We're going to be going through a grand solar minimum for the next few years, with reductions in the solar wind and solar activity in general, so on that front the timing would seem a little off. Added to that is the fact that the Earth's magnetic field is weakening in preparation for a reversal. The rate of weakening is increasing fairly dramatically (compared to the late 80's when I first learned of it, anyway) but we could still be a long way from it flipping and strengthening again. We just don't know because this is our first one for 100,000 or so years.