Re: Year 2000 Supply/Production Risks

[Bagelhole1@aol.com]

<< Does anyone know of a Community Contingency Plan?
: 
: We need one not from an administration point of view but a basic 
: community level: ie seniros, disadvantaged, food bank, shelter etc.
: >>

Hi,

    I'm working on one for San Francisco. I'll share with you some
ideas. We, as a group are just getting started:

    1. Providing lists for personal prep (stockpiling necessities)
    2. Co-ordinating all activities of individuals and taskforces
       preferably on a webpage and hooking into cassandra project .
    3. Mapping neighborhoods for resources, skills, tools, vulnerable
       populations
       A. Collaborating with gov't agencies.
          1. SF health dept. has a disaster registry that has already
             done alot of this work for vulnerable populations.
          2. Try getting the census takers involved to save time.
    4. Task forces to collaborate with gov't. around many issues:
       A. Getting grain from silos into city sites for easy access for
       neighborhoods.
       B.Working with hospitals, medical supplies, pharmacies
    5. Task forces to collaborate with business to find ways they can
       be helpful.
    6. Task forces to collaborate with non-profits and social
       agencies.
    7. Task forces to collaborate with media for both outreach to
       community and for in flow of ideas and further areas to address
       thru task forces of concerned citizen volunteers.
    8. Task forces for collaborating with agencies to stockpile food,
       blankets, and clothing for homeless and poor.
    9. We are currently working on developing a list of low-tech,
       homemade style ideas for sustainable practices to be
       implemented quickly for neighborhood sustainability,o be made
       available at bagelhole.hypermart.net (almost finished), need
       volunteers with computer access, and a little technical (handy
       person) know-how to cull and order ideas.Alternative Survival
       Information  has already done alot and are collaborating.
       A. To my mind, once these ideas are available, and once
          everyone becomes aware of the potential dangers, y2k
          portends, this will be the most substantive form of
          contingency, and will be implemented in the remaining
          months.
       B. These short-term, funky kind of sustainability, will cover
          all the areas, such as alternative energy, water, food,
          heat, shelter, transportation, communication, waste removal,
          etc.
   10. There will be also individuals teaching survival skills and
       first aid to individuals who then teach it to others, and so
       on.
                    
______________________

These are all that come to mind immediately, but I hope its a start to
answering your very important question. I would hope others would add
relevant ideas to it, and in this way, soon, we can develop a good
list to share with all the other communities in the world.