Some Questions -

Sometimes it is not so important the answers that we get - as the questions that we ask - even ourselves.

Consider for example - that in November and December we were all told about the oil glut, and not only that but that governments and large corporations were making further large stockpiles of oil just in case Y2K was a problem.

Now yesterday, the National Weather Service announced that January, February and March were the warmest on record. (Thought this was old news ).

So, the question? How could there have been an oil shortage in January? The price of oil just SHOT up. And don't OPEC me, because that didn't come until later. In my view they just took advantage of the situation to make political hay.(because the couldn't deliver anyway).

To top things off. Britain parked most of its naval fleet. The U.S. grounded one-third of its air tanker fleet. Thousands of truck drivers said they were parking their trucks. People cut back on the thermostats, some went to using wood, and some kids found they didn't have enough pocket change to cruise main street. In other words price started regulating demand. But still the price went up.

Oh, I know, the conventional wisdom was that OPEC was tightening the screws but then when they said that they would produce more, production still went down in March. Ever hear something about - don't look at what I say, look at what I do.

Warm weather, oil glut, extra stockpiling, lower consumption = higher oil prices. Yes, and if you jump off a building you may fall UP! Now, another question, you may wish to ask yourself in a couple of months. How come, this year, is different? Last year, and all the years before, the refineries were able to produce enough gasoline for summer usage.

But SUDDENLY just as in the January Y2K month there was an oil shortage we now have the lowest level of pre-summer stock gasoline inventory. What made January different THIS year? What makes June different THIS year? Why is it this year, of all years, refineries are only able to produce at a substantial lower percentage of capacity?

Oh, I know the conventional wisdom. There was no Y2K Bug. The gasoline prices are going down. All the refinery fires and shutdowns (two big ones this week) are just coincidental in the fact that there has never been that kind of number in previous years.

No one but Beach believes that it is the Beach Bug. The Beach Bug is different from the Y2K Bug. It doesn't have to do with main frame processors (lots of money was spent to fix those) It doesn't even have to do with the RTC (real time clocks) in embedded processors. It is what I called a Secondary Clock (others later came up with much better labels - software clock, virtual clock and so forth) but it any case - software buried in ROMS - as I carefully described.

Beach did say that Y2K wouldn't be a problem at rollover. He did say that you wouldn't even see it until oil hit $30 a barrel at February 15th. He did tell the story, over, and over, and over, about not believing that you weren't cut in a razor fight - until you shake your head.

He did say that the three places to watch for the Beach Bug were in - a. Refineries (look at all the refinery fires, the unscheduled maintenance, the force majures). b. Communications (the two BIG government satellite and NSA failures, and 911 numbers and such) c. High Tech Military hardware. (lots of stuff like the tanker fleet, Patriot missile replacements, have been reported but you can bet your bottom dollar that lots more has not been reported as I have said, it isn't raining until the government says it is raining). And fourthly - I also said that the smoking gun of Y2K was the natural gas pipelines, something still to be seen during the air-conditioning electrical crunch this summer.

Nope, in my view, the Y2K Beach is still alive and ticking. It is admittedly not as bad as it might have been. "Tis but a scratch, but tis sufficient", wrote Shakespeare in Hamlet. Some people have asked what I was predicting for July. I have been saying it for years and you can look at it at: http://www.webpal.org/Beach2.htm

Only Beach remains in saying that Y2K was a problem - is a problem - remains a problem. There are admittedly MANY, MANY factors leading toward what I see as the great problem in July (or the following six months) And it may well be that conventional wisdom will never lay blame at the door of the Beach Bug, as even being a contributing factor.

I repeatedly stated that the Beach Bug was only a possibility - a probability. Indeed even of low probability but still so important in its effect, it was one that had to be monitored and watched for. The inevitability of nuclear war existed before and remained after the Beach Bug. My only intention about publicizing about the Beach Bug was to raise awareness about the nuclear threat, because that was and is the major problem.

May I now reference you to another web site. http://www.sightings.com/general/laden.htm I would not usually mention such a thing, but if you will look at the date of the article down in the web page you will see that this is very up to date news. One of the many similar problems that is concerning our leaders, but that you won't see on the evening news. Admittedly a contributing factor to July, but not the single cause by any means, nor anything of near the significance.

It is important to keep these things in perspective. When people write to me about chemtrails, crop circles, ARA, and many other issues regarding health, education, freedom and so forth, I look at it all in the perspective of my July expectations. Admittedly, I am at present sort of a one note instrument.

Today, I plan to also send out the first of the POP series.

And just as I prepared to send this - this message appeared. "Due to an external network problem, ListBot is currently experiencing severe delays in the delivery of messages. We expect the issue to be resolved soon. Thanks for your patience. "

Not all problems are Y2K. Neither is it ABY2K as some would have you believe. But if you haven't noticed, the network has been a lot more flaky since.

Peace and love, Bruce Beach survival@webpal.org

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