December 21st 2012 Mayan Apocalypse Theory Causing more Damage

December 21st 2012 Mayan Apocalypse theory causing more damage than the possible outcome.  The actual stress of this situation is having a great effect any many people.  Below will be a few links to interesting articles I read on this.  While some are throwing fantastical Doomsday countdown parties, The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is issuing grave warnings that 2012 Mayan apocalypse rumors pose a real-life threat to frightened children and depressive teenagers.David Morrison, an astrologist at NASA Ames Research Center, said on Wednesday that he receives a large number of emails and letters from worried citizens, most often from young people.Some say they can’t eat, or are too worried to sleep, while others say they are suicidal, Morrison said.

The people of Mayan society built vast cities, ornate temples, and towering pyramids. At its peak around 900 A.D., the population numbered 500 people per square mile in rural areas, and more than 2,000 people per square mile in the cities — comparable to modern Los Angeles County.  The fall of the Maya has long been one of the great mysteries of the ancient world. But it’s more than a historical curiosity. Within sight of the Mayan ruins, in the Petén region of Guatemala near the border with Mexico, the population is growing again, and rain forest is being cut to make farmland.