OMG PANIC WUR DOOOOOOOOOMED!
At least all you guys who bought 50 gallons of Lux Beanie Weenies to go in the Y2K shelter will have a good use for them now. :p
It is interesting that you take the nickname of a Byzantine Emperor. It has been stated that the Byzantines spent their entire existance trying to stave off what they considered was a certain and inevitable destruction at the hands of the barbarians or the islamic infidels. They lived and fought with that 'reality' in their minds for nearly 1000 years. If our societies had half of their valor, we would have nothing to fear.