We thought it prudent to have a reasonable stock of basic necessities on hand, as is standard practice in well run rural households. We are of the same opinion today. There are several reasons Gospel Plow's position was, and still is, cautious. The truth is the world is constantly in turmoil, and only some things are well. On the secular side, most of the promoters of the Y2K as catastrophe theory had something to sell.
Fear is a tremendous motivator of even the procrastinator.
Some were, but most were not. To date, the only evidence of terrorism near the turn of the century has come from Earth worshippers and those advocating a Moslem state. No matter, all are useful fools to the tyrant. Our predictions seem to have rung true. Merchants have reaped an obscene profit from fear.