I also am fascinated and a bit frightened by this theme as well. As an avid watcher of the History channel, there are also many "scientific" facts about the coming years which reinforce the coming catastrophes that have been prophesized by so many.

Just 2 days ago I was watching a show about the solar flares that can cause mass devastation and the next ones are predicted (by scientist) to occur in 2011. There is an astrological even in December 2012 that coincides with that prediction.

So even for people who do not have faith or believe in prophecies - there is also now scientific projections of coming events in our VERY near future.

I think of this all the time and want to prepare in all ways.
Snoods...