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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues

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To: Jeff Mizer who wrote (9531)12/28/1999 10:58:00 AM
From: C.K. Houston  Read Replies (2) of 9818
 
Not a good time for this to happen ... Wonder how this affects last minute Y2K remediation?

PARIS, Dec 28 (AFP) - Millions of French awoke without electricity Tuesday and thousands of travellers were stranded after two powerful storms lashed the country ...

The country's power grid was devastated by the storms, with electricity to 3.4 million homes cut off early Tuesday and litte hope of restoring much of the service before the weekend, the state utility EDF said.

As temperatures in some areas dropped to freezing, Jean-Pierre Bourdier, a spokesman for Electricite de France, said 36 high-voltage lines were out of service, representing a quarter of the national grid ...
greenspun.com

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