It was one thing to be treated with contempt, even by your own daughter, but it was terrible to be dismissed for opinions you never held. This is more than just prophecy. This time Judgement Day has been predicted by computer scientists and business consultants. Since Jesus was born in 3 or 4 BC, the real second millennium came and went in '97 or '98. This crash is all to do with the millennium bug and the cashless society and the way people stupidly put their lives in the hands of dumb machines.
Scripture gives independent corroboration.
She had been saying this to irritate Erwin, frequently with success. Her father had been beside himself with fear back then, but when the prophecy failed to materialise it did not dissuade him from believing in prophets, it only steeled his resolve to be prepared for any future collapse of civilisation. The timing had changed, but the fear was the same. And besides, I don't think they have computers in New Zealand. Wake me when the world ends.