'Great Newspaper Article!!--Too bad it isn't a major paper
asked in the TimeBomb 2000 (Y2000) Q&A Forum
See
valleyadvocate.com
for a well researched newspaper article.
Asked by Rocky Knolls (rknolls@hotmail.com) on July 09, 1998.
Answers
Thank you for the post! My husband and I both read it. He
works for a major utility company here in California. He spoke
with his supervisor today about Y2K. His supervisor, never
heard of it!!!!!!! And he's in charge of the electrical side of the
business in this town!!!!! So, I think he's going to give him the
article tomorrow! Thanks again. I appreciate you keeping people
informed!
Answered by Barb-Douglas (bardou@yahoo.com) on July 10, 1998.
Our local Chamber of Commerce had a Y2K Awareness
meeting today with rep's from the phone company and the
electric company. Hold on to your hats as you read what I'm
going to type...
The power company representative stated that Bonneville Dam
supplies the power to the greater part of the Northwest United
States [and some of California]. They recently tested their
SCADA systems and they failed. They are just now beginning to
ASSESS their 300 substations.
Then he ended with the comforting statement that there would be
no power disruptions in the year 2000, but that if anyone wanted
to buy a generator anyway, the power company would be happy
to sell them one.
In other words, what this man said was that Bonneville Dam was
not compliant, that the 300 substations were not compliant, that
they were just beginning the assessment process (1% of the total
Y2K experience) and that there would be no power disruptions
in the Northwest.
The Y2K consultant at the meeting just about choked. The
meeting had to be concluded before the consultant could
comment.
The phone company rep, a pleasant, well spoken and kind
woman who was the head of Y2K for CenturyTel which covers
21 states, said that they were in the assessment stage, that they
could not guarantee phone service in the year 2000 but were
confident that it would be ready.
Uh huh.
Folks, this is first hand, from my ears to my keyboard to this
forum.
The people in the room had no clue what the power rep said or
what it meant. They all went back to their businesses and got on
with their day.
Please make plans to have some water, some food, some heat,
and someone you care about near you when the ball starts to fall
in Times Square. It may be the last pleasant thing you see for
awhile.
And, keep looking up! :)
lifetel.com
Answered by Pastor Chris (chrisbr@ptinet.net) on July 10, 1998.
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