This. So many parallels with every "looming disaster" since. The media went into frenzy mode a few times, predicting the End Of The World As We Know It and scar

This. So many parallels with every "looming disaster" since. The media went into frenzy mode a few times, predicting the End Of The World As We Know It and scaring everyone witless. And a few people did take it really seriously and spend the Millennium in some remote place where they would stand a chance of surviving the collapse of Western Civilisation.