Headline in the Rochester(In.) Sentinel 12/7/78 "Y2K Millenial Hoarding Flourishes in California". The basic story was the one Diane printed for you (see Y2K Bug Increases Demand for Dried Food- 12/7).The Indiana paper added it's own sensational Headline after picking up that AP story. Don't know if I'm glad they might have woke somebody up or if it's this kind of thing that makes people ignore it.Know I do resent them calling anybody who prepares a hoarder.

-- Sue (deco100@aol.com), December 12, 1998

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Meant to say that was the headline of the article which was put on the back page, not the frontpage headline.

-- Sue (deco100@aol.com), December 12, 1998.

Sue, within the newsprint media I've noticed two kinds of stories. One comes down the standard wire service and gets edited and altered, when printed. The other is an original story that other papers then pick up and do the same to it. Trick is to find the origin story. It usually has the most unedited details.

Diane

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), December 12, 1998.

It is interesting that stories originating the the mid-west or the east all reference California as the hot spot of hoarding (the usual Calif. nutcase posture). Stories written in Calif. quote people in Virginia and New York. Gary North had a story about strike anywhere matches...ACT NOW!!! They will be gone soon! Maybe, but the local Smart and Final has lots of them. Buy some and they are restocked the next day. If hoarding has started, it ain't here.

Liddy

-- Liddy Brite (two-em.dash@usa.net), December 13, 1998.