Date:         Tue, 28 Dec 1999 15:35:36 -0600
Reply-To:     Chris Smith <chris.smith@AQUILA.COM>
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From:         Chris Smith <chris.smith@AQUILA.COM>
Subject:      Re: Millennium-Proof Westy
Comments: To: Robin Oomkes <robin.oomkes@SWIFT.COM>
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At 05:14 PM 12/28/99 +0100, Robin Oomkes wrote:
>Listies,
>
>As I'm in the IT/telecomm business, I will be working over the New Year
period;
>night shifts in fact. Although I don't consider myself paranoid, I will
have my
>Westy outside the office, with a full diesel and propane tank, charged
>batteries, full water tank, empty porta-potti, and lots of instant food in
the
>kitchen cabinets.
>
>This should make me pretty self-sufficient for a few days, should push
come to
>shove. Is there anything I've overlooked (apart from lead-cladding the whole
>thing to protect against nuclear accidents)? Is anyone else planning on using
>their Westy as an emergency Y2k-shelter? Or you do you think I'm insane?

Since you own a westy you're a little nuts.  I too have to work over new
years.  I am planning on living in the westy not because I am afraid of
what will happen with the various infrastructures, but rather there will be
too many drunks on the road for my 75 mile commute back home.  Better to
just plan on staying in the parking lot than risking a late night trip to
the emergency room

Chris Smith
'82 Westy
'74 Thing
Too much other stuff