On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:43:06 -0700, "Glen Watson" wrote:

The end of the 2009 movie "Knowing" shows Earth destroyed by a solar flare.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQEh5_pSbd4

Is this even remotely possible?

Naw.

"The Year of the Jackpot" by Heinlein is a pretty good story.

Bud