End of the world is now October 21 - US preacher explains his mistake

The American preacher who said that the end of the world, and day of Rapture, was on May 21, 2011, has now explained why it didn't happen.

And, he says, it has been postponed until October 21, because God didn't want mankind to suffer for five months.

Harold Camping, 89, said he was "astounded" that the world didn't end on May 21.

But he has examined new theories and says a great earthquake was supposed to usher in five months of the day of judgement. God, he says, is being merciful and will now make it happen all at once on the last day - hence October 21.

That's all very comforting - I now have five months to sort out my garden.

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Iceland volcano erupted on end of the world day, May 21 - ash cloud heading for UK

The Grimsvotn volcano, in Iceland, began erupting on Saturday - the very day (May 21, 2011) that Harold Camping, President of Family Radio, predicted the end of the world.

It apparently showed clear signs of unrest at 6pm GMT (Camping's predicted time). That's spooky - and the soothsayers are all stirred up, although there's no sign of anyone being whisked off to heaven, unless they were on the volcano summit at the time.

The doom-mongers are going to be really disappointed again. Geophysicist Pall Einarsson, of the University of Iceland, says the eruption was much smaller than the one last year: "It is not likely to be anything on the scale that was produced when the Eyjafjallajokull volcano erupted."

An ash cloud from the volcano is expected to reach the UK early tomorrow, but experts believe it will not cause the same disruption to air traffic as last year.

Grimsvotn is beneath the Vatnajokull glacier in an uninhabited part of south-east Iceland. This eruption is the most powerful in 100 years. Since records began in 1920, it has erupted nine times, the last in 2004. Most lasted at least a week, but the 2004 eruption was only four days.

Iceland is a young land and, on average, volcanic eruptions are experienced somewhere on the island once every five years.

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VOLCANIC ASH CLOUD EXPECTED TO REACH UK - BBC

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Tomorrow is the end of the world - or today if you live in Australia!

It will all start with a giant earthquake... and then the world will end, on May 21, 2011 - that's tomorrow here in England and a bit later in America (but it's already today in Australia, so farewell Oz).

The apocalypse is forecast by US Christian broadcaster Harold Camping, 89. But don't worry too much, he's made similar predictions in the past. He said Jesus would return to Earth in 1994.

I suppose it's safe to say that Harold's a bit wayward. If I'm wrong, and he's right, it won't really matter anyway.

Good night all from England...

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