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Technology Stocks : Year 2000 (Y2K) Embedded Systems & Infrastructure Problem -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: JBTFD who wrote (430)	5/26/1998 10:34:00 PM
From: James Strauss	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 618

Railroads... Perhaps the trains can be fitted with Diesel Engines as a backup if there is no track electricity... Jim

To: JBTFD who wrote (430)	5/31/1998 3:58:00 AM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 618

<< To: +John Mansfield (429 ) From: +Mark Anderson Tuesday, May 26 1998 4:42PM ET Reply # of 445 Art Bell had a guest on last night that talked about the y2k problem. One of his scenarios was this: Because the railroads according to him would not be y2k compliant, they would have to be halted to avoid a train wreck. And because many cities rely on coal(some 3 trainloads full a day for some cities) for their electricity many cities would be facing electricity outages. The railroads not being y2k compliant I would see as a major problem. >> Good question. Yes, this is one of the major issues is Y2k. Almost everything else in society is dependent on electricity; and there is this circular dependency between electric utilities and rail roads. This is one of the 'biggees' that simply have to be solved somehow. In the contingency planning, I expect this to be one of the issues at the forefront of priorities. Also, the on-going remediation after 1/1/2000 will be much more difficult when there is no electricity. John