Re: Y2K effects locally

["Jory Shelton" <jory@novell.uidaho.edu>]

Greetings Visionaries,

You will find an excellent source for information in the "Family Y2K 
Readiness Guide", available at:

http://www.cracolici.com/guide.html

You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the guide.  
You can download the Reader at:

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html

Warning:  It will take significantly longer to download and install 
Acrobat Reader than it will the guide itself; the Reader is 5.6MB 
whereas the guide is only 486KB.

-Jory

>     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)?


Jory Shelton
PC Network Specialist
College of Forestry, Wildlife, and Range Sciences
University of Idaho