This may sound stupid (and of course it is) but it comes down to apocalypse-seeking:
Matthew 24:15-16 (ASV) --
"15 When therefore ye see the abomination of desolation, which was [a]spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in [b]the holy place (let him that readeth understand), 16 then let them that are in Judaea flee unto the mountains: "