“Our sun goes berserk nine times a century. Nine times, for 2-3 years each time, it is seized with convulsions and paroxysms, and it sends high-energy fragments of atomic and nuclear decay – powerful photon and radio emissions – into space. Nine times a century, for 2-3 years each time, without exception, all phenomena on Earth – synchronously, in both dead and living kingdoms – undergoes a convulsive shudder: terrible downpours, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, storms, earthquakes, landslides, volcanic activity, auroras, magnetic and electrical storms, devastating thunderstorms and the fires they cause in forests, steppes and cities.” – Alexander Chizhevsky