Y2K effects locally

["Travis Tonn" <vart@turbonet.com>]

    Since this list is comprised of reasonably intelligent folks that like to keep informed of significant issues, I thought it would be interesting to get some viewpoints on Y2K. 

    What do you think the effects will be locally as well as nationally and globally?  Are you preparing?  If yes, at what level?  I know some people are concerned about revealing their level of preparation, so please don't if you are uncomfortable.

    My personal opinion is, using a scale of 1 to 10, that Moscow will be about a 2.  Metropolitan areas will be about a 6, America as a whole will be about a 4, and globally, it will vary from an 8 in Russia to a 4 in Canada.  

    I am more concerned about acts of domestic terrorism or "Millenium Viruses" than actual pure Y2K failures.  My preparations are comparable to what your average county resident in the '50's kept around.  Some extra food, water, batteries, oil lamps and a kerosene heater.  No stockpile of weapons or explosives or "special" Kool-aid just in case the mother ship returns behind a comet.

    So, how about some of you other folks.  Is Y2K just a clever ploy by capitalists to increase consumer spending on supplies, or is it a legitimate concern which warrants preparation?  Or is it even the ushering in of the Armageddon(there is no way I spelled that correctly)?