After listening to Focus on the Family chief James Dobson, attending a Christian Coalition conference and doing his own research, Tarlton decided to err on the side of caution with the Y2K computer problem. I feel good, but I'm not where I want be. Thousands of conservative Christians have been taking the Y2K threat seriously for months, holding seminars, surfing Web sites and stocking provisions to make it through any storm. The effects of the Y2K bug may turn out to be little more than a quick thunderstorm, but pessimists predict that it will ripple into a Category 5 storm. Widespread power outages, crippled ATMs and food hoarding are possible, they say.
Some survivalists cite Biblical prophecy to corroborate their concerns.
Y2K may be nothing. The fear of it may bring this nation into a collapse. But some say some Y2K pundits are bordering on fear-mongering. It's a big distraction.