Interestingly after reading a bit of the Wikipedia article on that event the Earth apparently missed experiencing another solar storm of equivalent strength in

Interestingly after reading a bit of the Wikipedia article on that event the Earth apparently missed experiencing another solar storm of equivalent strength in 2012[1] by just a number of days. Estimates in the linked article expect had it been facing Earth at the time the recovery would have taken 4-10 years. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_2012_solar_storm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_2012_solar_storm