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When Y2K is over....
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For sure, i think the stock market is way overvalued and the big boys cannot keep it up too much longer. Even without the posssiblity of our supplies being interrupted or stop by trading partners failures because of Y2K, the stock market is due for a big fall. Just my opinion of coarse. Most companies are losing money:very few are making a profit.
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HYPE.. How do you get large companies to spend millions? You scare them to death..
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Drac Noroc
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Drac Noroc
A mind is like a
parachute, it only functions when open.
AKTI # BA00013
Hey all you knife knuts,
As I write this a MAJOR Hurricane is bearing down on us here in Florida, and today I learned a good lesson. I went to a few stores to get a few extra items to be better prepared to weather out this storm, and guess what? The store shelves were EMPTY. Picked clean, like the bones of a carcass that Pirahnas just gorged on. If you wait too long, and try to stock up on necessities to ride out any Y2K interruptions in food, water, or electricity, you'll be sorry. Come December there will probably be a feeding frenzy at the stores (like today) - and it won't all be Christmas shoppers. Don't wait until the shelves are picked clean. Once fear kicks in, the masses will go nuts.....Then, maybe not - they're already nuts!
As I write this a MAJOR Hurricane is bearing down on us here in Florida, and today I learned a good lesson. I went to a few stores to get a few extra items to be better prepared to weather out this storm, and guess what? The store shelves were EMPTY. Picked clean, like the bones of a carcass that Pirahnas just gorged on. If you wait too long, and try to stock up on necessities to ride out any Y2K interruptions in food, water, or electricity, you'll be sorry. Come December there will probably be a feeding frenzy at the stores (like today) - and it won't all be Christmas shoppers. Don't wait until the shelves are picked clean. Once fear kicks in, the masses will go nuts.....Then, maybe not - they're already nuts!
Ron L
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Regardless of a cataclysmic event the likes of which have never been seen, or the traffic lights on the corner being stuck blinking on yellow, I agree that being prepared for any disaster is the best defense. In our subdivision, we occassionally have power outages and the snowstorm last winter made things really interesting.
I agree with SDouglas as far as storm-like preperations are concerned. My family makes rather simple preperations. We keep extra batteries and flashlights on hand. We never go below a week or two of food supplies. We have 2 camp stoves and 2 lanterns with gas. We keep a kerosene heater on hand with a can of gas. 2 cans of gas in the garage and the vehicles are usually kept over a half tank and are in good running condition. There's a case of bottled water on hand. Blankets, TP, first aid kit, medicines, etc. We even think about a well-stocked tool kit and bikes as alternate transportation for short trips. Also, I keep several boxes of shells on hand for each weapon, and I reload for the rifle and one handgun. That, and cash. Don't wait until Dec. 31 to get in line at the money machine. Keep cash out in advance. Nothing spectacular, but it's a good start.
As Hansen already brought up, supplies in Florida are in short supply because of last-minute shoppers. We try to take care of things and gather things a little at a time, so this doesn't happen. With my fear being the dim-wits out at that time, our plan is to simply lay low for a few days before and after Jan 1 and we should be OK. Prayer never hurts either.
We haven't been able to afford a generator yet, so I'm still at Edison's mercy.
Hopefully at this springs "clearance" sales...
Ron
Not the sharpest tool in the shed.
I agree with SDouglas as far as storm-like preperations are concerned. My family makes rather simple preperations. We keep extra batteries and flashlights on hand. We never go below a week or two of food supplies. We have 2 camp stoves and 2 lanterns with gas. We keep a kerosene heater on hand with a can of gas. 2 cans of gas in the garage and the vehicles are usually kept over a half tank and are in good running condition. There's a case of bottled water on hand. Blankets, TP, first aid kit, medicines, etc. We even think about a well-stocked tool kit and bikes as alternate transportation for short trips. Also, I keep several boxes of shells on hand for each weapon, and I reload for the rifle and one handgun. That, and cash. Don't wait until Dec. 31 to get in line at the money machine. Keep cash out in advance. Nothing spectacular, but it's a good start.
As Hansen already brought up, supplies in Florida are in short supply because of last-minute shoppers. We try to take care of things and gather things a little at a time, so this doesn't happen. With my fear being the dim-wits out at that time, our plan is to simply lay low for a few days before and after Jan 1 and we should be OK. Prayer never hurts either.
We haven't been able to afford a generator yet, so I'm still at Edison's mercy.
Ron
Not the sharpest tool in the shed.
A lot of people have one of two theories: either, "The US government is so powerful, that they can handle it with no problems", which is ludicris, (Pres. Clinton even has a 'Y2K Czar' to head things up), or the "Nothing's going to happen; the world will go on as normal", head-in-the-sand, ostrich view, which is either denial or ignorance. There IS going to be a problem; there WILL be disruptions in some products and services, including fuel (perhaps some of you remember the 'gas wars' of yesteryear? If the foreign countries from which we import oil are not Y2K-compliant, we lose out too), electricity in many areas (we'll have to use our computers in the dark!
), and many foodstuffs (more than just a three or four day winter storm).
There may be mayhem resulting from panic, or it may result from a real lack of goods and services. Look at the east coast right now: people preparing for the next big hurricane ("Floyd", if I'm not mistaken) are gobbling up anything and everything they can! My uncle in Raleigh, NC, says that the large grocery store he uses was picked to the bone when he went in for a few supplies. People: this is just for a storm. They had five days of no electricity after "Fran". Unfortunately, Y2K-related problems are most probably going to last much, much longer.
PREPARE: We must all prepare. If you live alone and are an adventurer of sorts, and love the 'risk' of the unknown, (and have a lot of relatives), then maybe you'll not want to prepare. By the way - how long can you fast (go without food)? But those of you who have family relying on you to provide for them - please prepare at least something in the way of drinkable water, canned goods, MREs, power bars or whatever. And few extra pairs of longjohns if you live in the cold country. And if you want to do it secretly and hide the stuffs in your attic, fine. But especially if you have little children, you'll go nuts hearing them cry for milk or food, and you having none to give them, because your pride, laughing at the 'paranoid survivalists', was too big. Which is bigger: your pride or your love for your loved ones?
I'm an American living in a third world country. I'm preparing. Half the town may be camping on my doorstep come about February of 2000, but I'll do my best to help them, without causing my family to starve. The scriptures (the Bible) is very clear on that (1Timothy 5:8).
Fellow knifeknuts - there will be drastic changes. Probably not TEOTWAWKI, but a whole lot worse than most people will be ready for. Get yourself some quality bladeware that'll last a while, stock up a bit on other tools, and get some extra toothbrushes (great barter items!). And by all means, get your family some reserve foodstuffs and drinkable water or a filter of some sort. MREs or tuna every night are better than 'old shoe soup'.
In closing (aren't you glad?
), I repeat my aforementioned challenge: Which is bigger: your pride or your love for your loved ones?
Much is better than little; but something is better than nothing.
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Cutting through all the muck,
we get to what's really important.
John 3:3-7
God Bless You!
[This message has been edited by RJ Talas (edited 16 September 1999).]
There may be mayhem resulting from panic, or it may result from a real lack of goods and services. Look at the east coast right now: people preparing for the next big hurricane ("Floyd", if I'm not mistaken) are gobbling up anything and everything they can! My uncle in Raleigh, NC, says that the large grocery store he uses was picked to the bone when he went in for a few supplies. People: this is just for a storm. They had five days of no electricity after "Fran". Unfortunately, Y2K-related problems are most probably going to last much, much longer.
PREPARE: We must all prepare. If you live alone and are an adventurer of sorts, and love the 'risk' of the unknown, (and have a lot of relatives), then maybe you'll not want to prepare. By the way - how long can you fast (go without food)? But those of you who have family relying on you to provide for them - please prepare at least something in the way of drinkable water, canned goods, MREs, power bars or whatever. And few extra pairs of longjohns if you live in the cold country. And if you want to do it secretly and hide the stuffs in your attic, fine. But especially if you have little children, you'll go nuts hearing them cry for milk or food, and you having none to give them, because your pride, laughing at the 'paranoid survivalists', was too big. Which is bigger: your pride or your love for your loved ones?
I'm an American living in a third world country. I'm preparing. Half the town may be camping on my doorstep come about February of 2000, but I'll do my best to help them, without causing my family to starve. The scriptures (the Bible) is very clear on that (1Timothy 5:8).
Fellow knifeknuts - there will be drastic changes. Probably not TEOTWAWKI, but a whole lot worse than most people will be ready for. Get yourself some quality bladeware that'll last a while, stock up a bit on other tools, and get some extra toothbrushes (great barter items!). And by all means, get your family some reserve foodstuffs and drinkable water or a filter of some sort. MREs or tuna every night are better than 'old shoe soup'.
In closing (aren't you glad?
Much is better than little; but something is better than nothing.
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Cutting through all the muck,
we get to what's really important.
John 3:3-7
God Bless You!
[This message has been edited by RJ Talas (edited 16 September 1999).]
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Well, Floyd came and went this morning. Power was down, flooding was everywhere. The preparations we took came in handy. We ate well, had plenty to drink, batteries, etc. All my camping gear fit the bill nicely. I even had a new Chris Reeve blade to fondle by flashlight (a highly recomended disaster precaution!). The Y2K Lesson: prepare for at least 3 days of no power, no stores, no banks, nothing. Have water, heat, food, medicine, etc. ready. I don't have to tell you folks to have a good blade(s) handy, and a firearm is just good sense too. To all those still in Floyd's path-good luck, and God Bless.
Paul
Paul