If nasa announced huge solar flares around 2012, that will have the capacity to melt down all the electric sistemson the earth ... I would worry if I would be you
because usualy when officiales announces something bad, it could be much worse than the say ...
if you want to live, be prepared to survive !
and the best way is to learn, so much that you don't need anybody else than you for surviving ...
if you can see the worse you can survive the worse ...