Don't make any plans for next Sunday, because according to the Robert Fitzpatrick (above), it isn't going to come. Fitzpatrick spent his life savings, more than $140,000, on bus and subway ads in the New York City area claiming the world will end just before 6 pm Eastern time, on Saturday, May 21.
The ads say, "Global Earthquake: The Greatest Ever! Judgement Day May 21, 2011." Fitzpatrick also wrote and self-published a book, The Doomsday Code, saying the Bible offers sure-fire proof. He also has a website with lots more religious mumbo jumbo.
Basically, Fitzpatrick is claiming that there will be a giant earthquake that will leave the Earth uninhabitable. Apparently, he is a follower of Harold Camping, a radio host who has been wrong before about his end-of-the-world predictions. Fitzpatrick, a retired engineer, is betting big time Camping isn't wrong this time.
I, for one, will be relaxing on Saturday and, perhaps, enjoying a cocktail.
