December 21, 2012

There doesn't seem much else to talk about today!

21 December 2012 is here: 

'Apocalypse' LIVE UPDATES

Front of the "Gran Jaguar" Mayan temple (AFP Photo / Johan Ordonez)

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21 December, 2012

The much-anticipated date for the end of the world is finally coming, as predicted by the Mayans, and we’ve got the latest updates on how the globe is dealing with 'Armageddon.'

00:20 GMT: “Smile, you are being abducted,” reads a sign on a mock UFO carrying alien dolls in Alto Paraiso de Goias, central Brazil. Locals are in humorous spirits ahead of the looming end of the world. Alto Paraiso de Goias is considered a mystical city, and has attracted many Brazilians and foreigners seeking refuge from the upcoming events.

AFP Photo / Evaristo SA

23:37 GMT: Police in France have blocked doomsday believers from a ‘mystical mountain’ in the tiny village of Bugarach, southern France, where they believe a garage for UFOs is located. The mayor of the village, home to just 189, has declared the zone a no-go area and appealed to the world not to come to Bugarach. “This is no laughing matter,” he said. “If 10,000 people turn up on December 21, our village will not be able to cope."

22:10 GMT:

Dutchman Pieter Frank van der Meer has prepared a lifeboat in his garden in the central Netherlands village of Kootwijkerbroek, which lies around 20 kilometers from the sea. The boat is capable of saving 50 people during floods brought on by the Mayan-foretold doomsday. He bought the totally enclosed lifeboat for €13,000 and installed a toilet, a sink and a child's car seat inside. Some 35 people have reserved seats in the boat.

AFP Photo / Robin Van Lonkhuijsen

AFP Photo / Robin Van Lonkhuijsen

22:20 GMT: Smart tip to bypass the apocalypse: Fly from Los Angeles to Australia on Thursday night, skipping Friday and landing on Saturday.

Screenshot from facebook.com user BuzzFeed

18:20 GMT: The Canadian Red Cross has urged people to review their readiness for a disaster in light of the looming end of the world. "The Red Cross urges Canadians to be ready to take care of themselves and their families for 72 hours in any emergency," said Denis Dion, the national director of disaster management.

Canada's Red Cross also recommended an emergency survival kit for every household, which includes – in addition to food and water – some cash in small bills, extra car and house keys and a manual can opener.

16:40 GMT: Meanwhile, across the globe, people have come up with a variety of ideas of how to survive in the event of Armageddon. For instance, a Chinese villager has created giant, reportedly tsunami-proof survival pods, made using a fiberglass casing over a steel frame. The cost is $48,000 each, and the pods are equipped with oxygen tanks, food and water supplies. They also come with seat 

belts, which is essential for riding out storms. 

Farmer Liu Qiyuan posing with survival pods that he created and dubbed 'Noah's Arc', in the village of Qiantun, Hebei province, south of Beijing (AFP Photo / Ed Jones)

Farmer Liu Qiyuan sits inside one of seven survival pods that he has also dubbed 'Noah's Arc', in a yard at his home in the village of Qiantun, Hebei province, south of Beijing on December 11, 2012 (AFP Photo / Ed Jones)

Another Chinese man built a copy of Noah’s Ark, spending all his life savings to protect from the ‘apocalypse.’

The unfinished boat built by Lu Zhenhai, a man from Urumqi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, afraid that his home would be submerged in a doomsday flood in 2012. (AFP Photo)

The inner view of the unfinished boat built by Lu Zhenhai, a man from Urumqi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, afraid that his home would be submerged in a doomsday flood in 2012. (AFP Photo)

Marina Mendelson wedding agency sells Last Day sets in Tomsk. (RIA Novosti / Yakov Andreev)

Doomsday merchandize is also offered in Russia and Ukraine and includes survival kits. In the Siberian city of Tomsk, such items for "meeting the end of the world” include ID cards, notepads, canned fish, a bottle of vodka, rope, a piece of soap. The packages are said to be popular with customers, more than 1,000 kits have been already sold, according to the company.

16:00 GMT: 'Armageddon' day begins in Hong Kong.

15:36 GMT: Argentina has closed Uritorfco Mountain over fears that Armageddon-watchers will commit mass suicide. 

View of the Uritorco hill, near Capilla del Monte in Co

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