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Leaked Government Y2K Documents Describe Major Year 2000 Risk to U.S. Cities; Infrastructure Failures Deemed 'Probable' CODY, Wyoming, Aug. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Navy documents leaked to Y2K commentator Jim Lord and now made public sharply contradict information offered by the White House and other government officials on the Year 2000 problem. According to the documents, recently authenticated by Y2K czar John Koskinen, ''total failure is likely'' in the key infrastructure of 44 U.S. cities. An additional 38 cities are categorized as ''partial failure is likely'' and 43 cities are listed as ''partial failure is probably.'' Infrastructure affected include power, water, natural gas and sewer. According to the report, over nine million Americans will be subject to disruptions in water supplies. This, just two weeks after Senators Dodd and Bennett wrote to Ann Landers and explained to the American public that anyone selling ''water treatment kits'' for Y2K was conducting a scam. Countering this characterization, the leaked U.S. Navy documents now reveal that millions of Americans without water treatment kits -- or backup water supplies -- may be forced to go without fresh water. The Navy documents reveal that major infrastructure failures are possible -- even probable -- in cities like New York, Dallas, San Antonio, Miami, New Orleans, Washington D.C. and many more. A list of the cities is available at the Y2K Newswire web site: y2knewswire.com These documents have been kept from public view and no government official has made any effort to inform Americans -- not even ones in the most vulnerable cities -- about the expected infrastructure failures. Jim Lord's original report is available at jimlord.to . Y2K Newswire, the Internet's largest Y2K news magazine, is offering continuing coverage of this breaking news. For more information, visit y2knewswire.com Y2KNEWSWIRE.COM is not affiliated with Y2K-Wire(TM), y2knews.com or Year2000.com. SOURCE: Y2KNEWSWIRE.COM