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To: flatsville who wrote (75)	8/10/1999 9:29:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston	Respond to of 662

Download FREE chapters from this book. The one on water storage & sources is particularly good. This guy's a great writer. Pretty rational. Not an "extremist". Charts, etc. Very easy to read and reference. The Y2K Personal Survival Guide: Everything You Need to Know to Get from This Side of the Crisis to the Other. $19.25 by Michael S. Hyatt The book is 360 pages long. It has 15 chapters, 17 quick "PrepTips," 28 tables and charts, and 6 appendices. It also has five comprehensive "Y2K Preparedness Checklists": - the 72-hour plan - the one week plan - the 30-day plan - the three-month plan - and the one-year (or longer) plan. <Before the book was submitted to the publisher, I posted the chapters here for public comment. However, since the book is now available for sale, I have had to take them down. We were able to get the publisher to let us continue to post two chapters per week, on a rotating basis.> Michael Hyatt Here's where you can find the FREE chapters to download: michaelhyatt.com Chapter 5 DEVELOP AN ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF WATER michaelhyatt.com Chapter 6 ACQUIRE A BASIC SELECTION OF TOOLS michaelhyatt.com I haven't gotten the book. I'm just downloading each chapter as they become available. Though it's a hassle, I know my family/friends won't sit down and read the whole book. So, I'm xeroxing selected chapters and giving it to them every week or so. I'm also giving them a binder with index tabs already typed out, so as I send them a chapter, they have a place to put the info. Plus, it's easier IMHO to make notes, and insert stuff that's relevant to you particularly, if you do it in binder form. Vote here on how bad you think Y2K might be: michaelhyatt.com Cheryl 143 Days until 2000 P.S. Here's an EXCELLENT preparation forum. If you have specific questions, or want to learn from other's experiences ... come here. People are very helpful. greenspun.com

To: flatsville who wrote (75)	8/11/1999 9:49:00 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 662

Thanks for the link Flatsville, What do you make of the comment that 75% of all corporations have ALREADY suffered a Y2K related failure?? Virtually every respondent (99 percent) anticipates "an increase in systems failures into the remainder of 1999 and beyond." Now, taken at face value, this disturbs me. However, in light of the apparent claim that problems suffered to date were not "show stoppers", it is difficult to predict exactly what the repercussions are going to be. I really sympathize with Ed Yardeni that there just seems to be a lack of reliable data with which to make a realistic analysis. I especially want to hear about what I call "show stoppers", problems that may cause systems to completely abend or grievously affect business performance. Regards, Ron

To: flatsville who wrote (75)	8/11/1999 10:45:00 AM
From: C.K. Houston	Respond to of 662

Y2K IMPACT ON FINANCIAL MARKETS Here's some investment strategies & projections from a good friend of mine, Dennis Grabow. In April he addressed the New York Society of Security Analysts at their conference: "The Year 2000 Computer Problem: Impact on the Financial Markets" . In their newsletter, the NYC Society of Security Analysts wrote about his comments along with those of Ambassador Kamal, from the United Nations. Here's a copy of the article: millenniuminvest.com Cheryl 142 Days until 2000