Y2K

Y2K And Agriculture

Westergaard Year 2000 offers the following article entitled, "Y2K and Agriculture: Potential Effects and Consequences" http://www.y2ktimebomb.com/Industry/Agriculture/agri9815.htm

Get a quick, first look at Y2K from an agricultural perspective by following this link: http://www.mda.state.mn.us/DOCS/COMM/y2kpiece.htm

Breaking the World's Food Chain: Agriculture and Y2K: http://www.cbn.org/news/stories/981005.asp

Delve deeper into the agricultural perspective on Y2K from the USDA: http://www2.hqnet.usda.gov/aphis/FSWG/faq.html#1

Here is a neat checklist from the Iowa Manufacturing Technology Center. http://www.tecnet.org/iowamtc/y2000.html

Y2K and Agriculture: Potential Effects and Consequences: http://www.y2ktimebomb.com/Industry/Agriculture/agri9815.htm

Year 2000 and the Food Supply: http://www2.hqnet.usda.gov/aphis/FSWG/

Good Ag. http://www.agnr.umd.edu/current/Y2K/home.html

Farm and country’s page. http://www.agpub.on.ca/as_5y2k.htm

Y2K presents problems for agriculture industry http://www.mda.state.mn.us/DOCS/COMM/y2kpiece.htm

Food and safety management. http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OM/y2k.htm

Agricultural extension groups handbook. http://agri.gov.ns.ca/y2k/termsref.htm

Y2K Sustainability Resources: http://www.co-intelligence.org/y2k_SustainResources.html

Agricultural technology page. http://www.agriculture.com/technology/index.html

Napa Valley Citizens for Year 2000 Preparedness: http://www.y2knapa.com/y2kgeneral.html

Personal Preparation

FEMA has to be the Premier place to start with planning. Anyone who is serious has to go there. http://www.fema.gov/pte/fampubs.htm

Michael Hyatt is a trailblazer and is now working on a survival book. You can preview most of it by following this link. There are some very good ideas. Definitely worth a stop in your search. http://www.michaelhyatt.com/survival.htm

Once again, high praises for The Cassandra Project. They have great information and links to information to help you get your house in order for y2k: http://cassandraproject.org/home.html

Ted Danberry has a website billed as "Ted Danberry's Y2K Links". It is that, and a good deal more. If you want an itemized list of things to buy before 1/1/2000, this one includes everything from absolute essentials to toothbrushes, and extra pencils. Do not miss it. http://www.y2klinks.net/

Here is a site called, The Y2K Survival Library. They have information on how to a lot of very necessary things like how to avoid mistakes in food storage to how to install a hand pump on your water well. http://forums.cosmoaccess.net/forum/survival/prep/survival.htm

Here is a site called Nursehealer that will tell you all you need to know about putting together a medical kit. http://www.nursehealer.com/Guide.htm And from the same folks, a guide to food and food preparation. http://www.nursehealer.com/Recipes.htm

The Millennium-ark people have a wonderful site to assist in your planning at: http://www.millennium-ark.net/News_Files/Hollys.html

The Lehman's people have what you need for sale. At least, they have a lot of it at; http://www .cumberlandgeneral.com

If they don't have it, try Cuberland General Store at; http://www.cumberlandgeneral.com/

According to a person I know who used them, the Kitchen Collection, Inc. has super service and wonderful prices on cooking stuff. http://www.kitcol.com

As with everything else on this site, Karen's planning information is insightful, and entertaining. (At least, she is entertaining for me.) Y2K Women: http://www.y2kwomen.com

Y2Kwatch has a pretty decent planning section. (You can also subscribe to receive their free newsletter.) http://y2kwatch.com

A Community Goal: self-sufficiency for 14 Days-A very good article. It is first in this preparation list because it speaks to the issue of how long to plan for. The concept of planning for two weeks may have some real merit. http://www.y2ktimebomb.com/GL/CL/gl9850.htm

Prepare For Y2K: Pretty good preparation and general information site. http://www.prepare4y2k.com/

If you are serious about getting prepared for ‘Come-What-May’, this may be the ultimate source. http://www.y2ksupply.com/index.asp?pageid=sourcebook

DAYCPG - Dallas Area Y2K Community Preparedness Group http://www.homestead.com/Y2kWeatherman/DAYCPG.html

MYCPC - Mid-Cities (DFW Area) Y2K Community Preparedness http://www.mycpc.com

Joseph Project http://www.josephproject2000.org

One Christian Perspective Y2k http://www.christiany2k.com

This site has good financial readiness information from a Christian perspective. http://www.cfcministry.org/library/y2k/index.htm

Lowell, MA Neighborhood Y2K Preparedness Group http://lowellonline.org/bna/y2k

Here is one source of various survival commodities: http://www.coolandunusual.com/y2k/y2kstore/y10twok/index.html

Y2K Prayer Shield http://www.y2kprayershield.org

State of Texas Y2K Information Site http://www.dir.state.tx.us/y2k

Y2K Timebomb http://www.y2ktimebomb.com

Y2K Chaos http://www.y2kchaos.com

Emotionally Coping With Y2K. Learn about the ongoing concerns and solutions of others planning for Y2K: http://townchat.com/y2k/bbs/coping/index.html

The first site for Y2K information on medical related subjects. There is all kinds of information here regarding various things from medical equipment outright to medications. http://www.ttuhsc.edu/pages/year2000/Ttuy2k.htm

Here is a website called 'Willitwork.com'. It bills itself as, "The world's largest search engine for Y2K compliance contact information. You simply type in the specific equipment you are concerned about, or the category or equipment it would fall into. It gives you back a list of companies with contact information, or an email address for additional information. http://www.willitwork.com/

I Have Not checked out any of these sites personally yet. They come from a mailing on RUReady4Y2K@onelist.com I have never been dissapointed with serious inforation on this list. But, occasionally, they do fool around.
http://www.homepower.com/
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/bhuebner/
http://www.mrsolar.com/
http://www.alfenterprises.com/
http://www.rain.org/~philfear/how2solar.html
http://www.netrover.com/~cbushell/solar/solar1.html
http://www.energyoutfitters.com/otherurl.htm
http://www.alltel.net/~profg/solar/
http://www.solarextreme.com/
http://www.ezlink.com/~dtoms/
http://www.statpower.com/
http://www.jademountain.com/
http://www.effectivesolar.com/
http://solstice.crest.org/renewables/index.shtml

This one is a link to a mailing list with a web based archive section.
http://aurora.crest.org/resources/emlists/pvusers/

Business Preparation
The Co-Intelligence Institute/Y2K The Co-Intelligence Institute/Y2K has a good planning page for small businesses. In addition to a checklist by Harlan Smith (a pretty knowledgeable guy), there are also a number of good links. http://www.co-intelligence.org/y2k_smallbusnss.html

The Small Business Administration has a great site for small business planning considerations. http://www.sba.gov/y2k/

Community Information

Superb source of community planning information with a site designed for the heartland. You should know what you are looking for, there is a bunch of information. http://www.gsa.gov/irms/ka/mks/yr2000/project.htm#contingency

State of South Dakota Year 2000 Project page. If you live here, this is a good place to know about. http://www.state.sd.us/state/executive/bit/y2k/index.htm

DAYCPG - Dallas Area Y2K Community Preparedness Group http://www.homestead.com/Y2kWeatherman/DAYCPG.html

MYCPC - Mid-Cities (DFW Area) Y2K Community Preparedness http://www.mycpc.com

RV-Y2K Task Force - Rogue Valley, Medford, Oregon Area Task Force

Lowell, MA Neighborhood Y2K Preparedness Group http://lowellonline.org/bna/y2k

Resources for communities from the Chief Information Officers Council Committee on Year 2000 http://www.gsa.gov/irms/ka/mks/yr2000/cioy2k.htm

The Cassandra Project (Many things can be found at this website, and it is bilingual): http://cassandraproject.org/home.html

Great community action page. http://www.co-intelligence.org/y2k_communityaction.html

Joseph Project 2000 Christian-led nonprofit group seeking to engage Christians in proactive awareness, preparedness and service so they might be ready to bless their neighbors during any time of difficulty. http://www.josephproject2000.org

Napa valley y2k. http://www.y2knapa.com/y2kgeneral.html

A Community Goal: self-sufficiency for 14 Days-A very good article. http://www.y2ktimebomb.com/GL/CL/gl9850.htm

Articles about Y2K

This article from the Boston Globe discusses the possibility of blackouts with the backdrop of recent announcements from utilities companies that some of them won't be ready. "BLACKOUT?: Utility companies brace for 2000" - Associated Press, 01/10/99 14:54
http://www.boston.com/dailynews/wirehtml/010/BLACKOUT__Utilitycompani_____01_10_.shtml

This CNET report supports the believe that checks may still not go out from Social Security. Story at:
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,30357,00.html?st.ne.87.head

"POWERful Prognostications" by Dick Mills This is a great discussion of progress and the electrical utilities. http://www.y2ktimebomb.com/PP/RC/dm9901.htm

"Global-Local Y2K" by Chuck Lanza This is a good article for community planners who want to implement practice y2k emergency excercises.
http://www.y2ktimebomb.com/GL/CL/gl9901.htm

"Hospitals run into Y2K early FDA - warning alerted the facilities to Y99 problems"By Tracy Correa, available from the Fresno Bee at: http://www.fresnobee.com/generic/story/0,1495,58000,00.html

Read about Coca-Cola's y2k remmediation efforts thus far. With $60 million already spent on the problme, Coke expects to spend another $70 million before it is done. They are working like crazy, but left too much, for too long I fear.: http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,30432,00.html?st.ne.87.head

"DON'T DROP YOUR Y2K GUARD YET" By Michael S. Hyatt, December 28, 1998 http://www.michaelhyatt.com/

"Y2K vs. the World - Worldwide Millennium - Preparedness Varies" ByJohn J. Edwards III, http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/business/DailyNews/y2kcountries981228.html

Neat article, and if you fly, a little scary. "Airports try to head off the bug British airport operator finds varying levels of awareness, preparation, predicts more annoyance than danger" - REUTERS BRUSSELS, Dec. 21 — http://www.msnbc.com/news/225741.asp

This is a great link to a number of Y2K news services. Keep up with the latest from the most reputable of sources. http://www.year2000.com/y2kwire.html

Could the IRS fail? Here is one option from the Americans for Fair Taxation? http://www.fairtax.org/home.html

Another IRS option from Citizens For AnAlternative Tax System. http://www.cats.org/

(From the Chicago Tribune) "Inside worries shift to ourside -- Companies fear their recautions will be in vaini if other firms don't also protect themselves." By Greg Burns, Tribune Staff Writer, December 06, 1998 http://chicagotribune.com/versionI/article/0,1575,ART-19697,00.html

(From y2knewswire.com) "Chips, Ships, and Slips: Growth in International Trade Will Be Stunted By Year 2000 Issues" By Dennis G. Grabow http://www.itpolicy.gsa.gov/mks/yr2000/y2kcomf/papers/paper72fp.htm

(From Washington Post Staff Writer Joel Achenbach, Monday, December 7, 1998; Page A01, "Y2K Fears Reach Beyond The Fringe" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/washtech/frompost/dec98/y2kfears7.htm

"A Circle Of Dominoes -- A critical look at the coming Year 2000 crisis using the mathematics of interrelated probabilities" By the Webmaster at www.y2knewswire.com Copyright � 1998 by Arial Marketing, Inc. www.y2knewswire.com. This document is considered "freeware" and may be republished, redistributed, and copied without prior permission provided credit is given to http://www.y2knewswire.com and the document is left intact.) http:///www.y2knewswire.com/dominoes.htm

From Federal Computer Week, "Coast Guard raises Y2K warning flag - Says problems could spill into oil tankers" BY BOB BREWIN (antenna@fcw.com) AND ORLANDO De BRUCE (orlando_debruce@fcw.com) This is one link in transportation most people tend to ignore. Even at sea, there will be the possibility of Y2K interruptions. http://www.fcw.com/pubs/fcw/1998/1207/fcw-newscoast-12-7-98.html

Much of Europe has done little to nothing about Y2K in lieu of their efforts toward a unified monetary system called the Euro. Get a little perspective of some of the complications Europe is facing in the Year 2000. From abcnews.com, "Earlier Ambitions Ended in Trash Can - Is Europe Ready for the Euro? Meet Mr. Euro" By Peter Eavis ABCNEWS.com from TheStreet.com, N E W Y O R K, Dec. 10. http://abcnews.go.com/sections/business/DailyNews/eurovision981209/index.html

This article is found at the Westergaard 2000 site. The author pinpoints common mistakes people make when planning for Y2K. Primary among them is waiting to long to begin! "Most Common Mistakes" By Robert Lefkowitz, December 22, 1998, http://www.y2ktimebomb.com/IT/RL/rl9851.htm

"Year 2000: Truth Matters -- The Moment Of Truth Is Here For Y2K Efforts, But A Lack Of Clarity Makes It Hard To Learn What's Really Happening" by Janis L. Gogan. Article found in December 07, 1998, Issue: 712, Section: Behind The News Information week. http://www.techweb.com/se/directlink.cgi?IWK19981207S0090

This is a collection of recent articles on various aspects of the Year 2000 situation. It is very good. http://www.year2000.com/releases/NFnews.html

A Community Goal: self-sufficiency for 14 Days-A very good article. http://www.y2ktimebomb.com/GL/CL/gl9850.htm

More on The Dreaded Nines and Other Proverbial Dates-A good look at additional date sensitive dates. http://www.y2ktimebomb.com/Computech/Issues/lcore9850.htm

This article entitled, " The Year 2000: Social Chaos or Social Transformation?" byJohn L. Petersen, Margaret Wheatley, Myron Kellner-Rogers", should jerk any reader's eyes open regarding the national, global, and there for local nature of Y2K. http://www.year2000.com/archive/social.html

Frequently Asked Questions with a South Dakota Slant from the state WebPages. http://www.state.sd.us/state/executive/bit/y2k/faq.htm

This article is a case study of an actual farm family, and what they are doing for Y2K.http://agriculture.com/technology/thisweek/y2k_2farmer.html

This is another article that is a case study of an actual farm family, and what they are doing in their Y2K preparations. http://agriculture.com/technology/thisweek/y2k_1farmer.html

Among Y2K experts, Ed Yourdon is among the top of Y2K commentators. His credentials are impeccable. Ed Yourdon on the "Domino Effect" is a helpful article on the magnitude of Y2K. http://www.garynorth.com/y2k/detail_.cfm/801

More basic information about the problem comes from CBN, and is entitled The Basics of Y2K.This article is good for explaining why a fix in one place, doesn’t necessarily fix the problem: http://159.26.240.64/y2k/basics.asp

UN statements regarding y2k: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1998-12/12/081l-121298-idx.html

UN y2k resolution: http://www.un.org/members/yr2000/draftres.htm

Anyone needing more information should follow this link to an article by Gary Halonon. Gary is a pretty common sense sort of guy. He has gotten over his initial reactions to Y2K long ago, and is a positive thinker. Although he recognizes things can get grim, he is concerned primarily with helping people address Y2K in a positive way.: https://www.angelfire.com/mn/inforest/mshal.html

Michael Hyatt is the author of "The Millennium Bug". Hyatt is among the top commentators, and like most of them who have been with Y2K since the beginning, he can get very, very scary for a newcomer: http://www.michaelhyatt.com/overview.htm

Information Directories, is entitled Y2K For Kids, and it is wonderful. http://www.gsa.gov/irms/ka/mks/yr2000/kidsy2k.htm

Hard to dispute, but… "The Millennium Bug" by Michael Hyatt? If you didn't find it before, this is his Homepage. Notice you can get an email newsletter from him. It is worthwhile. http://www.michaelhyatt.com

Sound Advice. "Y2K: The Millennium Bug -- A Balanced Christian Response" by Shaunti Feldhahn: http://www.josephproject2000.org/preparation.htm

Y2K Media Sites (If you want to review the latest Y2K news, everything makes it to one of these sites.)

Sanger's Review of Y2K News Reports http://www.y2kreview.com

ZDY2K http://www.zdnet.com/zdy2k

CNET http://www.news.com/Categories/Index/0,3,87,00.html?st.ne..hnav.y2kidx

NY Times Year 2000 Bug Forum and Archive http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/reference/millennium-index.html

BBC Education: Millennium Bug Information http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/cdb/bug/index.shtml

ABCNEWS.com-"Millennium Bugged" http://www.abcnews.com/sections/tech/millennium/millennium_intro2.html

Year 2000 News http://www.year2000news.com/

Software Magazine http://www.sentrytech.com/yr2kspec.htm

The Boston Globe http://www.boston.com/globe/

Techweb http://www.techweb.com

PC Magazine Online http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/iu/toolkit/y2k-pctech-3.htm

Comlinks http://www.comlinks.com/mmenu.htm

Computer World http://www.computerworld.com/redirects/y2k.html

Information Week http://techweb.cmp.com/iw/center/year2k.htm

AdvancedY2K

Embedded section of an excellent larger document. http://www.millennia-bcs.com/hlthsmry.htm#embed

More on The Dreaded Nines and Other Proverbial Dates-A good look at additional date sensitive dates. http://www.y2ktimebomb.com/Computech/Issues/lcore9850.htm

Microprocessors and electrical utilities: http://www.millennia-bcs.com/hlthsmry.htm#elec

http://www.biomedy2k.com/

Very Good! Health related problems of y2k unpreparedness. if you can play them, it also has realaudio presentations: http://www.millennia-bcs.com/hlthsmry.htm

Miscellaneous Y2K

Martial law in Canada: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/national/981212/2098082.html

President’s Speech: http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/New/html/19980714-5571.html

Gartner survey. http://www.oracle.com/year2000/fastfacts.html

This link will take you to the website of the Cornerstone Church in Garden City, Kansas. I included it for those folks who use the 'rapture' as an excuse not to plan. Maybe they are right about the rapture, maybe not, but they are wrong in my opinion about planning. Anyway, here is a great intro to the rapture, and what it is all about (maybe) for Christians. http://www.odsgc.net/~cornerst/rapture.htm

If you took the last link, you will want to take this one. The last site came before this one because one of them had to come first, and because the last site puts the rapture before incredibly hard times, this site says it comes after. Pray about it. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/9345/

Congressional hearings. http://www.itaa.org/congress.htm

Air traffic controllers comments to the FAA. http://home.natca.org/natca/publicsafety/faay2k.html

Business Week article: http://www.businessweek.com/1998/50/b3608068.htm

At the following website, Year 2000 Press Clippings: http://www.year2000.com/articles/articles_1998_4-1.html, is a list of press clippings that go back months. You can read about Y2K from almost every serious publication, and some not-so-serious publications in the world. Here is a partial list of what there is available there.Year 2000 Press Clippings- April 1 - 15, 1998 Archive: CIO Enterprise: New Money Microsoft: Tick Tock - The Year 2000 Problem Credit Union Times: Preparedness is the real Year 2000 issue Government Executive: OPM grants hiring flexibilities for Y2K jobs InfoWorld: Microsoft unveils year-2000 site, readies Internet Explorer service pack ABCNews.com: Y2K Bugs Plague Microsoft Sm@rt Reseller: Microsoft Releases Y2K Product Reviews Reuters: Microsoft says Windows has ``minor'' Y2K issues TechWeb: Year 2000 Political Fight Brews in California Federal Computer Week: IRS' tab for Year 2000 fix to total nearly $1 billion Westergaard Year 2000: Y2K and Small Businesses: Who Primes the Pump? Westergaard Year 2000: Y2K and Small Town USA Westergaard Year 2000: Y2K and Agriculture: Potential Effects and Consequences ABCNews.com/TheStreet.com: Banks Rush to Merge The News (Portsmouth, UK): Cash Offer To Beat 2000 Bug

These are my personal favorite Y2K web sites. They are not better than any others are simply because I like them most. I include them because I'm just that kind of guy.

Ed Yourdon is a public groundbreaker with his book, 'Time Bomb 2000'. His qualifications and authority regarding y2k can not be disputed. This guy has been around since computers started keeping time. I must confess however, that I like his hyper-energy, prolific writing, and his sense of humor as much as the other stuff.: http://www.yourdon.com/

Michael Hyatt is the author of "The Millennium Bug." Hyatt is among the top commentators, and like most of them who have been with Y2K since the beginning, he can get very, very scary for a newcomer: http://www.michaelhyatt.com/

Dr. Ed Yardeni is in my opinion, a 'Do-Not-Miss' commentator on Y2K. I can't add to what I already said about Dr. Ed Yardeni, his expertise is economics, and international exposure can not be ignored by anybody who cares about his financial picture.: http://www.progsys.com/yardeni/welcome.html

The Cassandra Project has been there for y2k pilgrims since the whole thing started getting talked about. They can be a one stop shop for many y2k quests.: http://cassandraproject.org/home.html

What can I say, I like Gary Halonan's approach to y2k. http://home.ica.net/~njarc/2000/Ontario/home.html

These folks have a lot of absolutely great information to offer someone looking for what they need to get through y2k. From food to night vision equipment, you can find it here, or on one of their links. http://www.y2konline.com/They also have an audio section that is pretty good at: http://www.audiocentral.com/y2k/y2konline/default.html

Speaking of audio sites, my personal all time favorite y2k audio site come from Gordon McDonald, who is a researcher for Chuck Missler. He has a weekly y2k update and hours of audio files regarding the subject of y2k. Listen to your heart's content, and learn a whole bunch. http://www.audiocentral.com/y2k/audio.html#why2k

In an area of research where there is so much potential for bad information, a recognized source of reliable daily Y2K news is welcome. They have it, and they have a free newsletter. http://www.y2knewswire.com/

Here is a place that makes my heart smile. http://members.aol.com/NatPrayer/

As helpful as the preceding link, The Y2K Update Report is excellent. http://www.y2kupdatereport.com/

When it comes to a technical internet news service, ZDnet by Zip Davis is a highly respected source. I get their newsletter, and like them for a lot of things. Y2K information does not happen to be something I think they do well, but you can read about y2k there, and I can't mention y2knewswire without mentioning them. They go head to head fairly often lately regarding y2k. If you haven't been to ZDnet yet, you won't regret a visit. This link http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/ will take you to their news page. (You may need to register to get in. My browsers automatically enter my passwords for me, so I couldn't easily check that detail.)