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I think an underground shelter works, but from the sound of it, it needs to be deeper than a tornado shelter. I think cosmic radiation goes through ground easier than nuclear fallout radiation, so it's possible even nuclear fallout shelters wouldn't provide complete protection.
The big problem would be getting everyone on Earth protected. Suits might make the job easier if they actually protect from cosmic radiation, but I'm not sure if such suits exist that can handle the radiation at high levels. Even then, the radiation would eat away at the atmosphere if it got through the magnetic field, which would probably cause more problems for us.
I'm not sure of the seriousness of the situation. The scientist guy on the radio said his experience makes him so certain that he would probably die of shock if it just blew over like the one in 1958. Aside from that, I haven't heard anything from any other professional sources indicating that it would even be life threatening. Either the guy on the radio is wrong in one way or another or the news guys at NASA or wherever are probably avoiding mass panic by not saying how bad it might be.
I wouldn't completely dismiss it because only one guy says it, I mean that's how NASA gets its accidents. I think more research is needed to get a bigger picture of the situation, but I don't feel like focusing much more attention on such a disturbing thing because it has been making it difficult to think happy thoughts and get work done.
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