Individuals who feel that their families should prepare for Y2K can or could be caught in an awkward position. Even though we are really adults we are still for the most part totally dependent on our parents financially. Getting my parents to prepare for Y2K won't be an easy task. I, for one, know that my dad firmly believes that Y2K is just being blowed up into something greater than it actually …showed first 75 words of 521 total…

…showed last 75 words of 521 total…going down, electrical networks and power plants going down, railways going down, manufacturing stops to a halt, supermarkets run out of food, government computer systems go down, military systems go down, banks go down (along with ATM machines), international finance goes down, and the stock market crashes. If any of these events happen, or if just even one happens the recovery time for the problems which occur could cover be a long period of time.