Cleaned out my basement today & found rolls of duck tape and plastic sheeting left over from Y2K. WTHell?

I must be having a brain fart! I can't remember why I bought six rolls of duck tape and heavy gauge plastic sheeting. I remember that it had something to do with the Y2K scare but what the hell? Can someone refresh my memory, please?Cleaned out my basement today %26amp; found rolls of duck tape and plastic sheeting left over from Y2K. WTHell?
Do you remember the silly ';duck and cover'; drills from the 1950's and early 60's?





I remember my teachers telling us to ';take cover'; and we'd dive under our school desks and cover our faces. Oh yeah...that's gonna save us from a nuke...you betcha! How ridiculous is hiding under a desk during a nuclear attack? About as silly as using plastic sheeting and duct tape to protect us from a biological attack by one of those whacko terrorist groups. Let's assume you even did do it correctly: How much extra time are you gonna buy yourself (or your family), assuming your family's all together in one location when and if something happens?





What if you're sealed in your supposed ';safe room'; and one of your kids arrives late; are you going to open up and let 'em in? What if they're contaminated? What if, by breaking the ';seal'; to your Home Depot-supplied safe haven, you risk contaminating the room and everyone else in it? Are you willing to sacrifice one of your own family members and not let them in for the common good?





Before you end up like John Travolta's ';Bubble Boy'; TV movie-of-the-week character, think about the following statistics:


You're 37 times more likely to die in a vehicle crash than on a commercial airlines flight.


Twice as many Americans die from strokes than by accidents.


Four times as many Americans die from diabetes than by homicide.


How many people died from Anthrax exposure? Less than a dozen? Yet over 20,000 people die every year from the flu! And throw in another 30,000 people dying from suicidal, homicidal and accidental gun deaths.


The odds of dying in an automobile accident each year are about 1 in 7,000, yet we continue to drive. The odds of dying from heart disease in any given year are 1 in 400, and of dying from cancer are 1 in 600, yet many of us fail to exercise or maintain a healthy diet.





So...go ahead and use the duct tape for anything and everything. As for the plastic sheeting, use it as a painter's drop cover or to protect a favorite and expensive Oriental rug by covering it and securing the edges with clear tape to a tiled floor--just a couple ideas.Cleaned out my basement today %26amp; found rolls of duck tape and plastic sheeting left over from Y2K. WTHell?
Water collector?
Save them for a potential n1h1 scare.
Save them for 2012.