looks the "2012" maker try to ripoff Stephen Baxter Novel "Flood"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood_(2008_novel)
here Baxter explane the worldwide flood on a hypothesis related to
possible subterranean oceans within the Earth's mantle
a note on “abuse” of Maya calendar
its a complex system based on parallel running calendars
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_calendar
so “the Long Count” calendar is one of "2012 end of world crap"
its start in August 11, 3114 BCE or 0.0.0.0.0 in Maya numbers
on December 21, 2012 the calender goes from 9.9.9.9.9 to 0.0.0.0.0
in fanatic christian point of view, it's the end of the world:
Nostradamus nonstop on TV,
Emmerich make another Disaster Movie,
USA become a Socialist state,
and fire and brimstone rains from sky!
in Maya point of view?
its only the end of the Long Count and new one start,
so they had switch on 0.0.0.0.0.0 in calendar
that all folks...