The Rapture is expected to start in New Zealand and the islands of the Western Pacific due to the location of the International Date Line.
Apocalypse almost: World waits for Rapture
New Zealand Herald
The end is not nigh, according to the New Zealand Skeptics, despite an American religious leader declaring Judgement Day will arrive first in New Zealand at 6pm today.
Evangelical broadcaster Harold Camping has predicted a massive earthquake will strike the earth, unleashing the Apocalypse, first upon New Zealand, then around the world.
The 89-year-old had previously incorrectly predicted the end of the world in 1994.
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Reports of the devout going on extravagant spending sprees, or giving away their possessions and pets are filtering in from around the globe.
In New York City officials are taking the imminent prospect of the Rapture very seriously.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg - who is Jewish and therefore, according to Camping's prophecy, unlikely to be beamed up to sit alongside Jesus and God in heaven - said on his weekly radio show Friday that he would suspend alternate-side parking in New York if the world ends on Saturday.
The much-reviled parking rule requires New Yorkers to move their cars from one side of the street to the other to allow street cleaning to be carried out.
As an Agnostic who neither accepts or denies the existence of God, I'm expecting to be one of the people left behind if the Rapture comes off as predicted.
Please post your reports of massive earthquakes that are predicted to signal the beginning of the Rapture event, disappearances, or people flying out of their clothing as soon as its safe to do so.