I'm still working on that one - weather forecast here says 1 or 2 degrees below
freezing. Maybe I'll keep the heater on at a low thermostat setting if it gets
any colder than that. Don't want to spoil the drinking water with antifreeze.
Maybe I'll add some Austrian white wine - they used to put antifreeze in that
:-)

Robin

"Groff, Montgomery" wrote:

> Do you have anti-freeze in the water tank?? Won't pump if its a block of
> ice.
>
> Monty
> '89 Westy
> '62 Sunroof Bug
> Denver, CO
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Robin Oomkes [SMTP:robin.oomkes@SWIFT.COM]
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 1999 9:15 AM
> > To:   vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject:      Millennium-Proof Westy
> >
> > Listies,
> >
> > As I'm in the IT/telecomm business, I will be working over the New Year
> > period;
> > night shifts in fact. Although I don't consider myself paranoid, I will
> > have my
> > Westy outside the office, with a full diesel and propane tank, charged
> > batteries, full water tank, empty porta-potti, and lots of instant food in
> > the
> > kitchen cabinets.
> >
> > This should make me pretty self-sufficient for a few days, should push
> > come to
> > shove. Is there anything I've overlooked (apart from lead-cladding the
> > whole
> > thing to protect against nuclear accidents)? Is anyone else planning on
> > using
> > their Westy as an emergency Y2k-shelter? Or you do you think I'm insane?
> >
> > Robin / the Netherlands
> > 90 Vanagon Westfalia Atlantic TD
> > 84 Vanagon Westfalia Joker D (for sale; buy it before the Millennium, it's
> > got
> > the heater and dual batteries!)