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To: C.K. Houston who wrote (359)	3/11/1999 5:26:00 PM
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PANIC VS. PREPARATION ============================================================= USA TODAY: Poll says Y2K fears declining Growing awareness of the Y2K computer-bug threat is making people less concerned about a catastrophe but more likely to take action to protect themselves, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll for the National Science Foundation shows. usatoday.com Public Panic Seen A Top Y2K Risk ''Actions that individually look logical ... like filling up your gas tank on December 31, taking $1000 out of the bank, buying twice as many prescription drugs as you usually do, taking 20-30 percent of your IRA money out of the market -- a couple hundred million Americans all do that at one time you've got yourself a major problem,'' Koskinen [Govt Y2K Czar]said ... dailynews.yahoo.com SURE SHOWS HOW FRAGILE OUR SYSTEM IS .... 'If there is panic in 1999 because of Y2K fears, will that cause problems? Of course. By definition any kind of panic is not a good thing. But is it possible for Y2K panic to be as big a problem as Y2K computer failures? Don't make me laugh. Y2K panic will not cause oil refinery production to grind to a halt Y2K panic will not cause air traffic control radar screens to go blank Y2K panic will not cause phone networks to go dead Y2K panic will not cause medical devices to malfunction, putting patients lives at risk Y2K panic will not cause trucks, trains, and ships to stand still Y2K panic will not cause 911 emergency services to fail Y2K panic will not cause water and sewer systems to malfunction Y2K panic will not cause food processing plants to shut down Y2K panic will not cause government services to be paralyzed Y2K panic will not cause welfare and food stamps to be late, sparking riots Y2K panic will not cause our high-tech Defense Department to suddenly become impotent Y2K panic will not cause Communist China's WWII-vintage military to suddenly become the strongest force on earth Y2K panic will not cause the electric power grid to fail By far the most dangerous problem with Y2K is flawed computer code michaelhyatt.com AND PEOPLE AND COMPANIES IN DENIAL, WHO ARE UNAWARE OF AND NOT FIXING THIS PROBLEM. While most major companies have been working on this for some time, many small and mid-size businesses (<$100MM)haven't. Bill Gates will not be fixing this. There never will be a silver bullet. It takes a lot of man-hours. It takes a lot of time. Much has been done, but much more still needs to be done.