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Now is the time for all good people to come to the aid of their country.

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         Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 19:34:06 -0400
         From: Lisa Perry 
         Subject: Y2K/Disconnect show: SHAME on PBS and on R. Cringley
         !! :(
         To: cringely@PBS.ORG 



         Dear PBS: 



         For many years I have been one of your biggest fans. My 
husband,
         sons (ages 9 and 4) and myself watch hundreds of hours of PBS
         programming every year and appreciate every minute of
         programming. However... We will not be watching the PBS show,
         cleverly titled, "Y2K: The Winter of our Disconnect." My 
husband
         and I were pleased that PBS would be doing such a show, UNTIL
         we read the "preview" and review by Robert X. Cringley. Now 
we
         are disappointed, frustrated, and hopping mad! Promoting this 
show
         was at best, ill informed and misleading, at at worst, 
negligent. This
         show is not in line with your usual high standards for 
investigative
         reporting and educational value. 



         Mr. Cringley has done the American people and PBS a HUGE
         disservice. His preview reveals that, instead of doing a 
fact-finding
         research piece to search for the truth of which probably 99 
percent
         of the American people are not yet aware, he is further 
perpetuating
         the idea that those who are preparing for disruptions are 
"nuts" and
         that everything is "okay." All he would have had to focus on 
was two
         industries: water treatment plants and oil. Neither industry 
is yet to
         be compliant with only several weeks to go before 01/01/00. 
Do you
         drink water? Does it come from a treatment plant that is not 
yet
         compliant?? Most of the small to medium-sized plants are not
         compliant. If you're 100 percent certain that your water will 
be clean
         and safe to drink, how about the source of water for your 
closest
         relatives? Do you drive a car to and from work and to run 
errands?
         Does our country still import approximately 50 percent of our 
oil
         which we consume at a far greater quantity than we did during 
the
         oil crisis of 1973-74?? 



         No, I don't think Y2K is going to be the end of the world or 
a
         complete breakdown in society however, I am expecting severe
         disruptions and many people becoming ill or dying from 
drinking
         unsafe and unclean water. I am expecting oil shortages, 
sky-high
         prices and perhaps rationing of oil at some point next year, 
not on
         January 1. Instead of *educating* people, which PBS *usually* 
does
         an exceptional job, you will be further dumbing us down as 
the
         government has succeeded at doing with the media spin control
         campaign. 



         What I really would like to know, is WHY is viewed as 
irrational to
         PRUDENTLY prepare? Haven't we learned anything from the Great
         Depression? What the heck is wrong with stocking up on water,
         food and supplies that I can use anyway? Do you have car, 
health
         and life insurance? Do you hope to have a reason to use your
         insurance, or do you purchase the insurance regardless as a
         precaution "just in case?" 



         Stocking up and preparing is my family's y2k insurance. We 
hope to
         God that we won't have a need to use it, but if we do, we 
will be
         prepared. Preparing for y2k does not mean that we are 
"religious
         fundamentalists or survivalists" as Mr. Cringley has wrongly 
labelled
         us. Thankfully, if y2k turns out to be not as rosy as the 
picture being
         painted, we will not have to rely on the National Guard or on 
FEMA
         for our food, water or supplies. 



         It's time that preparing was viewed as the right thing to do. 
PBS
         could have helped to promote that view point. Shame on PBS 
and
         endless quantities of shame on Robert X. Cringley. I believe 
that X
         marks the spot for "didn't do his homework." 



         Sincerely, 



         Lisa Perry 

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Hey Manny,

Nice to know that you and LL are alive and well.

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Much better. Now, if you're looking for a place to try out your HTML, you might want to try the HTML Playground forum which seems to be designed for just such matters.

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