’ve done trillions of dollars in economic damage to the US, but it missed us. > **[Near Miss: The Solar Superstorm of July 2012 | Science Mission Directorate](https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2014/23jul_superstorm)** > > Two years ago today, a historic solar storm narrowly missed Earth, prompting forecasters to revise the odds of future impacts. I do wonder if we just shut down the power grid before the storm hit, if that would negate most of the damage. Its my understanding that the plasma takes a few days to get here. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-with-the-solar-storms-of-2012-2014/592332/22 "2019-03-09T05:28:51Z")
Didn’t you hear? The Great Solar Storm of '14 was so powerful that it ripped the fabric of space-time and threw the entire planet down a wormhole. We ended up in the year 2019. Anyway, that’s what they told me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-with-the-solar-storms-of-2012-2014/592332.md?page=1)