Doesn't this feel like waiting for a storm?

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I am not usually up this late (10:30pm), but this evening I am feeling like I do when the weatherman has predicted a huge snow storm and I am waiting to see what the track of the storm is and whether it is going to hit us, miss us or die out before it gets here. I tend to stay up until I know even though I obviously can't control it, but I can react depending on what happens. If it looks like it will be really bad, I double check the animals - maybe moving them into the lots up near the barns, make sure all of the lanterns, candles, matches are where they should be, start the woodstove just-in-case and so on.

Right now I am in that waiting mode - unfortunately there might not be any warning to Y2k to be able to do those last minute checks.

Anyone else feel that way?

Other analogies??

-- beckie (sunshine_horses@yahoo.com), December 30, 1999

Answers

Do you like to mudwrestle?

-- King of Spain (madrid@aol.cum), December 30, 1999.

Hello Beckie!

Yes, I feel that way too. No, I have no intelligent analogies (it's almost 2100hrs Pacific Time). Hang in there kiddo! You're *virtually* surrounded by friends here.

KOS

Why is it that, as used to that line as I am, it always takes me by surprise? LOL! Have a happy new year your majesty!

-- (Kurt.Borzel@gems8.gov.bc.ca), December 30, 1999.


Oh King of Spain! Do you ever miss a female name? You crack me up.

Beckie, don't be offended by his majesty. He means no harm.

And yes, I feel exactly as you do. I just put on a pot of coffee, and I am scouring the news -- and waiting.

-- semper paratus (ready@or.not), December 30, 1999.


It reminds me of when I was in the 101st Airborne, 1st of the 502nd, when Saigon fell... they strung concetina wire around the barracks at Ft. Campbell, in case anyone decided to run for home...

They issued us our weapons, we packed our gear, and waited... one turkey sat sharpening his K-bar, with the Ballad of the Green Beret playing over and over and over again on a cheap little portable record player... we sat there all night, waiting for the order to jump/air assault (helicopters) into Saigon to re-capture it from the NVA... I know I must of breathed, or else I wouldn't be typing this :)

In a way, I feel that same tension, and I pray the end is the same, alert canceled, checked weapons back in to the cage, then went and got drunk on my ass with buddies in Nashville...

Only this time, no drunk, just a walk on the beach with my son, and a huge load off my mind..

I hope...

-- Carl (clilly@goentre.com), December 31, 1999.


Great story, Carl.

-- semper paratus (ready@or.not), December 31, 1999.


I cannot identify how I feel. I don't really know what to do with myself. I turned on the TV for a while,which is something I usually never do, and that made me feel even weirder. I happened on a Jenny Jones show about y2k. It was unbelieveable. It was too insane to even explain it. I have so many different feelings floating around that I feel even more disoriented than usual. I feel a little scared to go to sleep. I am so unsure about what tomorrow will bring. I keep praying and that is what is keeping me a little stable. Thanks for being here. Blessings to you all in the next days. Take care

-- a mom (weird@night.com), December 31, 1999.

It's a good time to relax, think about family, or from another thread, read Psalm 91.

-- snooze button (alarmclock_2000@yahoo.com), December 31, 1999.

The trouble with tracking this storm is that television has been most unhelpful. (Thank goodness for you guys.)

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

I gotta go to work tomorrow. 9:00 a.m in the morning. I work for a major grocery store in illinois. got slaughterd today, expect it to be worse tommorow. at 4:00 pm today, we were out of water. I work in the meat dept., people buying steaks like its the last one they will ever get, however, it is a state farm insurance town, and the snob factor is in full swing.... they wear they're state farm "badge's around their're necks like their're shit dont stink.

-- ed (edrider007@aol.com), December 31, 1999.

Beckie,

I've been feeling that way for about a week now. I'm up past midnight, and I'm exhausted. I can't relax. Don't know why, cause I'm fairly prepared - even have a rural bug-out place stocked (mom's) complete with wood stove if my power goes out. My DGI mom def thinks I've lost it. This experience is surreal. If things don't go haywire right away, I can definitely see serious long-term probs ahead no matter what the foolish pollies say. Right or wrong they are foolish. I'm glad I prepared. I think I've learned a lot, too, in the process, regardless of the outcome.

Proud to be a GI and ready to roll in the mud! (yes, that's what I said, King of Spain)

-- nuttygirl (feelinutty@y2k.com), December 31, 1999.



I was thinking that it was a combination of awaiting a birth and anticipating a death, but the thing that just hit me is that it's like the run up to the Gulf War. You knew it was going to happen on a specific day, Jan 17, but you didn't know if it was going to turn out well or not.

-- Kurt Ayau (Ayau@iwinet.com), December 31, 1999.

Like waiting for the bombing of Baghdad during Desert Storm. We, at work, knew it would start that afternoon (our time) but no one knew exactly when. Many of us had friends or family members over there and we were concerned. Radios were forbidden in our department, but I had a Mulder-type office in the corner so I was able to hide a radio and keep track. One of the secretaries would stop by every 20 minutes or so with a "memo" and then pass the news as she made her rounds through the department. It was a really weird day.

-- Sam Mcgee (weissacre@gwtc.net), December 31, 1999.

Good analogy. I guess I now understand better those folks in Florida when one o them himmicanes got them in the crosshairs...

-- djf (djf@foxinternet.net), December 31, 1999.

Waiting for a storm? Well sort of. Here in Florida, we've had a number of close calls with storms this year. No electricity? We're ready for that, for a while. No water? We're ready for that too, for a few weeks at least. Food? No problem, but the diet may get a bit boring. But we're a family of backpackers, and we're used to those kinds of inconviences.

Hoever, with hurricanes, we were mainly concerned with losing our roof, or worse, our lives, with the threat of spinoff tornadoes. And once the storm passed, we knew that we could resume our lives.

With Y2k, we are more concerned with losing our jobs, and for the future of our son. We are prepared for (relatively) short term disruptions. Long term impacts? It's a roll of the dice. And I really don't like that.

There is no good analogy for y2k. Except, perhaps Pompeii. It all depended on how far away you were from the mountain. Most people are still on the slopes.

-- Spindoc' (spindoc_99_2000@yahoo.com), December 31, 1999.


Pompeii...

now that's a PERSPECTIVE worth some thought !!!

-- (Kurt.Borzel@gems8.gov.bc.ca), December 31, 1999.



HOORAY! !

It took 2 years but I finally got asked to mudwrestle by KOS! !

Thanks for all of the great stories and thoughts. I went to bed shortly after I posted, but I was up again at 6am CST - couldn't sleep.

This board has been like an extended family to me for a long time. Like many of you my family wouldn't listen at first (they finally did to some extent). It is an honor to share this last day of the year with all of you.

-- beckie (sunshine_horses@yahoo.com), December 31, 1999.


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