The coming years we will see a significant increase in deadly earthquakes, and we're already seeing it. Haiti, Chile and Japan has already had earthquakes over 7.0 this year.
I also believe we will witness an economic collapse and the world wide food crisis will severly worsen and food prices...
Just furniture?
I personally wouldn't have cared if my roomates switched around some furniture, unless the new setup was vastly inferior, then I would have nagged on them till I got my will.