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A drunk Chinese dude said an earthquake would rip Taiwain in half on 5/11/11
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http://www.holyblasphemy.net/earthquake-and-tsunami-scheduled-to-rip-taiwan-in-half-5112011-says-fortune-teller/articles/culture
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20110429000016&cid=1103
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/227943-Taiwan-Doomsday-Prophet-s-Blog-Sparks-Panic
So, in only a handful of hours the most powerful earthquake of all time is set to hit Taiwan and pretty much obliterate it. People are following this guy's teachings and are preparing. The government is even going after him because of how he is scaring the public.
With May 21 just around the corner today's events could set the stage for the end times and really set people into a frenzy if they come true.
I guess all we can do now is wait for 10:42 Taiwan time and see if it goes down.
one local fortune teller is taking it a step further: he’s predicted that a powerful earthquake will virtually destroy Taiwan on May 11th, 2011
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20110429000016&cid=1103
he announcement came after a self-titled "Teacher Wang," calling himself a feng shui master, published an article on his blog on the udn.com platform. The article forecast a catastrophic, destructive earthquake and said that a "doomsday" earthquake measuring 14 on the Richter scale would hit Taiwan on May 11.
Internet users were citing the forecast made by "Teacher Wang," a business operator of a company in Taipei, who said that a massive earthquake would strike Taiwan at exactly 10:42:37 am on May 11. He made the prediction based on the Yi Jing, or the Book of Changes, which is based on the concept that all things are undergoing constant change.
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/227943-Taiwan-Doomsday-Prophet-s-Blog-Sparks-Panic
Teacher Wang" suggested people live in such containers to survive the disaster, which he said would kill millions of people and split the island in half.
So, in only a handful of hours the most powerful earthquake of all time is set to hit Taiwan and pretty much obliterate it. People are following this guy's teachings and are preparing. The government is even going after him because of how he is scaring the public.
With May 21 just around the corner today's events could set the stage for the end times and really set people into a frenzy if they come true.
I guess all we can do now is wait for 10:42 Taiwan time and see if it goes down.
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I'll be laughing the other side of my face if he's right I suppose.
Though, scientifically, I think it's impossible for a 14 richter scale to occur.
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So North and South Taiwan? Twain? The Free Democratic Peoples Republic of New Greater Middle Outer Taiwan and Taiwan? Now that we have 2 do we get a tiny island called Eggroll?
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This crater was created by a 12.55 (due to a asteroid crashing into the earth but still).
There was a STARQUAKE that registered a 32 though. Must have been obscene to be on that star.
There was some dipshit in here who was predicting earthquakes in Christchurch based on phases of the moon, with such wonderfully accurate error margins as "two weeks either side of the full moon". And people still listened to him.
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As such the gauntlet has been thrown and if you, like me, have any sense you will spend the next month hiding under your blanket, jumping at the slightest noise, and living on tap water and long forgotten M&M's discovered under the couch.
Apparently Nostradamus had the 11th on his radar as well:
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread701339/pg1
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Good thing I have traveller's insurance....I guess?
This is weird, but hey, D&D and all. This is less funny to me because the last time I visited Taiwan, the 921 Earthquake happend literally the day after I arrived, the second deadliest earthquake in the island's recorded history. I dislike travelling.
God changed his mind?
It's worked for every other doomsday prophet.
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Sounds like a hangman's paradox to me.
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If we take the bible literally, it's actually not a bad argument.
You know, compared to most arguements that take the bible literally.
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That has already been explained for next week's end of the world/rapture:
http://www.familyradio.com/graphical/literature/nomanknows/nomanknows.html
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It really was that silly.
However, he was taken very seriously by a lot of people and they followed his advice, so far as they could.
My mother even called off a business trip because of this guy, which was quite a shock to the family (we had assumed she was a lot more rational than that up till then).
I guess people want to believe that someone can help them avert risk, even if that person is clearly a charlatan and when you live in a place like Christchurch where there had been two massive quakes, lots of aftershocks and many dead, well, more so
I'm going to be really pissed if the world DOES in fact end on the 21st.
Mostly because I'm moving on the 20th and dammit if I'm gonna make all that effort to move furniture I'd better have more than 24 hours to enjoy being in a new place.
Also, I can't help but associate Ken Jeong's face with the name 'Teacher Wang'.
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Or you've got Uncle Wang telling us Taiwan will NO LONGER EXIST happening tomorrow.
I suppose in the natural order of things there's a technical possibility that one of these events might occur. CHOOSE!
I like the idea of Taiwan being ripped in twain
I can't imagine there is, unless there's a serious flaw in our understanding of gravity (hint: there isn't). It's a cool thing that happens sometimes, but it has no real effect.
Well that's actually a good new name for Taiwan after it has had its shit wrecked, one of the a's fell into the ocean and the W is in a different spot
Every once in a while it's good to shake things up like that.
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I imagine the sun exploding would be 14 on the richter scale.
Fine! Michiko Malandro then!
The Republic of China and Republic of Taiwan. There, real easy.
Actually, as the political geography is now, if you divided it north and south, that's how it would end in many respects. Then, probably, the Taiwan District of the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Taiwan.
Unfortunately, this would mean Taichung would be under the water. Plan sucks.
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I'm kinda hoping it's stoned. We need less loons like this on the Earth.