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-- a (a@a.a), August 31, 1999

Answers

Neat stuff, Maynard.

C

-- Chuck, a night driver (rienzoo@en.com), August 31, 1999.

A, questions 3 and 7 should have been expanded somewhat. What if I think mass panic will never ensue? You see, I see the general populace as being so preoccupied with their own lives and own need for continuous entertainment, that fear and anxiety over this situation will never take hold.

Thanks anyway.

-- Bad Company (johnny@shootingstar.com), August 31, 1999.

Before I respond, who collectes the results a?

Diane

TB2000 Reader Survey (survey has 10 questions)

Severity of the Y2K problem and associated effects

What is the most extreme form of political turmoil you envision in the US in 2000-2001? (#1 of 10)

none
National Guard in large cities during rollover
National state of emergency/suspension of Constitution for 30 days
National state of emergency/suspension of Constitution for 60 days
National state of emergency/suspension of Constitution for 90 or more days
Civil war/Formation of new national government
Establishment of global government/New World Order
Extended period of anarchy

How many people will die worldwide as a direct or indirect result of Y2K and related effects by Jan 2001? (#2 of 10)

0
100
1000
10,000
100,000
1,000,000
10,000,000
100,000,000 or more

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), August 31, 1999.

BC, you're right. I had "never" in there at one point and I must have overwritten it. I'll put it back in. Also, the multiple choice questions are kind of misleading, as there is no option to choose "none of the above". I'll add that too.

-- a (a@a.a), August 31, 1999.

Diane: Its self reporting. :) WYSIWYG. Only one submission per IP name group is allowed, but I'm sure there are ways to defeat it. Unscientific as hell. Do not base your stock position or stockpile provisions on the outcome...

-- a (a@a.a), August 31, 1999.

Interesting because I found out that I'm not that bad a doomer. I think there will be a collapse but that we will recover and that the whole population will not die off.

A month ago I would have said panic in August/September, now I say December, maybe January--unless there's some incident before or unless some top figure comes out with a dire warning. Good poll. I was wondering what people are thinking at this point.

-- Mara Wayne (MaraWayne@aol.com), August 31, 1999.

I don't think there will be any panic unless electricity goes down and stays down for longer than a month (all of January) in a large area...making it difficult to get assistance from the outside. As has been demonstrated in past natural disasters, people will endure some pretty drastic conditions for long periods of time, as long as they have some sense that help is on its way or there is hope of resolution to the problems. What they will do in a prolonged outage of services is migrate...migration is the most natural of solutions. Go to Uncle Joe's or grandma's house ... in this case Uncle Joe wouldn't have to have a farm, just running water and electricity.

-- Shelia (Shelia@active-stream.com), August 31, 1999.

I clicked on the box about the islamic nations invading Israel - but now think I should not have---after a little more thought, I would believe that the islamic nations, if they depend on advanced type weaponery, probably have not upgraded to the extent they can depend on their weapon systems after the rollover.

-- jeanne (jeanne@hurry.now), August 31, 1999.

Exactly, Sheila. We all make the mistake and envision the internet as being representative of life in general, in essence, a microcosm of the way people feel and what they believe. That's mistaken. The large majority either envision y2k as a huge non-event or as something that still---at this point in time---will be remedied by some silver bullet. Your point about a blackout is well taken then. It undoubtedly will take some shock to the system to begin some public reaction just a hair beyond the yawn we are currently seeing. By then of course, it will be too late.

As long as there's enough beer, ballgames and a Blockbuster video store nearby, January 1st can wait.

regards

-- Bad Company (johnny@shootingstar.com), August 31, 1999.

Really do think that in the military conflict question there was a "Regional, multi-nation conflict" field between the "Invasion of..." and the "Non-Nuclear World War" choices. Something that might serve as an example would be Desert Storm.

I kinda think something like "Europe versus Libya" could be the military action we could see. Especially if Middle Eastern oil supplies dry-up and Europe has to go looking for a supply closer to home.

WW

-- Wildweasel (vtmldm@epix.net), August 31, 1999.

you know what else I love about this forum? I can be in the majority here- just havin average thoughts.....in "real life" I never vote for the winners- except those rare occasions when a Libertarian gets in or something- and I sure don't think like most of the general population- is amusing to see my poll "votes" coming in with a hole bunch of you guys-

-- farmer (hillsidefarm@drbs.net), August 31, 1999.

Hey, "a" : )

A thought: would it be possible or easy to add a link to the results page, so we can see how the poll is coming without having to go thru 5 or 6 screens to check? Thanks, appreciate your considering the suggestion.

-- LauraA (Laadedah@aol.com), September 01, 1999.

a, that was fun, thanks. Like the colored bars at the end showing survey results.

-- Ashton & Leska in Cascadia (allaha@earthlink.net), September 01, 1999.

Here ya go Laura:

Results

-- a (a@a.a), September 01, 1999.

From: Y2K, ` la Carte by Dancr near Monterey, California

Thirty percent of survey takers expect in excess of 100,000 Y2K deaths. That's impressive.

-- Dancr (addy.available@my.webpage.neener.autospammers--regrets.greenspun), September 02, 1999.