Chicago fires were one example of a cosmic plasma burst. <a href="http://www.thunderbolts.info/tpod/2006/arch06/060209chicagofire.htm" target="_blank">http://www.thunderbolts.info/tpod/2006/arch06/060209chicagofire.htm</a> Then there was this in 1859.... <a href="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/23oct_superstorm.htm" target="_blank">http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/23oct_superstorm.htm</a> What is headed our way is likely far worse than either of these events. We have seen the heliosphere become supercharged in recent years... This is the source of all changing weather patterns in conjunction with other extenuating circumstances.