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571. Roleigh Martin Re: "Programmers are storing fo
572. Roleigh Martin NBC sounds the alert; be prepar
573. Roleigh Martin "Confronting Y2K - Electricity
574. Roleigh Martin Another Y2K joke (good one)
575. Roleigh Martin FEMA Y2K Bulletin Preparedness
576. Roleigh Martin Y2k water info site
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From: Roleigh Martin <Roleigh.Martin-1@tc.umn.edu>
Subject: Re: "Programmers are storing food, expecting the worst"
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 22:01:00 -0600
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The below should read "Business News" as the periodical. My mistake.
At 09:27 AM 2/16/99 -0600, you wrote:
>Hi Roleigh -
>
>Looking at the URL for this, are you sure its Business Week? It looks like
>a more local businss publication....
>
>Snyder
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Roleigh Martin [mailto:Roleigh.Martin-1@tc.umn.edu]
>Sent: Monday, February 15, 1999 10:33 PM
>To: roleigh_for_web@egroups.com
>Subject: [roleigh_for_web] "Programmers are storing food, expecting the
>worst"
>
>
>[Apologies if you already know about this.]
>
>Business Week
>February 15, 1999
>Letter to the Editor
>Programmers are storing food, expecting the worst
>
>(http://www.amcity.com/dayton/stories/1999/02/15/editorial5.html?h=y2k)
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From: Roleigh Martin <Roleigh.Martin-1@tc.umn.edu>
Subject: NBC sounds the alert; be prepared for possible 72 hours of outage
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 22:27:56 -0600
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msnbc.com
Y2K: expect 72 hours without power
Could you get along without things like gas, water and
electricity for 72 hours? State emergency officials say the
so-called Y2K crisis could leave people without basic services
for that long, maybe longer.
Emergency management directors from all over the country,
including Ohio's acting Chief Jim Williams, met with John
Koskinen last week, the White House's Y2K management expert. The
federal government says they will be ready for Y2K, but there
could be problems on the local level.
State emergency management officials are warning that the widely
publicized Y2K could have some people scrambling for basic
services the first few days of the year 2000. They say it's a
good idea to have well-stocked cupboards by Dec. 31.
Nancy Dragani from the state emergency management agency says
they suggest people prepare like they would if they were
expecting to be snowed in for a few days.
Dragani says the EMA is anticipating sporadic outages and
minimal disruptions across the state, but they aren't expecting
widespread catastrophic failures.
Dragani also says the EMA doesn't believe there's any reason to
panic about Y2K, but a full tank of gas, full cupboards and a few
other precautions would be a good idea in January anyway.
[snip]
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From: Roleigh Martin <Roleigh.Martin-1@tc.umn.edu>
Subject: "Confronting Y2K - Electricity industry optimistic about 2000"
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 22:51:11 -0600
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Note the headline formula: emphasize the optimist's conclusion;
but for those who take time to read, this is an interesting report.
--Roleigh
phillynews.com
The Inquirer
2-16-1999
"Confronting Y2K - Electricity industry optimistic about 2000 "
By Rich Heidorn Jr.
INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
...
A small outage could cause a bigger one. And that is why Peco is
spending $75 million to check its infrastructure for problems
that could turn the lights out.
The project has been an eye-opening experience, said Dave
Hoefner, Y2K project manager.
"We retired and replaced over one-half of the [ software and
hardware ] portfolio we had two years ago," Hoefner said. "We
have uncovered systems we did not know existed; discovered
external software that is mission-critical. . . . We had many
suppliers whose documentation said they were Y2K compliant and
they failed our tests."
The North American Electric Reliability Council, an
industry-funded group designated by the U.S. Department of Energy
to coordinate industry's efforts, says it is optimistic that
there will be no interruptions in power with the new year. If
there are outages, they should be corrected within minutes or
hours, industry officials say.
"Across all of North America, more than 50 percent of the most
critical systems have been tested and/or remediated. No test has
yet done anything that would have created an outage," said John
Castagna, spokesman for the Edison Electric Institute, the trade
organization for investor-owned utilities.
...
Sen. Robert Bennett (R., Utah), chairman of the committee, fears
there will be scattered outages, most likely in areas served by
rural cooperatives. "It's obvious . . . that the industry still
has the bulk of its heavy lifting ahead of itself," says Don
Meyer, spokesman for the Senate committee.
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, which had expressed
concern last summer about its licensees' preparedness, now
expects no more than minor problems among the electric,
telecommunications, water and gas utilities.
Nevertheless, both the PUC and the New Jersey Board of Public
Utilities are planning to hire a consultant to perform spot
audits of the major utilities. "We'll trust but verify," said
Dennis Buckley, Y2K coordinator for PUC Chairman John Quain.
Computer consultant Rick Cowles, author of a book on Y2K and the
electric industry, says the North American Electric Reliability
Council's public statements are more upbeat than warranted by the
data submitted by its members.
The council says 98 percent of the electrical systems in the
United States and Canada have replied to requests for status
reports on their Y2K efforts.
But Cowles says more than two-thirds of those who responded to
the Reliability Council's most recent survey, in November, said
they would not have all mission-critical operations ready by the
council's June 30 goal. About 28 percent do not expect to finish
until September or later, Cowles said.
...
Industry experts say the electric system can lose some generating
facilities without anyone losing power. They note that the
changeover will occur at midnight, over a weekend, and in the
winter -- low-demand periods for most of North America.
As part of their contingency plans, Peco and the other utilities
in Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and Delaware plan
to have all plants running or ready to run with a few minutes'
notice, according to Stan Kijewski, chief information officer for
the PJM Interconnection, the regional power pool.
Utilities with inadequate supply would attempt to buy power from
other suppliers. If supply were still short, utilities could cut
off large industrial customers that have "interruptible"
contracts and reduce voltage on the system by 3 to 5 percent,
which would dim home lighting but have no significant effect on
computers or appliances.
...
Peco's $75 million Y2K budget is three times its earlier
estimate. It had spent about $21 million of that through the end
of 1998.
...
Cowles and Grabow of the Millennium Investment Corp. say the
federal government should contract for its own audits to document
the industry's preparedness claims.
Grabow said he did a study of spending by about three dozen
investor-owned electric and natural gas utilities and found that
most had spent less than 40 percent of their anticipated Y2K
budgets through September.
...
The Energy Department has no plans to conduct independent audits,
but Energy Secretary Bill Richardson announced last month that it
will review utilities' contingency plans and take part in
industrywide drills slated for April and September.
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From: Roleigh Martin <Roleigh.Martin-1@tc.umn.edu>
Subject: Another Y2K joke (good one)
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 22:53:43 -0600
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Spoken by a software programmer: "I've finally figured out why this
whole Year 2000 problem is causing so much trouble. Fixing it depends
on programmers finding a date. This isn't exactly one of our classic
strengths"
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Subject: FEMA Y2K Bulletin Preparedness Guide, Issue #1 (3 days!)
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 23:39:03 -0600
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FEMA did an upgrade of their Y2K web pages tomorrow (at least it's
dated 2-17-1999).<g>
--Roleigh
fema.gov
Y2K Bulletin Preparedness Guide, Issue #1
Published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Excerpts:]
"There is no indication that there will be major national
disruptions in key infrastructures such as electric power,
telecommunications, banking, and transportation, and most local
authorities are leading aggressive efforts to solve the problem,"
John Koskinen, chairman of the President's Council, says.
"However, we are telling people that it is always smart to be
prepared for the possibility that anything -- from inclement
weather to Y2K failures -- could temporarily disrupt services at
any time.
Personal preparedness for transition to the Year 2000 is no
different from ways you prepare for the usual winter storm. As
always, you should have batteries for flashlights and radios, a
three day supply of water and non perishable goods, and at least
a half tank of gas.
The Y2K problem also is a reminder to take care of your billing,
bank, and tax records. Having recent copies of records and
statements on file at home makes good sense at any time.
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From: Roleigh Martin <Roleigh.Martin-1@tc.umn.edu>
Subject: Y2k water info site
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 00:08:01 -0600
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From: Y2K Water [mailto:y2k-water@parousie.com]
Sent: Monday, January 18, 1999 9:37 PM
To: .Y2Kwater
Subject: Y2k water info site
>From : Nick Laird
Date : January 15, 1999
Links to information on water.
cairns.net.au
Nick
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Year 2000 Links: cairns.net.au
Alternative Links:
cairns.net.au
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