There was a prophecy, I can't remember who the prophet was, but it was in a book that included Nostradamus and Lady Nadia. It said we will be experiencing fires, floods, earthquakes, and man-made disasters around the time of an Armageddon, or something like that (I read this 6 yrs. ago, or so), and this is sort of what we're going through. Most of the prophecies about the future, say there's life after 'this coming event' (whatever it may be), actually, all, I think. They all said that there would be major catastrophies before this "once in a lifetime, I mean, Universe" event. I'm not too clear on it, but you get my drift, you can look up all the prophecies, I'd like to hear them, again.

My view is that we're at it, and we can, not only make it through it but, make it better. None of the prophecies said it would be a "second-coming" or third, or whatever...
I think the people alive back then are us. I'm starting to believe in re-incarnation.

edit: when I say there was a "prophecy", up top, I mean, this is what "all" the prophecies, about today on, say. Not all. But all three or four that I read.