ON MAY 16th the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, in an odd attempt at light-heartedness, published a brief guide to emergency preparedness in the event of a zombie invasion or other catastrophes. Useful advice, but zombies were far from anyone's mind. America was girding for an even more serious event. Word had spread that the Rapture would take place on May 21st. There would be a horrible earthquake, and Jesus would take believers to heaven. Those left behind would suffer Armageddon, concluding with the earth's total annihilation (scheduled for October).
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