What if the INTERNET crashed?

I was reading the paper and came across an article. Some researchers from the University of Minnesota (at least I think that's where they're from, I wasn't reading closely) thought there was a possibility of increased solar storms in the near future. So much increased activity that the storms might interfere with the Internet.
Reading that made me think, "What would happen, in this day and age, if the Internet crashed?" I don't mean personal wireless routers. I mean the whole global Internet system. What if, suddenly, there was a poof, and no more Internet?
For somebody who goes to an online school and lives by my computer, that's a scary thought.