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Y2K doomsayers cash in on millennium bug
March 30, 1999
Web posted at: 5:24 p.m. EST (2224 GMT)
(CNN) -- When it comes to Y2K worries, people are willing to pay for peace of mind. Some buy shelters to bury in the ground, other people attend weekend millennium survival bazaars. There they can buy ready-made meals, solar-powered ovens, water filters, wood stoves or gold coins.
CNN's Kate Snow reports that Y2K entrepreneurs are cashing in big on people's fears surrounding the year 2000 computer problem.
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