2013 Solar Storm - Are they preparing for the possible affects

Don't worry, we have solar flares all the time. The only thing we have to worry about are the satellites in orbit.

Plus... 2012 is coming soon. I don't believe in it, but you never know!

no, THEY arent dong anything because no one cares if you happen to get a little static on your cell phone that day.

Or are you one of THOSE people who thinks the sky will fall, and civilization will crumble

if this was a big problem it would be on the news..

As far as your electrical power is concerned, you'll have to ask your power company. In most civilized countries, they have installed protective systems after the March 1989 power failure (indirectly caused by a Coronal Mass Ejection from the Sun) that left six million people without power for nine hours.
Total number of deaths = 0.

That was in the province of Quebec, in Canada.

What actually happened, is that the CME hit Earth's magnetosphere (like they do all the time, many times a year) and pushed it a bit too far. The magnetic field snapped back into place, releasing a lot of energy in what is called a "magnetic reconnection event" (which happens to be the same kind of event that takes place on the Sun, when the CME is sent on its way).

This pulse of energy induced a spike of current in very long conductors. By itself, this is no danger. Modern wires can easily cope with it, unlike what happened in 1859, when telegraph lines covering very long distances were induced with a spike of power that exceeded the capacity of the tiny wires used back then. The insulation around the wires caught on fire and started forest fire.

In 1989, the spike was in a high-voltage power line linking James Bay and Montreal, carrying half of the power used by the province. Computers detected the spike and mis-interpreted it as a major problem (e.g., wires falling into a lake), so they dumped the load. The rest of the power grid tried to pick up the slack but could not cope. A cascade failure resulted.