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Technology Stocks : Y2K (Year 2000) Personal Contingency Planning -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (446)	9/6/1998 1:31:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 888

FIRE TRUCKS - Potential Y2K Problem. SIM Working Group (19. Author: David C. Hall Aug. 26 '98) ===================================================== During an inventory and assessment of a municipality, I ran across several fire trucks that have embedded microprocessors. These microprocessors monitor fluid levels and pressure levels in the engine and onboard pumps. If they detect a problem, they SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN IMMEDIATELY with no notice or delay. The fire department found this out when one truck's engine (and the water pumps) shut down in the middle of a fire with firemen on the hot end of the hoses. The microprocessor had detected a low antifreeze level and immediately shut down the engine. The engine was sitting on a hill and tilted the "wrong" way. It took several minutes for an onsite person to restart the engine. The manufacturer of the truck does not matter plus I can't provide it due to confidentiality requirements, so please don't ask for a name. The fact that we found a fire truck that does this means that all fire trucks (pumpers, ladders, etc.) MUST be examined to ensure that they are not designed like this, period. If they are, then the manufacturer must be contacted and the microprocessor tested. ===================================================== Good idea to print this out and send to your local fire department. Definite possibility of potential Y2K microprocessor problems. Better safe than sorry. Cheryl

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (446)	9/6/1998 1:44:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 888

THERMOSTATS - Verified Potential Y2K Problem SIM Working Group: 11. Author: David C. Hall - Jul. 26 '98 ================================================= Excerpt from an article in ErieStewart of DiNapoli Companies: "One of our largest tenants is the Dept of Social Services. While responding to a Yr2K survey that they sent us, I phoned our HVAC maintenance contractor. The service tech assured me that the thermostats would have no problem at roll-over. Upon actually testing, on January 1, 2000, all systems shut down, knowing that it was a holiday. ON January 2, 2000, all systems came back online even tho it was a Sunday (HVAC is shut off at noon on Saturdays and isn't restored until 6AM on Mondays). Upon further testing, we found that pushed to January 6, 2000, all systems shut down, thinking that the weekend had arrived. The contractor was stunned...." ======================================================= *OK - who should you print out and send THIS* to? How about the principal of your kid's school? Your mayor? Someone who works in a large office building up north? Gets pretty cold up north, in the middle of winter ... nice to have some heat. Don't take assurances from vendors. YOU MUST** TEST THE SYSTEM! Cheryl