Big solar storm tonight!

I was no doubt forgetting about this news in light of the fact that we’re having yet another GOP debate tonight – for my sins – but @CalebHowe reminds me that we’re going to have a sockeldanger of a solar storm tonight.  So, if you’re going to be leaving Earth’s magnetic field this evening, be sure to pack plenty of extra radiation shielding!

…Dammit, three universes over that’s actually practical advice.  Ah, for a time machine, a Stinger missile, a map of Kazakhstan, and a working knowledge of Russian and several Central Asian languages…