Please visit the Nostradamus Index at faqs.org.  I know, I know...  I read most of this site days ago and refrained from mentioning it because of its kookiness quotient.  But this site is somewhat scholarly and objective in its treatment of the topic.  The introduction gives a good sense of where this stuff is coming from. 

Even if such prophecies are viewed as nothing but the curious obsession of a few, they still allow us to look at various interpretations of the present and the future.  They gave me pause to reflect, and as a result I gained a perspective on life which I did not have before.  And interestingly, for all of Nostradamus' bleak and desperate predictions, I came away with a very sturdy conviction that goodness and enlightenment will prevail among humankind -- eventually.

We are exactly where we are supposed to be right now.