Coronal mass ejection from monster sunspot AR 1476 due May 14

Comment: "I believe that a flare big enough [...] would affect the Earth’s magnetic field. [...] the magnetic field is weakening [...] flare lets get some volcanoes and earth quakes [...] infastructure collapse?"

Reply: "We see too much about possible disasters that are, essentially, out of the control of people like you and me. There’s way too much fear-mongering going on in the world."

Comment: "It does not concern me so much what a powerful X-Class flare may do to our technology, but more importantly what it may do to our bodies on a cellular level."

Reply: "We humans evolved under the influence of solar flares, including x-flares. They have been happening for all of human history. We’ll be fine."

Comment: "...wouldn’t that mean that massive solar flares will damage the ozone layer?"

Reply: "The concern most people talk about is not to Earth itself – or our human bodies – but to our technology."

150,000,000 km (distance from sun to earth)

1,000 km/sec (speed this thing is traveling)

2,500 minutes (time it takes to get here)

41.67 hours

1.74 days

This is a lot faster than the post said it would take.

The fires of hell on raining on Earth.