Yikes It's the End of the World Jim (Again)!!

Apocalypse now!  Armageddon!!  It's the end of the world!!  Martians!  Run!!  Doomsday prophecies have repeatedly come and gone often since the Middle Ages in particular.  Earlier this year Christian radio broadcaster Harold Camping (born July 19, 1921) predicted that on May 21, 2011 Jesus would return to Earth for the Rapture, followed by months of fire, brimstone and plagues on Earth with millions of people dying each day.  When that did not happen he then decided that the Universe would be destroyed by God on October 21,  2011.  On October 21 at about 9 AM I was watching one of the national morning TV programs and I was still alive.  An awful lot of people had the end of the world in the back of their minds. One of the TV host pundits pointed out that it was already October 22 in Australia.  The Universe had survived.  So with relief I got on with the rest of my day.  Camping had twice before predicted the end of the world in 1988 and 1994.  There will surely be more end of times predictions ahead.