Is this Y2K delayed? I for one took the initiative and became as well prepared 2 years ago as I could be. I was glad that nothing happened on January 1, 2000; but also dissappointed that everyone in the outside world seemed to think that this nation could continue as usual.

Is this the unfortunate wake up call that our nation needed?

Our family will continue on our quiet ways and will open our hearts and doors to those less fortunate. Let us hope that we all take a little time to reflect on the impact of this horrific incident.

-- Kathy L. Egli (kegli@dor.state.wi.us), September 11, 2001

Answers

I think so.

Those who have a narrow definition of Y2K will say No, but in the broader sense, yes, this is what we have been preparing for.

-- Rick#7 (rick7@postmark.net), September 11, 2001.

Yes, I believe it is the wake up call that was needed. Many people who prepared for Y2K became very complacent and went back to their way of buying groceries "as needed". Our pantry isn't stocked with gourmet foods by any means but we could get by for a long time with what we have on hand.

-- Grannytoo (jacres40@hotmail.com), September 11, 2001.

I work next to Ft. Lee and this is my usual grocery day. Went to the store (Walmart) and a lot of the shelves had gaping holes in them. Why? Good question. A lot of the basics that people stock up on in an emergency situation were almost totally missing. They cut off traffic and delivery just this morning. Could it have had that great of an effect?

The second store I went to was Sav-a-lot. They are usually well stocked and had 8 packages of margarine left when I got there.

The stores were eerily quiet. The checkout lines were a peice of cake compared to normal. People walked around in a daze. Sirens were going off over at Ft. Lee. The trucks went out this evening headed for New York. The forensics teams. Most of them very scared young kids.

-- Stephanie Nosacek (possumliving@go.com), September 11, 2001.

There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground And swallows circling with their shimmering sound And frogs in the ponds, croaking at night And wild plum trees, all in tremulous white

Robins will wear their feathery fire Whistling their whims on a low fence wire Not one would know of the war, Not one would know when it is done

Not one will care, Neither bird nor tree, If mankind perished utterly And Spring herself when she woke at dawn Would hardly know that we were gone

Sara Teasdale --1927

-- (lydiac@goes.com), September 17, 2001.