The satirical news website
Huzler has been spreading a
rumor over the Internet that
solar storms will cause the
Earth to become cloaked in
total darkness sometime in
December. They took the
rumor one step further and
said that NASA had confirmed
the report.
Huzler set up an official-
looking website emblazoned
with the headline "NASA
Confirms Earth Will Experience
6 Days of Total Darkness in
December 2014!" According to
the story, solar storms will
cause "dust and space debris
to become plentiful and thus
block 90% sunlight".
However, there's an issue with
this, solar storms don't work
that way. While they are real
phenomena, they don't work
like terrestrial storms and stir
up a lot of dust or dirt.
Solar storms are caused by
fluctuations in the sun's
magnetic field. They generally
cause very minor disturbances
in the Earth's magnetosphere.
A powerful solar storm can
knock out electrical
equipment, but a typical solar
storm won't do worse than
knock a homing pigeon
slightly off course.
It's important to realize that
solar storms certainly don't
blot out the sun.
The hoax used such credible-
sounding sources such as
NASA chief Charles Bolden,
who was seen in a video
advising people about
emergency preparedness. That
video was actually about
Bolden advising people about
real natural disasters like
earthquakes and hurricanes.
While the article may have
tricked someone into believing
it to be true, the fact that the
artcle had some pretty sloppy
math should have given it
away.
It spells out the expected
dates of the disaster:
December 16 to December 22,
and then immediately adds,
"The world will remain, during
these three days, without
sunlight." Evidently, the
website fudged the numbers a
little bit, which doesn't matter
much, considering it's all one
big hoax.

Source: http://www.breathecast.com/articles/six-days-of-darkness-in-december-hoax-website-claims-solar-storms-will-blot-out-the-sun-21239/