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To: flatsville who wrote (6628)	7/16/1999 1:24:00 PM
From: Cheeky Kid	Respond to of 9818

Why don't you post all the problems in North America when severe storms hit and play havoc on electrical systems? I bet you could post thousands of failures and stories every year. Keep Y too Kay in perspective.

To: flatsville who wrote (6628)	7/16/1999 1:58:00 PM
From: flatsville	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

>>>July 9, 1999, Friday AFTERMATH OF A HEATWAVE: THE DAMAGE; Blackout Spoils Research Work In Medical Labs Columbia University medical researchers said yesterday that the power failure that darkened northern Manhattan may have destroyed or set back by months hundreds of experiments into illnesses from Alzheimer's disease to cancer to AIDS. Two of Columbia ...<<< This article is now in the www.nytimes.com archives and must be purchased. There was also an article re: impact to patient care which I had not noticed last week. y2k, deregulation, increasing demand...from my "perspective" utilities will be one troubled sector in the not too distant future.