The sun brings and gives light and warmth to both the living and non-living on the earth, but it has a temper too. Solar flares, eruptions and other sun storms can have catastrophic impacts to technological systems around or on the earth. They have been known to knock out satellites, power supplies, communications and navigation systems. Damage to these systems can result in secondary effects that can disrupt virtually every major infrastructure dependent on them, including transportation, security and emergency response systems, telecommunications and other wireless networks and electronic equipment which can lead to significant economic losses. This article dissects and analyzes the various threats created by solar storms to electronic communications and electrical systems. Finally, the necessary precautions to be taken to reduce the impacts of the solar threats and hence the associated economic losses are mentioned as the society now becomes more dependent on high tech innovations that are most vulnerable to solar storm activity.
