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*The* Didaskalos wrote in message <35a80b7d.35605436@news.alpha.net>...
>DEBRA BEDORE <dbedore@worldnet.att.net> wrote to  and milw.general:
>
>== I'm really P.Oed now.  Pat Robertson is off of Disney and on to
>== predicting armegeddon over the Y2k problems. He's talking about
>== food and power shortages and suggesting people stock up for the
>== year 2000.  I can just see little old ladies (without computers)
>== getting upset over this.  What an asshole!
>
>Local fundamentalists in Milwaukee are organizing activity so they can
>flee the city and find refuge in suburban churches. "Pastor" Matt
>Trewhella, a convicted abortion protest lawbreaker, is leading one
>such effort. Part of it is urging people to withdraw their money from
>banks at some point before 1/1/00.
>
>There will be chaos if enough people take their money out of banks.
>
>In a very real way, this could be a self-fulfilling prophecy.

This is what frightens me most about the Y2K problem. If there are enough
reports in the media -- and this is by no means limited to apocalyptic
fanatics -- about how banks are going to crash on January 1, 2000, there
will be a mass withdrawal of funds near the end of December that will
precipitate the crash. Best I can say is that the problem will correct
itself around January 2nd or 3rd when it becomes apparent that the disaster
was caused largely by human beings, not computers. For the rest of us, this
will be a great excuse for paying bills late. <g>

Chris