Re: Y2K effects locally

["JS M" <jbiggs50@hotmail.com>]

Stocking water and candles is all.  I know who in the neighborhood has a 
wood stove and will rely on the generousity of neighbors if it comes to 
that.  However, I think you have the level of impact backwards: the power 
companies will service the major cities first and let smaller communities 
wait before restoring service.  Electrical service around here is just a few 
steps above third-world quality, but not as bad as where I came from in 
California.
jm


>From: "Travis Tonn" <vart@turbonet.com>
>To: <vision2020@moscow.com>
>Subject: Y2K effects locally
>Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 22:49:18 -0800
>
>     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)?

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