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Non-Technical Information

• Everything 2000 - The Millennium isn't just a computer crisis; it's also supposed to be the biggest party to date.  Granted, the programmers won't be there, but they usually aren't invited to these bashes, anyway.  
• 1/1/00: Not Our Only Date With Destiny - Column 1 article in the Los Angeles Times on 17 August 1988.

Technical Information

• Year2000 Information Center  - Peter de Jager's site.  Highly technical, but with draws for even the least computer-saavy.   I especially like his essay You're Sick of the Game! Well, now, that's a Shame
• Mitre's Year 2000
• Software Spectrum - A comprehensive list of software company's Year 2000 information.  A one-stop resource location for anyone running software.
• The Hourglass - A information exchange project to support European IT projects dealing with the Year 2000 crisis

"The Year 2000 is like an onion.  As you peel away the layers of problems, you find additional layers of problems waiting underneath.  And just like an onion, the more layers you peel, the more you feel you are going to cry."           --Peter Worrall, in Acord Magazine

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Crisis Survival Stuff

Information

• Captain Dave's Survival Center - This is an excellent source of medical information, gear, and foodstuffs.  Captain Dave also has a Year 2000 page with specific guidelines for this particular crisis.
• The Cassandra Project
• Survival: A Beginning
• Y2K Chaos - The name says it all.
• Y2K Survive - This site has some interesting information, but I frankly think it is alarmist.  The question is, how much of the system will go down and how long will it stay down.  I'm betting on the system being up or worked-around quickly.  Site author Cody Varian disagrees. 
• The American Freedom Network - Yeah, I know.   Preparing for disaster puts you in the same camp as the loonies in Montana.   Well, to paraphrase, "Just because everyone thinks you're paranoid doesn't mean they're going to fix this bug on schedule."

Food

• Best Prices Storable Food
• Emergency Essentials and Provident Pantry
• Walton Feed
• SOS Food Lab, Inc. - More like emergency rations than survival fare.  I have one in my car, right next to the first aid kit.
• Raytech - Same deal but in a wider variety of sizes.  Has a two-person/14-day pack.  Personally, I think you'd be better off with some canned tomatoes, but this is designed for pilots on Al/Can routes, and tomatoes are heavy.

Equipment

• Special Operations Supply
• Lehman's - Specializing in non-electric machinery: hand driven appliances, homesteading tools, etc.
• Emergency Food Storage
• Gray's Sports Emergency Survival Supplies
• Recreational Equipment, Inc.

Books

These books get serious about survival.
Remember: "Hope for the best and plan for the worst."

Two Little Savages
Practical Outdoor Survival: A Modern Approach
Where There is No Doctor: A Village Healthcare Handbook
Home Life in the Colonial Days
Five Acres and Independence
The Basic Essentials of Survival

Farnham's Freehold by Robert Heinlein is out of print. 
     Check your used book store

Get a copy of the Boy Scout Manual and Emergency Preparedness merit badge handbooks.   If you can't find a local provider, order a catalog from The Boy Scouts of America.

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