What Other End Of The World Predictions--Besides 12/21/12--Have You Survived?

Tweet

I'm 60 years old and can remember several times when the world as we know it was predicted to come to an end but it didn't happen. For instance, it was once predicted that, when it became 2000, computers would all go haywire due to not being programmed to handle years beginning with the number two instead of the number one. You might say that it was predicted that the number two was really going to hit the fan. At the very least, we might have our Internet access taken from us (at least, temporarily) until someone was able to fix the mess. At the worst? Missiles from our various silos would all rise at the same time and destroy the planet. Later that night--after returning home from celebrating the arrival of 2000 with my mom and dad--I was back online chatting with various ones of my friends. A few hours later, I was watching The Rose Bowl Parade. In short, it was business as usual... This is a discussion thread for sharing memories from your own experience(s) of living through the end of the world and/or those you've heard your parents and grandparents describing.