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To: d:oug who wrote (46365)	12/29/1999 5:14:00 AM
From: long-gone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116984

OT Y2k shortage Potty Rentals Go Up For Y2K - (GLENS FALLS) -- There are some things people just won't leave to chance with the Y2K scare. Stone Industries in Glens Falls reports that porta-potty rentals are way up. Many companies, including Evergreen Bank, have ordered the outhouses for the employees who have been called in case of Y2K glitches. dailynews.yahoo.com Wednesday December 29 1:44 AM ET Officials Take Final Steps for Y2K By KALPANA SRINIVASAN Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - While confident that the rollover will cause no severe problems, federal officials are taking final precautions nonetheless and offering last-minute advice to help Americans sail smoothly into 2000. Hoping to ease the transition, officials are mailing out benefit checks to veterans and Social Security beneficiaries early. They're advising citizens to keep emergency numbers and battery-operated radios handy. And they are shutting down some public Internet sites to safeguard against hackers. The Department of Veterans Affairs said Tuesday it has decided to mail January benefit checks to more than 2.5 million veterans on Dec. 30, a day early, to avoid potential delays related to the Y2K computer bug. The early mailings ``will mitigate unexpected year 2000 interruptions of benefit payments arising from anything outside our control,' VA spokesman Terry Jemison said. Social Security's 44 million beneficiaries learned last week of the Social Security Administration's plans to do the same, for both the majority who receive electronic payments and those who still take mailed checks. While generally optimistic about communications, including 911 calls going through and emergency broadcast alerts reaching people, federal officials urged people not to forget the basics. ``There was a way to call the police, to call ambulance services, long before 911,' said Federal Communications Commissioner Michael Powell. He advised people to keep on hand direct numbers for emergency services, like the police. Powell also recommended that people have radios with batteries handy. Officials foresee no difficulty in getting out emergency news to the populace, he said, because so many broadcast stations are available. In other Y2K news: -The Pentagon is shutting down some of its public Internet sites this weekend to keep them safe from computer hackers. While it intends to keep its central Web site - www.DefenseLink.mil - in operation, one site being temporarily blocked is that of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, which oversees military pay. -Also being taken off line this weekend is the site maintained by the Office of Personnel Management, which services the rest of the government payroll. (cont) dailynews.yahoo.com

To: d:oug who wrote (46365)	12/30/1999 8:22:00 AM
From: long-gone	Respond to of 116984

Hidden they say: Wednesday December 29 3:27 PM ET Y2K Impact to Be Largely Hidden at First - Expert Reuters Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The full impact of the year 2000 computer glitch will be largely hidden until mid- to late January, the head of a U.N.-sponsored Y2K data clearinghouse said on Wednesday. ``By the third week in January, we'll be able to really tell what the overall impact is,' said Bruce McConnell, head(cont) dailynews.yahoo.com (sorry if this double posted, SI problem)