Title: A good primer on preparing for a potential disaster
Product review: This is a good book to read if you haven't figured out the full ramifications of potential disruptions surrounding the Y2K computer problem. Ed & Jennifer Yourdon's book quantifies the types of problems that may arise. Jim Lord takes the next step and discusses how bad things may get and what you can do to prepare.My only serious criticism of the book is that it doesn't quite connect all of the dots. Much of what is described in both this book and the Yourdons' is: banking/financial crisis, followed by power and telecommunications problems, followed by breakdowns in some government services. Any of these problems may lead to civil disorder. Taken as a whole, massive civil unrest seems almost certain. The Yourdons don't acknowledge such a possibility. Jim Lord lays some heavy hints that such may come to pass.
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