Rarebird. Not too shabby mine is the 9th reply to your message.
1) I hope that if a crisis occurs you think of more than your family and share the good fortune that you have (in a fire place and water) with your neighbors. Please, please if something catastrophic does happen share openly as though it is the end of the world. Do not hoard it to yourself in a time of other's need.
2) While your case may be a little excessive, I do feel that everyone who can should feel that they would be comfortable living without the benefits of electricity, running water, and telephones. This will mean different things to different people. To me, this means knowing my neighbors, having a couple cans of food, having a couple bottles of liquids to drink (yes, I'll admit at the moment this is a couple of liters of soda and a bottle of apple juice in the closet... but that's all I need... yuk brushing teeth with apple juice), and knowing where a local source of heat (neighbors generator, local gym ect..) is in the winter.
Notice that that stuff was general... not Y2K specific. It is a disaster relief workers dream that everybody would have this stuff. With the exception of a nuclear war (where everyone's screwed anyway) in general a disaster won't last more than 2 or 3 days. This includes a tornado, hurricane, a Y2K crash, a flood. If you can make it through the first two days on your own you will be fine.
Gold really won't do you much good. It doesn't taste very good, and if you trade it for something that does taste good and all you have is 1 ounce chunks (or one pound) you are not going to find anybody with enough food to make it worth your while. $250 for a bunch of bread because you can't make change is a little pricey. Your personal labor will often be a better commodity.
Dr.Zax
-I guess that sounds a little idealistic and socialistic, but I'll do my part whether or not you do yours. |
