Sociological impact, anyone?

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Just a thought, but does anyone have any sources on the possible long term sociological/psychological effects of losing one or more cities due to y2k related malfunctions? I'm not talking about terrorism or some such here, but merely something like extended loss of power in the snowbelt, with concurrent blizzard, arctic cold, etc...

thoughts, anyone?

Arlin

-- Arlin H. Adams (ahadams@ix.netcom.com), December 20, 1998

Answers

Arlin,

Tell me if this is along the lines of what you're looking for. It's the "Urban Survival" section of the Y2KChaos site:

http://www.y2kchaos.com/s35p113.htm

-- Kevin (mixesmusic@worldnet.att.net), December 20, 1998.


Kevin,

as a matter of fact that *is* the sort of thing I was thinking of, though I am also hoping to also draw on some of the knowledge of some of the non-Christian participants on the board.

Arlin

-- Arlin H. Adams (ahadams@ix.netcom.com), December 20, 1998.


Try these, Arlin.

One of the best sites I've found is Peter Carmichael's, who has put together a bunch of essays covering the sociological and psychological aspects.

Link at

http://www.tmn.com/y2k/

Also Alan Lewis has a bunch of diverse essays along the same lines - well worth checking out.

Link at

http://www.provide.net/~aelewis/y2ko/y2ko_000.htm

Cheers, Andy

-- Andy (2000EOD@prodigy.net), December 20, 1998.


Andy,

thanks, good stuff! I hadn't seen the Lewis site at all previously. Still wondering if we need to be looking at the cultural and social effects of stuff like the Dresden firebombing, to get some kind of a take on what the reaction will be if we lose Detroit, Denver, or wherever...

Arlin

-- Arlin H. Adams (ahadams@ix.netcom.com), December 21, 1998.


Arlin,

I think I found what you're looking for. It's a web site on the January 1998 ice storm in Quebec. Some people were without power for long periods of time, and it was bitterly cold.

http://members.aol.com/badice98/icestormtext.html

This is a very personal account of what happened, how people reacted, and how they survived.

-- Kevin (mixesmusic@worldnet.att.net), December 21, 1998.



Excellent Ice Storm account Kevin. Coming to the conclusion that some places to find really useful information are the Emergency Preparedness groups.

Thanks, Diane

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), December 21, 1998.


Yep, Kevin, read the article, thanks, it was good; the writer got dazed & emotional, especially because it was happening juxtaposed against the 'normal' world. I was wondering about what all was happening when I saw it in the papers last year. Thanks for the update.

Yep, Diane, the Emergency Prep groups are a *great* place to find info, drills, and ppl who have already prepared. We've been prepping since 1993, and we're almost done! Yippee! Well, not the preferrable bug-out prep, but the low-income suburb prep. All we have left to buy is a good shovel and something to protect the windows from marauders. There's a thread about window coverings that we're reading. Still some other odds & ends to gather, but not anything that will be in short supply next month when we'll finish. BTW, it's snowing and 19 degrees or less around the beautiful Pacific Northwest, and guess what? Home Depot + similar stores immediately sold out of faucet covers: Runs. We got ours early, due to Prep training, because we were alerted about 5 days before the public found out an artic mass was headed this way. Now the News is reporting broken pipes and water damage. It pays to be part of Prep groups. Nobody tells you you're nuts there!

Ashton & Leska in Cascadia, with enough Y2K TP to build an indoor igloo :)
xxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxx

-- Leska (allaha@earthlink.net), December 21, 1998.


That *was* the sort of thing I'm looking for Kevin, thanks...

Arlin

-- Arlin H. Adams (ahadams@ix.netcom.com), December 21, 1998.


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