I remember hearing about this on TV, and seeing it as so far away. It was easy to blow it off, even two or three years ago.People could pretend it wasn't going to happen. But now, we're coming right up on it, and people are becoming more interested. I was talking with some people who are by no means conspiracy theorists, but they were discussing the Mayan calendar, and the possible apocolypse. The sheep are finally waking up!