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This article on tomorrow's 'solar tsunami' tries to walk the tight don't-mislead-the-public line between We're All Going To Die and The Northern Lights Will Be Pretty And Your Transistor Radio Might Crackle A Bit.

That would a reasonable inference, if it were not for the last line of the article:

A Nasa spokesman was unavailable for comment.

To which all reasonable-thinking people would respond 'Why's the spokesman not available? Where is he? Why aren't they answering the phones?'