Dec 12, 2012 is the end of the 4th life cycle according to the Mayan calender, Norse, Aboriginal, Asian, Hindu texts, carvings, etc.

Each cycle has ended in catastrophe; the 1st from natural events, the 2nd may have been either natural or manmade events, the 3rd from Global Thermonuclear War(Atlantis and Lemuria), and the 4th ends on December 12, 2012 (winter solstice).

The Dutch believe that the seas will rise (according to the global warming people/politicians) thus breaking the levees that keep the North Atlantic Ocean from flooding in. Look up the Zuider Zee on Google & you'll see what I mean.

Things are not going in an optimistic direction, that's for sure. I'm going to DefCon III on July 14th (about 3 weeks from now).