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

To: Ken who wrote (7372)	7/28/1999 4:46:00 PM
From: Ken	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9818

EXCELLENT PREPARATION LINKS SITE: UPDATED DAILY WITH NEW ONES. I RECOMMEND BOOKMARKING. << Most of these entries were posted originally under the Domino Effect category. As more and more of these postings had to do with personal preparations, I decided to create a separate category. In the first two months of 1999, there was a flurry of interest in survivalism, and supplies immediately got short. Some items were back ordered for months. In March, the public's mood changed. Demand dropped. Producers were able to catch up with demand. This has given y2k-aware people an opportunity to buy what they need. Less than 1% of the 100 million households in the United States can jam up the phone lines for most of these cottage industry products and services. Time is precious. Don't waste it. There will be a shortage of competent workers to help you finish your plans later in 1999. Hire them while you can. Updated - Subject 13-Dec-97 Booklist for Making Preparations 23-Oct-98 An Urban Church That Is Taking Y2K Seriously 02-Nov-98 What Every Church Ought to Be Doing 19-Nov-98 Michigan Church Prepares for Y2K 23-Nov-98 Utne Reader Publishes Web-Based Y2K Survival Manual 23-Nov-98 Utne Reader Reprints the Cassandra Project's Shopping List 30-Nov-98 The Cassandra Project's Survival Products List 02-Dec-98 A List Even More Practical than the Cassandra Project's List 08-Dec-98 Toilet Paper as Money: Average People Begin to Prepare 08-Dec-98 Red Cross Publishes Y2K Page, Offers List of Emergency Supplies 08-Dec-98 List of Companies That Sell Gear for the Post-Y2K Economy 09-Dec-98 BUSINESS WEEK Discovers People Who Buy Extra Food 09-Dec-98 Media Are Slowly Discovering the Stored Food Supply Problem 09-Dec-98 Lehman's Store Is Booming 15-Dec-98 Prepare for 14 Days of Disruptions, Says Official 21-Dec-98 News Media Contiunue to Spark Panic Food Buying 23-Dec-98 A Very Good List of Things You Should Do 02-Jan-99 Karen Anderson, the Y2K Woman, Gets Publicity in Dallas 08-Jan-99 Washington Post Seriously Suggests Non-Hybrid Seed Gardening 09-Jan-99 The Case for Preparing for the Worst Case 19-Jan-99 Panic Buying: Final 24 Hours Before Hurricane 21-Jan-99 Avoiding Paralysis by Guilt Is Basic to Y2K Survival 28-Jan-99 Shortages Hit Survivalist Goods 29-Jan-99 Warning by Red Cross Gets Media Attention 30-Jan-99 Aladdin Lamps Disappear As if by Magic 01-Feb-99 Anonymous Grocer Predicts Food Shortages, Closings Next December 01-Feb-99 Journalists Will Create the Panic: Survivalist Stories 04-Feb-99 Companies That Sell Open-Pollenated (Non-Hybrid) Seeds 17-Feb-99 Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Water 18-Feb-99 Key Survival Manual Offered for Free 22-Feb-99 Jim Lord's Survival Plan. Follow It. 01-Mar-99 Mormon Publishes a Free Emergency Preparedness Manual 15-Mar-99 Wheat: Which Kinds, How Much? 26-Mar-99 Shortages of Guns, Ammo: AR-15 05-Apr-99 Y2K, Northwest Arkansas, and the L. A. Times 21-Apr-99 Walton Feed Is 9 Months Behind on Shipping UPS Orders 21-Apr-99 100 Items That Will Run Out in 1999 28-Apr-99 Regional Salvation Army: Prepare for Local Hurricane, No One Knows, Yada, Yada, Yada 30-Apr-99 They Won't Prepare, But They'll Remember 01-May-99 When Things Break Down, Morale Is Crucial. So Are Matches. 03-May-99 Check List for Making the Decision to Move Out of a City 21-May-99 Floyd County, Virginia Attracts Y2K Homesteaders 22-May-99 People Wait Until the Last Day to Prepare, Says $750,000 Disaster Report 22-May-99 Another Media Report on Lehman's Store for Non-Electric Goods 26-May-99 Will an Informed Society Prepare for Imminent Disaster? Of Course Not. But the Myth Goes On. 26-May-99 Rogue Valley, Oregon: The Best Local Y2K Plans in America. Why? Because It's Already Safe. 01-Jun-99 Self-Sufficiency for 14 Days in a High-Rise Apartment at 10 Below Zero. How? 01-Jun-99 55-Gallon Plastic Drums in Sam's Club; Wal-Mart Shareholders Arrive This Week 05-Jun-99 What Mormons Are Doing to Prepare. Foutunately for the Rest of Us, Not Much 09-Jun-99 Y2K Real Estate Site 21-Jun-99 Even the Mennonites Don't Get It 26-Jun-99 Things You Can't Do vs. Things You Won't Do 05-Jul-99 Recipes, Survival Items, Practical Links: Preparedness Nuggets 05-Jul-99 A Y2K Shopping Guide for Sam's Club or Costco: Updated 08-Jul-99 40% of Americans Expect Food Shortages Because of Y2K. Do They Buy Food? No. 08-Jul-99 Arizonans Provide Y2K Recipes 09-Jul-99 List of Places That Sell Wheat. Trust, But Verify, Before You Send Any Money. Get a Shipping Date. 13-Jul-99 The Ultimate Y2K Community 17-Jul-99 Free Workbook on Y2K Household Preparation 19-Jul-99 British Columnist Regards Costco Buyers as Y2K-Aware 22-Jul-99 Recipes for Eating Well in Hard Times 24-Jul-99 Hutterites Are Prepared for Everything Except Armed, Hungry Neighbors 24-Jul-99 Before Supplies Run Out, Here Is a Good Place to Start Planning 24-Jul-99 38% of American Women Plan to Stock Up; 23% of American Men Do 26-Jul-99 Tiny Firms Selling Y2K Stuff Don't Believe in Y2K, Says Reporter 26-Jul-99 Places to Buy Salt in a Bucket 27-Jul-99 Recipes, Canning Tips, Other Self-Sufficiency Information 28-Jul-99 New Category: Personal Preparations

To: Ken who wrote (7372)	7/28/1999 5:04:00 PM
From: John Hunt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

Y2K repair leaves cash machines on the blink << A software glitch rattled up to 5 percent of the nation's automated teller machines for more than two weeks earlier this month. The glitch resulted in failed machines, slow transactions and incorrect bank balances for tens of thousands of ATM transactions. The mistakes occurred after a little-known Texas company in late June finished installing a new computer system designed to process ATM transactions properly in the year 2000. >> ... more ... oregonlive.com

To: Ken who wrote (7372)	7/29/1999 11:16:00 AM
From: Technologyguy	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 9818

There are thousands, probably millions, of different "systems", each with tremendous redundancy, not one overall system. Take water and sewage treatment, which seems to be a big focus for you. There are 171,000 different water supply systems in the U.S., each with varying degrees of Y2K readiness. A large percentage of them are gravity fed, with mechanical, not embedded system controls, and the ability to conduct treatment manually, if necessary. The water supply and treatment industry is taking this issue extremely seriously and I would bet you right now that there will not be a single long-term outage of water in the U.S. because of Y2K. And even if there were, it would not affect anyone but those who are on that particular system, because there is no overall system for water supply, there are 171,000 different systems in the U.S. Half the people in the U.S. do not even connect to a wastewater sewage treatment facility. They are on septic tanks and have absolutely nothing to worry about for Y2K impact on sewage treatment.

To: Ken who wrote (7372)	7/29/1999 11:21:00 AM
From: Technologyguy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

Tell me why anyone in Seattle should worry about water supply in January. This from the Seattle Public Utilities web site. They also have outside auditing of their readiness: "When you turn on your tap, you will receive the high-quality water you expect. The water supply system is fundamentally low-tech, since it is primarily gravity-fed; there is lower water usage during the winter season and a corresponding higher seasonal supply. However, to eliminate any Y2K impact on water distribution and treatment, SPU has reviewed every computer system for date functionality and is fixing or replacing any related system that has a possible Y2K problem, including implementing a new laboratory information management system. All embedded systems—including those that monitor water treatment equipment—have also been examined. (Pumps and valves can be monitored and operated manually, if necessary.) And, to add an extra layer of assurance, SPU is rescheduling reservoir maintenance, filling reservoirs before Jan. 1, 2000 and reviewing "on-call" staffing levels."