The wrath of God

In Revelation 6 the people who are left behind during the rapture are saying "The great day of his wrath is come and who shall be able to stand?" Here's what the wrath of God consists of.

1st Trumpet: Hail & fire burn up all the green grass and 1/3 of the trees
2nd Trumpet: 1/3 of the sea becomes blood (1/3 of creatures in the sea die and 1/3 of ships destroyed)
3rd Trumpet: Star named "Wormwood" makes 1/3 of the water on earth bitter and 1/3 of mankind dies
4th Trumpet: 1/3 of the sun moon and stars go dark
5th Trumpet: Scorpions from hell sting men for 5 months & the smoke from hell causes darkness
6th Trumpet: Angels under the Euphrates are loosed and gather an army of 200 million kill 1/3 of people on the earth
7th Trumpet: Lightening, thunder, earthquake, and great hail

1st Vial: Everyone that has the mark of the beast gets grievous sores
2nd Vial: Sea becomes blood and every soul dies
3rd Vial: Rivers become blood
4th Vial: Sun scorches people
5th Vial: Darkness
6th Vial: Euphrates is dried
7th Vial: Great earthquake and hail

Destruction of "Babylon"

I believe that the trumpets and vials happen parallel to each other. Look at the similarities:
1st Trumpet & Vial: Not similar
2nd Trumpet & Vial: Both affect the sea
3rd Trumpet & Vial: Both affect the fresh water
4th Trumpet & Vial: Both affect the sun
5th Trumpet & Vial: Both involve darkness
6th Trumpet & Vial: Both involve the Euphrates river
7th Trumpet & Vial: Both involve an earthquake and hail

This is further proof that chapters 1-11 and chapters 12-22 are telling the same story twice.

I want to elaborate on what "Wormwood" means. I believe "wormwood" is hinting at a Chernobyl type disaster on a large scale where the water is contaminated and kills 1/3 of the earth's population. In fact, the city of Chernobyl is named after the Ukrainian word for wormwood.  Look if up if you don't believe me. Here's an excerpt from Wikipedia.
The city is named after the Ukrainian word for mugwort or wormwood (Artemisia vulgaris), which is чорнобиль "chornobyl".

If you're not sure you're saved and want to make sure you never have to go through this wrath, here's a great explanation of how to be saved http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDEBz25lGdY.