Unconfirmed, but from a reliable source (FWIW) - FEMA is apparently running television ads in Northern NH advising people how to cook over an open fire. FIL (who's a GI) has seen the ad. Any other confirmation here?

-- Phread (lurking@y2k.com), December 19, 1999

Answers

LOL, back to the stone age.

-- Fred (Flintstone@dino.wheels), December 19, 1999.

Now why would you need to learn that (stupid way to teach it any way) if you're only preparing for a "3 day storm"? You could survive on read to eat junk food for a couple of weeks, unless ...

-- Interested Spectator (is@the_ring.side), December 19, 1999.

Amazing! What's next? Squalor: with Martha Stewart...fun ways to do without...? :)

-- chairborne commando (what-me-worry@armageddon.com), December 19, 1999.

Don't freak out, already! This is only hearsay.

ALK

-- Al K. Lloyd (all@ready.now), December 19, 1999.

The funniest thing about this is that it is aimed at a target audience which knows how to do this already. Federal $$'s at work for you in places it is not needed. :-)

-- ..- (dit@dot.dash), December 20, 1999.