Ko-skin-em and the rest of the fed say,"Bump in the road." Then why are they digging fox holes and surounding them with CONCRETE? Hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. GOT BUNKERS? SCOTTY

-- Scotty (BLehman202@aol.com), March 10, 1999

Answers

There have been many, many underground command centers (bunkers) in the D.C. area for many years. Are there new ones? Did I miss something?

-- FM (vidprof@aol.com), March 10, 1999.

FM

No, no new ones that I know of. Just more of the usual from the hand-wringing, the sky is falling, Y2Krackpot brigade.

-- Vinnie (don't@mailbombme.com), March 10, 1999.

Vinnie; Are responsible people preparing for contingencies with more self-reliance all crackpots?

-- Watchful (seethesea@msn.com), March 10, 1999.

If the government is preparing (bunkers, "contingency planning", then does that make them crackpots? Does this mean that we have been governed by "crackpots" since the Cold War mess began?

-- Faze the Nation (dazed@confused.com), March 10, 1999.

It's okay for the government to have underground bunkers, but heaven forbid if the citizens want to store extra provisions. It just doesn't jibe for me.

-- Tim (pixmo@pixelquest.com), March 10, 1999.

"If the government is preparing (bunkers, "contingency planning", then does that make them crackpots? Does this mean that we have been governed by "crackpots" since the Cold War mess began? "

There is a difference between prudent contingency planning and the nonsensical chicken little, New World Order, Government fearing nonsense that is so popular here, i.e. scotty saying THEY are digging new bunkers.

-- Vinnie (don't@mailbombme.com), March 10, 1999.

Scotty, Koskinen is on the record as NOT being a bump-in-the-roader now, go and listen to the press conference from this morning on the thread "Koskinen to speak at "y2k the press and preventing panic". He doesn't want the press to report y2k as being a bump in the road, but doesn't want chicken littles either and wants to avert a panic.

As always, he beats around the bush, but it is clear that he is concerned. He was vague on how much the press should advice on preparations, leaving it open to them and emphasising "good sense and responsibility" and that the goal was to prevent panic.

-- Chris (catsy@pond.com), March 10, 1999.

Vinnie,

If "contingency planning" is a prudent thing for our government to do, then it's prudent for me as well.

Got insurance?

-- Kevin (mixesmusic@worldnet.att.net), March 10, 1999.

Kevin,

Perhaps you did not read what i said: "There is a difference between prudent contingency planning and the nonsensical chicken little, New World Order, Government fearing nonsense that is so popular here,"

-- Vinnie (Don't@mailbombme.com), March 10, 1999.

Vinne ... Go stick your head back in the sand !!! Eagle

-- Harold Walker (e999eagle@freewwweb.com), March 10, 1999.

Harry,

One assumes you are of the hand-wringing variety. See you back here the first week of january - one assumes you wil be humbler then...

-- vinnie (mail@bomb.com), March 10, 1999.

Hot Tip: Buy stock in generators!

-- Outlander (concerned@trifeling.com), March 11, 1999.