I think this means we're the ones left behind. I'm going looting--I mean shopping. Carol
On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Annette Taylor <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Mike, you missed it? > > Annette > > ps: this message never happened and does not count against my limit of > three posts per day because the end has come and gone. > > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. > Professor, Psychological Sciences > University of San Diego > 5998 Alcala Park > San Diego, CA 92110 > [email protected] > ------------------------------ > *From:* Mike Palij [[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, May 20, 2011 7:05 AM > *To:* Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > *Cc:* Mike Palij > *Subject:* [tips] What Time Will It Be In Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky > (Russia) When Doomsday Occurs? > > The greatly anticipated "end of the world" is expected on Saturday, May > 21, 2011 > at about 7pm Pacific time (the church that is making the prediction is in > the city > of Oakland, CA). I raise this point because, while listening to the radio > this > morning, a radio host asked a "believer" whether that was 7pm east coast > time > or 7pm west coast time. The believer seemed thrown by the question. The > only response he could make was "it will happen all over the world". The > radio > hosts had some more fun with the believer asking "so, if it 7pm anywhere in > the > world, the world will come to end?" which the believer seemed to have a > tough > time grasping. > > So, this raises these questions: (1) What part of the world will see > doomsday first, > (does it just has to be 7pm anywhere?) (2) And, if it only has to be 7pm in > Oakland, > Ca, what time will it be in the farthest time zone (e.g., in NYC it will be > 10pm)? > > Answer to question (1): It appears that locations in the Magadan Summer > Time > (MAGST) will experience doomsday first IF just being 7pm in any time zone > is sufficient for doomsday to occur. The Russian Federation's Kamchatka > falls > into this region (as well as some south Pacific islands) and one can use > the > city Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky as a reference point. So, one way of looking > at things is "if it is 7pm in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, then the world will > end" (which may come as a surprise to people in Oakland because they are > 19 hours behind). > > Answer to question (2): If doomsday come when it is 7pm PDT in Oakland, > then what time will it be in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky? It will be 2pm, > SUNDAY, May 22, 2011. Yes, Virginia, doomsday will come to some > people on Saturday, May 21 while others will be having breakfast or brunch > on Sunday. For some fun and games about time zones, see: > > http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converted.html?month=5&day=21&year=2011&hour=19&min=0&sec=0&p1=224&p2=114 > > By the way, if doomsday was to happen immediately after the end of > Friday, May 20, 2011, then it would have ended about 2 hours ago (relative > to the time I wrote this; for the time when you read this, see: > http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=114 ) > > For current times all over the world, see: > http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/full.html > > -Mike Palij > New York University > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a21b0&n=T&l=tips&o=10663 > or send a blank email to > leave-10663-13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a2...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=177920.a45340211ac7929163a0216244443341&n=T&l=tips&o=10665 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-10665-177920.a45340211ac7929163a0216244443...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > -- Carol DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology St. Ambrose University 518 West Locust Street Davenport, Iowa 52803 563-333-6482 This e-mail might be confidential, so please don't share it. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=10667 or send a blank email to leave-10667-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
