Well explained, I think that settles it.
But I read something in an astronomy magazine that the next solar peak would be more powerful than the earlier ones, and that it would probably destroy much of our electronic infrastructure.
Naru, I think it's the plasma and other particles that the Sun emits into the solar system. When they reach our planet, they get attracted by the poles and create aurorae (aurora borealis/australis).
Wikipedia/Solar cycleBut if the solar storm is too powerful, some of the particles will reach us...