Its geomagnetic storms.....

Well its a good thing to come to here, as i learn from wrong to right.

But if it does happen (again which is possible, not surely), what preparations should one take?

I read it would be considered to protect you skull, sternum, thighs, hips and shoulders.

Would watches or compasses be affected by such an event?

A survival manual would be great if the famine broke out.