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To: Ken who wrote (7622)	8/3/1999 12:54:00 AM
From: Ken	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9818

Taiwan y2k power outage:-message from there "get out!.. whole thing may go down"! <<<Just checked in to c.s.y2k and thought you might be interested in this post. Several questions were asked and then a followup post answered them. This is obviously unverifiable second or third hand knowledge, but Teague is a regular poster to c.s.y2k. Just passing it along FYI. From:Teague Harper Topic:More On The Taiwan Power Outage Sent:Fri, 30 Jul 1999 17:48:17 -0600 I just received another frantic call from my son in Taiwan concerning the huge power outage that occurred there yesterday. He said he talked to an American friend (engineer) who works for Taiwan Power who told him that the problem Y2k related. He told my son that if he was smart he would get the Hell out as soon as possible. This information has ignited a fire under my son and daughter who are both anxious to come home. they are going to both divest themselves of all their investments over there and get out. When I talked to my son today, he was shocked and panicked. He finally gets it. My daughter said she was so scared when it happened that she just cried all night. The power company has told the people that this will be happening several more times in the next several months. They know they are screwed! Teague PS Don't hand me any bull that this story is just hearsay - My son told me the guy's name. He just wants to remain anonymous. ----------------------------------------------- From: Teague Harper Mark wrote in message <37A2766C.A3DCDF6E@mindsprin.com>... Is there any annecdotal information you can add to this story, Teague, especially about how well your son knows the engineer? About any comments the engineer made about the official story being given to the people? About any comments the engineer might have made about the likelihood of them fixing the problem? Anything, even how your son happens to know the guy or why the guy would take the risk of telling your son anything so incindiary? Yes - now that I've calmed down, I think I can tell the story with more precision. BTW, Zach was supposed to call me last night, but I havn't heard back from him yet. My son has been in Taiwan for almost six (not consecutive) years now. He served an LDS mission there then came home and got his degree in Chinese at the University of Utah. He has been back in Taiwan for almost four years now. He met and married a girl from Tiawan that he met in Utah while going to school. After he went back to Taiwan, he opened an english school. He has also worked as a translator for various governmental and business people. He is fluent in the language and loves the people there. And, my daughter Sarah has been over there for almost four years. In his position, he meets many people from all over the world. He made friends with and American (name deleted) who works as a consultant for Taiwan Power. He was talking to the unnamed gentleman yesterday and just casually commented about the power outage. The guy got very serious with him and told him NOT to believe what was being broadcast through the media. He said the problem was "man made" that it was "Y2k" related. Then he told Zach to get the "Hell" out of Taiwan and said the whole damn "thing" was going "go down". My son was totally shocked. He had no idea it was going to get that bad. He asked me to start looking for him a job so that he'll have something to do when he gets home. He told me it would take a few weeks to unwind his p osition and tie up some loose ends. Then he said that they were broadcasting that people over there should EXPECT more blackouts during the next few months. (Why if this was a real one time problem? Hummmm?) It appears to me that Tiawan Power is just beginning to understand the full extent of the mess they are in and are doing everything possible to maintain the status quo as long as possible. But, It's just a matter of time before everyone gets the picture. During the outage, my son and daughter told me that the convenience stores in Taichung and Puli where they each live were stripped of merchandise. They had never seen anything like this before and it spooked them - big time. Anyway, to the best of my knowledge this is what I know. I know it is still just a second hand story, so believe what you will. But, I now know what real panic looks and sounds like. . . . -- Linda (lwmb@psln.com), August 01, 1999 greenspun.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------