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To: Bald Eagle who wrote (1)	8/5/1999 7:35:00 AM
From: John Hunt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 662

FEMA readies for the bug << No one knows for sure what, if anything, will go wrong when the new year begins, but FEMA says they are prepared to deal with whatever problems take place. Some FEMA officials are privately telling others to get ready for a tough winter. >> ... more at ... worldnetdaily.com ***** Red Cross disaster planning << The American Red Cross has established Y2K emergency disaster plans which include providing shelters in virtually every community in the country. They advise families and individuals to plan on being self-sufficient for at least 72-hours when the new year arrives. >> ... more at ... worldnetdaily.com

To: Bald Eagle who wrote (1)	8/5/1999 10:51:00 AM
From: Jeff Mizer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 662

the-times.co.uk Trouble is being more openly reported in England.... Remember everyone these examples are only the tip of the iceberg and come Jan when 1000's of these happen at same time the domino theory becomes the concern in Jan, feb, mar examples -------- A card-access-control system would not let people in after 21.12.99 A pedestrian in/out counter system would not operate after 31.12.99. A date-coding printer (inkjet) would not print dates after 31.12.99. A date-coding printer's operation after 31.12.99 was dependent on the format of the date entry. A smelter plant's distributed-control system could not be controlled after 31.12.99; the system checked correctly on the testbed but failed on the production system. A fire-control system logged the date incorrectly after 31.12.99. After 31.21.99, a fire alarm did not register a power failure on the panel. A fluorescent meter displayed 28 or 128 instead of 00 for the year. An energy-managing meter would not handle the date after 31.12.99. A heating and ventilation system controller failed on first power up after 31.12.99, and stopped working. A weighbridge PC logging system failed, so logging and ticket production were lost, leading to possible breaches of legislation, such as overloaded vehicles. In a programmable logic controller, the year rolled over from 99 to 01. A supervisory control and data acquisition graphics display package failed to roll over at 31.12.99, leading to loss of data logging and trend information. A fax machine would not roll over from 28.02.00 to 29.02.00 A multihead weighing machine did not recognise 29.02.00, leading to a possible breach of statutory requirement to meet average weight legislation. Jeff

To: Bald Eagle who wrote (1)	8/5/1999 11:08:00 AM
From: Jeff Mizer	Respond to of 662

Has everyone seen this ? Plus remember a few weeks ago when Bellsouth reported 50% lying by vendors. We need to remember the reason you cannot be lulled by all theses compliance articles is this is all on the honor system and with so much at stake don't count on honesty. (Online News, 08/03/99 10:28 PM) More vendors reverse Y2K readiness status By Stacy Collett The number of software products reversing their Y2K-ready status is going up, not down, according to one year 2000 compliance-tracking firm. In July, vendors for half of the 125 software products evaluated made "negative" changes (58%) to their Y2K-ready status. That means the manufacturer has discontinued Y2K support or has released previously unknown Y2K issues. That's much higher than the 33% average for this year and was unexpected because more businesses are nearing the final stages of year 2000 remediation, said officials at Infoliant Corp., a Pittsburgh-based Y2K compliance-tracking firm. Products with Y2K status changes include Adobe Acrobat Distiller V.3, AutoDesk's Drafix and Planix product lines, Lotus Organizer and several Computer Associates VSE utilities, Infoliant said.