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Mayan Apocalypse Pose Threat to Children NASA warns Mayan apocalypse stories pose threat to frightened children and suicidal teenagers The National Aeronautics and Space Administration warns that 2012 Mayan apocalypse rumors pose a real-life threat to frightened children and depressive teenagers Some say they can't eat, or are too worried to sleep, while others say that they are suicidal, according to NASA astrobiologist David Morrison The apocalypse rumors began with claims that Nibiru, a rogue planet discovered by the Sumerians, will ‘If Nibiru or Planet X were real and current trends continue. •To the consumer, the average cost of a crash into Earth on December 21, headed for an encounter with the Earth in 2012, complete MRE meal is comparable to that of a astronomers would have been tracking it for at killing everyone least the past decade, and it would be visible by trip to the drive-in window at McDonalds. now to the naked eye,’ NASA states on its However, the MRE is easily the healthier meal. By Damian Ghigliotty apocalypse fear debunking page. •Since about 1997, MRE cases have also included something called a TTI (time and While some are throwing fantastical Doomsday SOME DOOMSDAY temperature indicator) on the outside of the box countdown parties, The National Aeronautics PREPPER FACTS to assist inspectors in determining if MREs are and Space Administration is issuing grave still good. •The Federal Gun Control Act of 1968 warnings that 2012 Mayan apocalypse rumors Continued from Page 4. pose a real-life threat to frightened children and required ammunition manufacturers and dealers to be licensed and keep records of sales. The act depressive teenagers. •The first seismoscope, an instrument also prohibited mail-order transactions. David Morrison, an astrobiologist at used to measure movements of the earths crust, •Yellowstone Park - is one of the largest NASA Ames Research Center, said on was invented in 132 AD by Chang Hêng. The super volcanoes in the world. The last eruption Wednesday that he receives a large number of device, which resembled a large wine vessel, emails and letters from worried citizens, most had 8 dragons each facing one of the primary was 640,000 years ago. •The term "super volcano" implies an often from young people. directions of the compass, each with a ball in its eruption of magnitude 8 on the Volcano Some say they can't eat, or are too mouth. Below each dragon was a matching toad worried to sleep, while others say they are with an open mouth. When the device sensed an Explosively Index, meaning that more than 1,000 cubic kilometers (250 cubic miles) of suicidal, Morrison said. earthquake the dragon pointing the direction the He made that announcement during an quake originated would drop its ball. magma (partially molten rock) are erupted. volcanic crater super •The at online video 'hangout' event hosted by NASA •The theory of true polar wander Yellowstone is over 80 kilometers long by 45 on Google+, calling the propagation of rumors postulates that over time the redistribution of on the Internet to frighten children ‘evil.’ weight on the surface of the earth, (i.e. the kilometers wide - large enough to hold the world's biggest city, Tokyo (population 18 ‘While this is a joke to some people and continents moving, volcanoes erupting, ice a mystery to others, there is a core of people fields melting and reforming elsewhere) million). •The disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi who are truly concerned,’ Morrison said. eventually cause the Earth’s rotational axis to nuclear plant in March released far more NASA, a United States government change. While some are afraid this will affect agency, recently set up an information page on modern life the process happens gradually and radiation than the Japanese government has its website explaining why the world is not would take millions of years to complete. claimed •Researcher, Boris Borisov, in his article going to end on December 21, 2012. •FEMA recommends that in the event of The apocalypse rumors and fears are an emergency one of the most important steps is titled “The American Famine” estimated the based on misinterpretations of the Mayan keeping a full tank of gas in your car, or having victims of the financial crisis in the US are at calendar, as SPACE.com reported. an alternative means of getting out of town. over seven million people. The rumors began with claims that They also recommend having a basic supply of •The financial crisis in the United States Nibiru, a rogue planet discovered by the emergency rations as in the event of a major has been compared to 1932-1933 with Sumerians, will crash into Earth on December disaster basic necessities will be unavailable. Holodomor, or Famine, in the USSR during 1932-1933. 21, killing everyone, according to NASA’s •Saudi Arabia produces the most oil of website. any country in the world at an astonishing 9 •According to Fema’s evacuation The origins of those rumors have been million barrels a day. planning steps in order to get out of harms way linked to the works of the late Azerbaijani-born •There are over 500,000 detectable you may need to go north, south, east or west. author Zecharia Sitchin, who wrote in 1976 that earthquakes each year, of that 100,000 can be Pick a destination in each direction. •David Eddies invented the term Y2K in he had found and translated Sumerian felt, and only 100 cause actual damage. June 1995. It was so feared that Clinton even documents identifying the rogue planet. Sitchin •According to a study at UC Davis we died in 2010 at the age of 90. will run out of oil 100 years before a viable signed the Y2K Act in 1999 to limit the (Cont’d on Page 24) government’s liability. There is no such planet, scientists say. alternative energy source is developed, if