2013 - NASA Warns of Catastrophic Solar Flare Threat
The real threat is not in 2012, but 2013. A global EMP strike from the Sun: Nasa is warning of a very real global threat scenario about 2013 in their study of solar flares. Imagine a world without electronic communications whatsoever, how it would devastate everything from financial markets, healthcare, computers, all portable communcations, yes and leave the world IPODless.
Modern civilization depends entirely upon electricity, which could very well lead to its entire collapse and downfall. Then those who live simply, like the Amish and family farms, would suddenly become the envy of all.