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by ourcat 1899 days ago
A 'Faraday Cage' should also help.

edit: No idea why the downvotes. Faraday cages have long been thought of as a way to protect electrical devices from the electromagnetic waves which can be a result of solar flares.

I even chatted to someone from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory about it in the past.

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Cosmic rays are not electromagnetic waves. They are highly energetic particles, like protons and naked helium nuclei.
Because a Faraday Cage would make it worst not better:

https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/1fsiv9/how_effe...