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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues

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To: Ken Salaets who wrote (2711)10/15/1998 1:54:00 PM
From: John Mansfield  Read Replies (3) of 9818
 
Interview with Capers Jones, authority on Y2k - some highlights:

From: y2kupdatereport.com; then go to:
y2kupdatereport.com

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- consequences for 5 large cities discussed: winter / storms in NE America, in the face of loss of electric power.

- suppose airtravel shut down for several weeks: then the collateral damagae will be.... unexpected difficulties; e.g. travel industry may have bankruptcies because tourists can not arrive at their destination.

- GPS rollover: GPS is used in electrical power generation; utilities are looking at this dependency.

- advise: all levels of government must be involved; especially local government. In the absence of national government leadership; private industry is trying to stimulte this...

- people dont want to hear about y2k coming; like they do not want to hear a hurricane is coming.

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