Has your family ever been swept up into any of the doomsday predictions?

Has your family ever been swept up into any of the doomsday predictions?
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answer:The only thing I had on the eve of Y2K was a flashlight, in case the power went out. It never did. My uncle turned quite religious after he left his wife and got with his current girlfriend. He gets wrapped up in that sort of thing. I always take it with a grain of salt.
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