So when, exactly, does this Rapture thing end?

[Tesha]

We've been told that the Rapture happens everywhere around
the world at 6:00 PM local time, but I've noticed that
timekeeping around Alaska is very complex:

http://www2.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF5/597.html

> Alaska spans 57.5 degrees of longitude (four time zones), which
> is almost exactly the same as the 57.6 degrees between Maine and
> Washington, thus the "South 48" also span four time zones. Alaska
> includes the International Date Line, but by custom this boundary
> is bent to the outer edge of the Aleutian Islands. The westernmost
> time zone, centered on 180°, and extending from 172.5°W to 172.5°E,
> is numbered +12 and -12 because it is the twelfth zone east and
> west of Greenwich. Bering Standard Time is extended one zone west
> by custom, so this 12th zone is unnamed and not used in Alaska,
> which is the only state lying partly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

I sure hope God, who is all knowing, is up to speed on all
of this!

Tesha

[quinnox]

1. Maybe we can do a weekly rapture watch

I know I'm still not tired of this rapture stuff, don't want this endless hilarity to end!

Its comedy gold.

[KansDem]

6. How about a morning talk show? "Rapture Today."

Panelists can discuss the Rapture™ and related topics.

Oprah is leaving the airwaves, maybe they could use that timeslot...:shrug:

[Tesha]

8. *SOUL* Survivor? With theme music by Carlos Santana? (NT)

[liberal N proud]

2. Alaska will be the last to go

[Tesha]

4. Only if God got it right!

If he missed the fine points of the rules, the Aleutian
Islanders may already be gone!

Tesha

[CatholicEdHead]

9. Nope, Hawaii gets that honor

It is all over 6pm Hawaii time tonight.

[Tesha]

12. Actually, the end of the Aleutians is two time zones farther West than Hawaii.

The bulk of the Alaskan population is in the same time
zone as Hawaii, but the state spans four time zones!

Tesha

[Ian David]

3. Supposed end October something. n/t

[Urban Prairie]

5. Maybe its all just one big miscalculation

And God actually raptured an "Earth" that exists in some other parallel universe instead.

O8)

[Tesha]

10. Maybe the problem is all those "leap seconds" since the Creation?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_second

[jmowreader]

7. It ends in about four hours...

or as soon as the fundies figure out they got took again.

[Tesha]

11. So...

> or as soon as the fundies figure out they got took again.

So it never ends? ;)

Tesha