2012 Solar Flare

On July 23, 2012. The Sun released one of the largest CME (Coronal Mass Ejection) ever recorded. The ejection was so powerful it reached the Earth's orbit, thankfully it missed us but had the flare erupted nine days earlier, we would have been in the line of fire, causing massive damage to Electrical Grids worldwide and plunging us into darkness. So in this scenario, I explain what will happen had it erupted nine days earlier.

July 15, 2012:

 * Obama is getting ready to pack his daughters to Summer Camp
 * Gangnam Style is released on YouTube
 * In Syria, Opposition fighters battle Syrian government forces in poor districts of Damascus
 * Egyptian protesters throw tomatoes and shoes at US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's motorcade during her first visit to the country since the election of President Mohamed Morsi
 * A Russian Soyuz rocket begins its mission to the International Space Station with three international crew members.
 * 12:01 PM EST, Solar Flare hits the Earth, cities across the world experiences blackouts, cellphones stop working, all forms of transportations cease
 * Obama, realising something has gone wrong, cancels his daughters trip
 * Syrian Rebels and Government forces experience problems with their radio communications, jet fighters and tanks lose power. Not knowing what had occured, there is a small ceasefire from both sides though there is still fighting on some parts of the country
 * NASA, knowing about the Solar Flare minutes before it hit, warns the ISS before the Flare knocks out communications in the station
 * There is mass confusion around the world as no one knows why all their electronics stopped working or why their vehicles won't turn on. People speculate that there has been an EMP attack, religous fanatics state that this is punishment from god, others state that the Mayan predictions for the 2012 End of the World has come true.

July 16, 2012

 * A beautiful display of Aroura Borealis starts forming around the Earth, going as far as the Equator


 * Massive riots occur in cities around the world as people try to gather foods and supplies


 * Hillary, who is stuck in Egypt, stays in the Egyptian Parliament with Morsi as chaos ensues around Cairo


 * Obama adresses the people of Washington D.C  to stay calm and for people to stick together while they try to sort everything out


 * Mitt Romney, who was Campaigning in New Hampshire at the time of the Flare, also adresses the same thing to everyone