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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: O. H. Rundell who wrote (5930)	6/7/1999 4:54:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston	Respond to of 9818

MORE FROM NRC: 11.Are blackouts expected? If so, for how long do you estimate the public would be without electricity? According to the North American Electric Reliability Council and the President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion, massive national disruptions in electric power are unlikely. Some minor local outages may occur; however, the electric power industry is prepared to meet this challenge because of its experience in dealing with the many naturally occurring events such as storms and floods. As such, it is advisable to prepare as you would for a snow storm where electricity could be out for a couple of days. The latest NERC report is available at: nerc.com. [Two months ago if you called the President's Y2K Council Hot Line, they defined "local" to be "states". I haven't called lately. Don't know if they changed that definition.] 13.What is the difference between Y2K ready and Y2K compliant? Y2K compliant means that all digital systems and computers will accurately process date/time data during the transition from 1999 to 2000. This may require system repairs or replacements. Y2K ready means that while there may be some digital systems or computers that are known or expected to fail during the transition, appropriate compensating or alternative actions have been taken such that the functions provided by the systems will be carried out. For example, if a recorder fails and prints the wrong date, it can be identified and corrected manually by writing the correct date over the wrong one. [Then all we have to worry about is human error.] nrc.gov Cheryl