Would you please comment on this article I saw today on the internet. Especially with all the talk of 2012.?

Certain scientific communities have known about this for years. I wish more people were aware of this. It doesn't take much energy to disable solid state equipment (integrated circuits), and with dependence on phones, gps, cars (they have electronic brains that can be disabled too), and etc., technically advanced societies could be crippled during a severe solar storm. But don't worry, we'll probably be hit by an asteroid before a solar storm destroys the earth.