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Civilization is collapsing, 00:00:01.836 - 00:00:05.270
and billions are in peril, 00:00:05.373 - 00:00:08.107
thanks to a catastrophe 00:00:08.209 - 00:00:10.242
that has wiped out electrical power everywhere... 00:00:10.344 - 00:00:13.445
With a deadly strike from space. 00:00:16.017 - 00:00:18.317
- There would be massive death and destruction. 00:00:20.621 - 00:00:22.855
There's just no two ways about it. 00:00:22.957 - 00:00:24.868
Will you be ready... 00:00:29.430 - 00:00:33.098
when doomsday strikes? 00:00:33.200 - 00:00:35.000
Can any of us survive? 00:00:35.102 - 00:00:36.935
150 years ago, 00:00:49.884 - 00:00:51.784
a giant solar flare heaved a chunk of the Sun 00:00:51.886 - 00:00:55.054
into our planet. 00:00:55.156 - 00:00:58.824
It knocked out the world's first 00:00:58.926 - 00:01:00.203
primitive electric system, 00:01:00.227 - 00:01:02.127
the telegraph. 00:01:02.229 - 00:01:04.897
Experts agree: 00:01:04.999 - 00:01:06.665
the next strike is overdue. 00:01:06.767 - 00:01:10.335
What would happen 00:01:10.438 - 00:01:11.537
if the same size storm 00:01:11.639 - 00:01:13.005
struck our modern world right now? 00:01:13.107 - 00:01:17.076