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Technology Stocks : Y2K damage reports -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Gersh Avery who wrote (4)	12/26/1999 10:57:00 AM
From: Condor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 286

Betcha this helps yah! All online newspapers in the world all-links.com All online newspapers in Canada all-links.com C

To: Gersh Avery who wrote (4)	12/26/1999 1:29:00 PM
From: Bridge Player	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 286

Here is a y2k link: iy2kcc.org Check this out, click on the sample summary chart on this link. It contains a grid, country by country sequenced in the order in which 1/1/2000 will arrive time-wise, of all of the vital functions within the country, e.g. communications, water, phone, electric, health, transportation, etc. As reports arrive of any disfunctions within these areas, the grid cells will be changed from green to yellow to red depending on the severity of the events. Also understand that the major cable news channels will go to 24-hour reporting from around the world starting in the morning (US time) of 12/31/1999 to keep abreast of events. BP

To: Gersh Avery who wrote (4)	12/26/1999 1:42:00 PM
From: Lee Lichterman III	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 286

For obvious reasons I won't be able to report what systems or even if any of them go down due to problems since I am military but I will say that we are taking some systems down before Y2K just to be sure there are no attacks by opportune hackers and to reduce the damage control if Y2K does pose a problem. We are going to shut everything down in some sytems then boot back up after the time passes. We have put together a checklist where each system comes up one node at a time to check for problems and if problems are encountered, that node can be troubleshot and kept isolated so that no "infection" of other nodes will take place. No real mission impact and more of an inconvenience than anything. People have asked if I am hoarding ion preparation but I guess there are some benefits to being under paid and all the other problems of the military but there is no need as the base is stocked up on water and MREs. The base has it's own power grid, plenty of generators etc so if Y2K does prove to be armagedon, all I have to do is send the family to the base, grab some grub from the base and then load up my firearms and sit on my roof and guard teh house while they are cozy and being taken care of by the government. My only problem will be keeping out looters from my house should it come to that but I have already loaded up my favorite rounds with extra knock down power so I am not really worried as well as the neighborhood already knowing that I am the resident gun nut and that this house should be skipped in any rampages or else the local population could drop quickly <gggg> Good Luck, Lee