Consumers Snatching Up Home Safes for Y2K.

• Position: Sale of items, ranging from home safes to bottled water increase as January 1, 2000 approaches - Brief Article

As the millennium approaches, consumers are being saturated with news reports about Y2K, advising to prepare for the worst and hope for the best. Many are purchasing home safes to protect their valuables, important documents, and extra cash should there be difficulties due to a computer glitch when 2000 rolls around. In fact, the Federal government is printing an additional $75,000,000,000 in cash reserves in anticipation of a large number of monetary withdrawals as people prepare for possible system glitches as the millennium begins.

"Although we are not advocating the worst Y2K scenario and do not want to cause alarm, the fact is even rational people realize that no one really knows what will happen on January 1, 2000," indicates Bob Mosbough, vice...