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Y2K Time Capsule: Palm reader predictions, doomsday preparation and post-panic returns

In 1999, the Millennium Bug was viewed as a genuine threat. Some coped by attending disaster classes and stocking up on food, while others visited palm readers.

Y2K Time Capsule: Palm reader predictions, doomsday preparation and post-panic returns

In 1999, the Millennium Bug was viewed as a genuine threat. Some coped by attending disaster classes and stocking up on food, while others visited palm readers.

This is the reality you're dealing with day to day, moment to moment, and as the moments are changing, these lines are changing. Madame Zelda has been *** palm reader and *** clairvoyant for more than 30 years in Kentuckiana. Now with the coming of the new year, she's reading the palm of Kentuckian and letting concerned citizens know what she sees for the future. I don't see so much in my readings. I have not seen the death and destruction that so many people are seeing is coming in the next year. Or even on New Year's Eve, it's always been an amateur night out, my husband used to say. Madame Zelda says she feels most people in Kentucky are going to stay home at the stroke of midnight for fear of what may happen, but she says she just doesn't see any death and destruction for Kentucky. Of course predictions for the year. T1,000 are nothing new. You see them on the internet, hear about them from various religious organizations, and see them even in magazines. So bottom line, how do you deal with them here at the Park View Psychiatric Services, they say that depends on the person. I think everybody has to say what do we want that holiday to be for us. It's their own ritual and every family should determine what they want for that holiday. And just like Madame Zelda said, for many in Kentucky, that ritual will be to stay home.
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Y2K Time Capsule: Palm reader predictions, doomsday preparation and post-panic returns

In 1999, the Millennium Bug was viewed as a genuine threat. Some coped by attending disaster classes and stocking up on food, while others visited palm readers.

Y2K questions in hand, journalist Ann Bowdan asked palm reader madam Zelda about the future in 1999. Luckily, Madam Zelda only had good news to report. Regardless of how Y2K ended, how people responded to the potentially society-pausing event is interesting. Some stocked up on enough food and supplies to last an entire year, whereas others took the event as a learning opportunity. Check out the videos below to see how some people treated the threat of Y2K. People concerned about Y2K prepare for the worst in 1999For some in 1999, Y2K was a genuine fear. Preparing for the worst didn’t hurt anybody, especially if your neighbor was nice enough to share afterward.In 1999, a TV station was Y2K readyIt is vital for people to have access to current events during disasters. While the people at vlog weren’t too worried about Y2K, they were ready in case the Millennium Bug bit.Y2K disaster preparedness class offered by the Red CrossY2K preparations were important to make in 1999. Even if the bug wasn't seen as that big of a deal, the Red Cross offered people the chance to be ready.Y2K preppers returned unexpectedly unused merchandise in 2000After the new millennium, customers kept workers busy by returning items bought for potential Y2K disaster.

Y2K questions in hand, journalist Ann Bowdan asked palm reader madam Zelda about the future in 1999. Luckily, Madam Zelda only had good news to report.

Regardless of how Y2K ended, how people responded to the potentially society-pausing event is interesting. Some stocked up on enough food and supplies to last an entire year, whereas others took the event as a learning opportunity.

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Check out the videos below to see how some people treated the threat of Y2K.

People concerned about Y2K prepare for the worst in 1999

For some in 1999, Y2K was a genuine fear. Preparing for the worst didn’t hurt anybody, especially if your neighbor was nice enough to share afterward.

In 1999, a TV station was Y2K ready

It is vital for people to have access to current events during disasters. While the people at vlog weren’t too worried about Y2K, they were ready in case the Millennium Bug bit.

Y2K disaster preparedness class offered by the Red Cross

Y2K preparations were important to make in 1999. Even if the bug wasn't seen as that big of a deal, the Red Cross offered people the chance to be ready.

Y2K preppers returned unexpectedly unused merchandise in 2000

After the new millennium, customers kept workers busy by returning items bought for potential Y2K disaster.