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

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (8514)	9/6/1999 3:19:00 PM
From: Jeff Mizer	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 9818

CK- I have heard and read about this for a long time but this is probably best and easiest to understand summary of planets aligning in May 2000--- Link-http://216.46.238.34/commentmax/articles/Greg_Hobbs.html Greg Hobbs August 30, 1999 The Y2K bug is certainly going to be a major event. Some attention has been paid to this, but for the most part it has been intentionally downplayed. The powers that be don't want to trouble the American people with something as trivial as social and economic chaos. If you didn't trust the government before, wait until you discover all the things they did not tell you about Y2K and what to expect. But is the Y2K-bug the only disaster coming down the road? There is another significant event to contend with in the year 2000. It is an event being referred to as the Millennium Storm. I have been so focused on Y2K that this little occasion escaped my attention until recently. What is the Millennium Storm? It is a cosmic event that will take place on May 5, 2000. On that day several of the planets (Earth, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn) will align into a straight line with the sun. You might be saying, so what? Well, it seems that this alignment could cause some of the most significant solar flares in the history of mankind. It seems that these solar flares have a real nasty effect on a number of things including human beings. Historically, planet alignments have been rather devastating to the earth. It is believed that the last time that this alignment of 6 planets occurred was 6,000 years ago and the fossil records seem to indicate that the earth was severely affected. Possible implications are huge tidal waves (3,000 to 5,000 feet high), a significant increase in volcanic activity and earthquakes that would register very high on the Richter scale. More recently, in 1812, there was an alignment of 4 planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune) and the devastating result was referred to as the "Year Without Summer”. The northern hemisphere was devastated by cold temperatures that caused crop failures and widespread famine. Twenty-eight years ago a similar alignment caused earthquakes and flooding that killed over 20,000 people. These solar flares cause or create high-energy electrons. These electrons have the ability to disable or destroy all forms of electronic equipment. The flares that are anticipated by the alignment to take place next year will be more significant than anything that has occurred in several hundred thousand years. It was originally estimated that these electrons would take about 90+ hours to reach the earth. This would provide sufficient time to turn off all significant systems, such as electrical utilities, aircraft and things of that nature. It seems that if you turn the electrical systems off they are unaffected by the electrons. However, in late 1998 the European Space Agency's SOHO solar observing satellite was temporarily disabled by the electrons created from solar flares that only took 20 minutes to reach Earth. This radical reduction in elapsed time means that there will not be enough time to shut down critical systems and the resulting impact could mean the destruction of almost all forms of electric based systems or equipment. That is fairly far reaching all by itself, but there is also the possibility of biological effects, since the solar flares could adversely affect the Earth's atmosphere. How much damage the atmosphere will suffer is uncertain, but it is an absolute certainty, due to the solar flares, that the Earth will be exposed to every form of known radiation. We all know that exposure to radiation is not good. How intense the radiation levels will be is likely to be directly proportional to the intensity of the solar flares. Will these solar flares really have such a huge effect on the Earth? I don't have enough of a scientific background to answer that question, but I have seen information and reports from the world's scientific community and this discourse is based on my understanding of that information. I can only tell you that a large number of scientists feel that there is reason for grave concern. Perhaps you should contact your elected officials and ask them why you are not being informed on these issues. While you are out mailing that letter, you might want to stop at your local drugstore and get some really good sun block. Why are you not seeing information on this in the news? Excellent question, but you already know the answer, don't you? Again the government and the media have decided that you are incapable of dealing with this kind of information. They would rather deal with your reaction to the event rather than your reaction to the news of the event. It's really is that simple.

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (8514)	9/6/1999 6:15:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston	Respond to of 9818

Y2K DRILL AT ROCKY FLATS: Site managers to begin testing EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES Wednesday Managers at Rocky Flats and other Department of Energy sites around the country are running a departmentwide [nationwide] year-2000 (Y2K) drill this week. The goal is to make sure the sites are ready for midnight on Dec. 31, when some computer systems could falter ... In the last few days of December, most work at Rocky Flats will stop so that the most dangerous materials can be consolidated into just a few rooms and buildings. Depending on the results of this week's exercises, emergency generators may be fired up early and left to idle for a few hours before midnight on Dec. 31, Hartman said. On a normal "shut-down" weekend, there are only about 25 workers at Rocky Flats, not including guards whose numbers are classified. On Dec. 31, about 200 people may be on call at the site, ready to handle emergencies ... bouldernews.com I just want to reinterate, because so many just scan headlines and don't read actual copy, this is NOT a nationwide drill verifying that individual systems have been remediated and power grid is AOK. This is a drill to verify that EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES are in place. The actual end-to-end test will be December 31 - January 1. I'll be curious to see the headlines we'll be reading later this week. Cheeky Kid will probably be posting a multitude of headlines about the "successful" nationwide electric utility test. I just wanted to clarify EXACTLY what this drill is intended to accomplish. Cheryl