Thanks for the thought, Hikermor!
One thing comes to mind with these apocalypse predictions...
Back when everyone was waiting to see what happened when Y2K hit, a local family in my small town decided THAT was going to be the end of the world. The couple killed their two small children, the husband shot his wife, then he called 911 to report it and shot himself.
There have been many predictions of this sort and none of them have come to pass yet.
Sue