Pa. - Mike and Patty Ferry don't want to be caught unprepared. They have stored up a supply of canned foods, grains and noodles that will last their family of four up to six months. Their wood pile is enough to heat a home for two winters.
Oil lamps provide light.
A wind-up radio provides news and entertainment. The Ferrys even have a solar cooker, which slowly heats food like a crock pot. But the Ferrys aren't getting ready for winter. When that day comes, according to some somber scenarios, the date confusion could cause the national power grid to shut down, throwing the nation into a kind of Dark Ages in the new millennium. And, some speculate, with a nationwide blackout may come disruptions in municipal water and sewage services, a breakdown in food and fuel distribution chains, and a run on banks and global economic collapse.