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Apocalypse followers shocked as nothing happens.

Robert Fitzpatrick spent more than $140,000 of his savings on posters and advertisements warning of the May 21 Judgement Day.

As he stood in Times Square in New York, surrounded by onlookers, Fitzpatrick, 60, carried a bible and handed out leaflets as he waited for Judgement Day to begin. When the hour, 6pm New Zealand time, came and went, he said: "I do not understand why ...," as his speech broke off and he looked at his watch.

"I do not understand why nothing has happened."

With no sign of Judgement Day arriving as he had forecast, Harold Camping, the 89-year-old California evangelical broadcaster and former civil engineer behind the pronouncement seemed to go silent.

Family Radio, the Christian stations network headed by Camping which had spread his message of an approaching doomsday, was playing recorded church music, devotionals and life advice unrelated to the apocalypse.

Camping previously made a failed prediction Jesus Christ would return to Earth in 1994.

The apocalypse was predicted to begin in New Zealand and move west, so those in America could watch it on television.

"We know the end will begin in New Zealand and will follow the sun and roll on from there," said Camping follower Michael Garcia, a 39-year-old father of six. "That's why God raised up all the technology and the satellites so everyone can see it happen at the same time."

The Oakland, California, headquarters of the network of 66 US stations was shuttered with a sign in the door that read "This Office is Closed. Sorry we missed you!"

Family Radio officials, with the help of supporters, had posted over 2000 billboards around the country warning of a May 21 Judgement Day. The headquarters, which appears to be normally closed on Saturday, was also shuttered on Friday.

Retired Metropolitan Transportation Authority worker Robert Fitzpatrick, 60, said he spent more than US$140,000 of his savings on subway posters and bus shelter advertisements warning of the May 21 Judgement Day.

"God's people are commanded to sound the warning, to sound the trumpet so to speak so people know," Fitzpatrick said of his advertising blitz. He said Camping led him to believe Judgement Day would be May 21, but added that he disagreed with the broadcaster's prediction it would begin in Asia.

In Fitzpatrick's view, from his reading of the Bible, Judgement Day would begin around 6 pm Eastern Time. He said on Saturday he still had no doubt Judgement Day would come this day.

"I wouldn't even entertain that question because there's too much proof from the Bible," he said.