2012: The End of the World Myth

2012: The End of the World Myth: From GovGab
Recent emails, calls and web chats coming into the National Contact Center (NCC) have me thinking about the R.E.M. song, "It's The End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)." Of course most of the people sending these inquiries don't feel fine about the idea of the apocalypse.

If
you are not aware, the ancient Mayan "Long Count" calendar ends in
December 2012 and according to some Mayan and popular myths, the end of
this calendar marks the end of the world. There are many books out now that explore the way the world could end and the John Cusack movie 2012's plot plays out doomsday and a government plan to get people to safety.

Most inquiries the NCC receives allude to this movie and people want to
know if the government has identified a credible threat in 2012 and if
so, are there any plans to avoid it? I looked around and actually found
that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has a whole website devoted to the 2012 topic. There, NASA explains why the various doomsday scenarios are not scientifically feasible and, when asked about the claims of the pending doomsday, they specifically state:

"For any claims of disaster or dramatic changes in 2012, where is the science?
Where is the evidence? There is none, and for all the fictional assertions,
whether they are made in books, movies, documentaries or over the Internet, we
cannot change that simple fact. There is no credible evidence for any of the
assertions made in support of unusual events taking place in December 2012."
Read over the NASA Doomsday webpage. Do you agree with NASA about 2012?