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As per your request, here are a few of the notability references on Rawles, starting with the most recent:
http://www2.nysun.com/article/74994
http://arlingtoncardinal.blogharbor.com/blog/_archives/2008/4/21/3652291.html
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/04/20/survival.feat/index.html
http://www.climateark.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=96250 >>>Here is the original source for same article, at the NY Times site, but they require registration to access some older articles: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/06/fashion/06survival.html
http://www.timeswatch.org/articles/2008/20080408131354.aspx
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=14119
http://derekclontz.wordpress.com/2007/09/10/second-great-depression-just-weeks-away-warns-expert/
And here couple of others, that were cited but may no longer be available online:
THURSDAY OFFERS A MINI-Y2K SITUATION, EXPERTS SAY The Sacramento Bee, September 8, 1999
"Do you live in fear of the millennium?", South China Morning Post, April 6, 1999
There are also numerous on-line references, but since Wikipedia referencing is geared twrad print books and journalism, I'll just note one that is about him: http://www.onlinetradersforum.com/showthread.php?p=98454