When Nephi prophesied destruction, everyone assumed that he meant military destruction. Even the judges suggested that destruction was impossible, “for behold, we are powerful, and our cities great, therefore our enemies can have no power over us” (Helaman 8:6). When the famine came, the people began to realize that even though their cities were powerful, they were not powerful against drought and famine. The people began to see that destruction might really come through this famine, and therefore they remembered that Nephi had prophesied destruction, a destruction they appeared to be living. When they truly remembered, they believed, and took action.