Well, you made my point rather well. God kept them from the destruction didnt He.
Where I typically run into disagreement is in regard to how God will accomplish that. Many make the claim that God will achieve the protection of His people by taking them out of the way, by which they most often mean that He will completely remove them from the world.
Of course, this idea doesn't fit the paradigm God established in His method of protecting Noah's family, nor does it jibe with how He protected the Hebrews in Goshen, nor is it the oldest view of the church.
I'm not gung ho about pressing the debate, but my conviction is that we're in it for the duration. The Church will remain in the world as a testimony throughout the outpouring of God's judgment, during which time Christ will truly be our Ark, His blood will prove sufficient to save us, and we will ride out the storm in perfect peace.