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You and your family's very survival may be up to you. I am referring to the Y2K problem and how you can help 'insure' against the possible effects it may have on you, your family, friends and neighbours.
In late January 1999, the World Bank declared, "(Y2K), while not Doomsday, will unleash a chain of problems that will touch everyone on the planet, with the most damaging effects hitting the least prepared." In November 1998, Bell Canada wrote to all its subscribers, "Lots of products and services you use could be affected by the Year 2000 challenge including telecommunications products and services. You may even depend on some of these for matters of critical importance, such as your livelihood. Ultimately, it is every person's responsibility to be ready for the Year 2000."
At the risk of being thought an alarmist (rather than an alertist?), I must speak to you of this, because alerting you in time may save your life - no kidding. How wonderful it will be if you will be able to laugh at me later! How very tragic if you are unable to. To learn for yourself the seriousness of Y2K, look up 'The Y2K Nightmare' in Vanity Fair (January, 1999). Also see 'www.russkelly.com'. One of your neighbours or your public library will have access to the Internet and will be able to help you. You will learn that no one knows anything for sure about what will happen, myself certainly included. This is why I urge you to 'insure' yourself against the worst, while hoping for the best.
In less than a year, we may lose our electrical power, and, to quote our military, "for a protracted period of time." When you hear our government and the Red Cross saying "store extra water," what they are really saying is "prepare your household for being without power."
No power - no heat - no food - no water
' no telephones ' no banks ' no gasoline ' no job ' no money...
AND NO TV!
It's called 'the domino effect.' You will learn that if power goes out, our telephones will go out (and vice versa). Our heat will go off. We'll lose our water supply. Darkened stores will run out of food in a few days. There'll be no gasoline. Credit cards won't be accepted, nor cheques.
And within a week or so, people will 'ask you to share' your food, water, heat and light.... In a prolonged, widespread power blackout, city people would run out of food and water quickly. To those who have never experienced the loss of food or water, the real worst is nearly unthinkable. (There are a number of 'worsts'.)
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