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To: John Mansfield who wrote (3860)	2/14/1999 5:35:00 AM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 9818

Coast Guard Magazine on Y2k uscg.mil 'Y2K's greatest projected impact to society and the Coast Guard will be from a possible failure of computers or embedded chips that run the country's power generation and electric distribution system. There is evidence pointing to the potential for a loss of electrical power, locally or regionally, for a week or longer. It is reasonable to prepare for a potential week-long loss of power such as might occur after an ice storm or a hurricane. Traffic lights may not work, gas stations may not pump gas, stores may not have lights or working cash registers and scanners and automatic teller machines may not function. City water and sewer service may be disrupted until backup power for the pumps is put on line. If your home uses electricity for heating, hot water, cooking, lighting, food storage and well pumps, you need to consider what alternatives you have. '

To: John Mansfield who wrote (3860)	2/14/1999 5:50:00 AM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 9818

'What we've done asked in the TimeBomb 2000 (Y2000) Q&A Forum -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I wanted to share what we have done in a small town in Iowa. We have a small group of people, under a dozen. For the past 6 months we have called ourselves the Y2K action group. We have had a number of public meetings over the months and gotten many people alerted to the situation. Well then we had the idea of putting a newsletter and distributing it to every home in our town. Today was the day. We advertised for volunteers and we have many GIs here. We worked all afternoon and brought our 4 page newsletter to over 3000 homes. It was a wonderful effort. The grocery stores donated cookies, the radio station advertised it, we had dozens of voluteers. It has taken many months to get to this point but it was worth it. By the way, our city council has so far been totally worthless. And our Mayor hasn't said a word. -- a mom (tired@smalltown.com), February 13, 1999 greenspun.com