Then, after people start stockpiling, members can urge them to increase their cache, he says. I leave every meeting feeling scared even though I've been preparing. Storing food and water is Y2K insurance. After generating four pages of ideas on the easel, Strackbein injects a dose of reality. We can't even get a brochure published because the same four people have to do it.
Money is also an issue.
The group's request for a grant from the Center for Y2K and Society, which has funded other community organizations, recently was turned down. It's not clear what the event will entail, but the group will spend the intervening weeks trying to get people to attend. We had all these great things we wanted to do. But he believes there's still time to make a difference. Our neighbors may not be listening to us just yet.