Is the end of the world today? The Mayans supposedly predicted the 12/21/12 apocalypse a long, long time ago, but is this Friday really doomsday?
Apparently not. The Mayan calendar supposedly runs out at 5 a.m., over two HOURS ago. Unless they were operating on West Coast, Alaska or Hawaii time.
The December 21 Mayan apocalypse frenzy is working overdrive in any case, as doomsday speculation and gossip has permeated across the globe.
Not surprisingly, few in the Mayan heartland in what is current day Mexico believe the predictions. More surprisingly, some Michigan kids got out of school.
South of the border, a little apocalypse is good for business, as the large crowd at the Merida Convention Center on Mexico's Yucatan peninsula showed.
At the ceremony, participants held up their arms and chanted mantras to the blazing Yucatan sun, which quickly burned the mostly fair-skinned crowd.
Organizers of Yucatan's broader Mayan Culture Festival actually tried to debunk the idea that the Mayans somehow predicted the end of the world.
The Maya measured time in 394-year periods, or baktuns. The 13th baktun ends around December 21, 2012, and 13 is considered a sacred number.
However, anthropologists uncovered Mayan symbols that refer to dates far, far in the future, long beyond 12/21/12, indicating way more baktuns.
And other experts liken the end of the calendar to an odometer on a car that reaches 999,999 and simply rolls over with no damage to the vehicle.
Not that everyone's complaining about the apocalyptic hype.
The crazy rumors got Michigan officials so worked up they closed 30 schools after class Wednesday, two days earlier than originally on the calendar.
The school one, not the Mayan one. Better safe than sorry.
End of the World: Will it happen 12/21/12?
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