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To: C.K. Houston who wrote (4894)	3/21/1999 2:07:00 AM
From: Cheeky Kid	Respond to of 9818

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (4894)	3/21/1999 6:01:00 AM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 9818

bankrate.com

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (4894)	3/21/1999 6:05:00 AM
From: Ken	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9818

Article by Lord is one of THE MOST crucial articles yet, a harbinger of the catastrophe to come! (John's post, #457). Read it! Foward it, copy it, give it to everyone you care about! Water storage is one thing that everyone can afford to store, and filter, and cheaply! The only thing about it that will prove to be incorrect will be the number of lives at risk; expect several hundred million!!!...in the US alone! Future related articles will bear this out! Watch for articles that will substantially up that orginal number thruout the year. Ken "its too.....!"

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (4894)	3/21/1999 6:24:00 AM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

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To: C.K. Houston who wrote (4894)	3/23/1999 9:03:00 PM
From: Cheeky Kid	Respond to of 9818

I wonder if Ont Hydro uses EMBEDDED SYSTEMS? Tuesday, March 23, 1999 globetechnology.com SNIP:>> Hydro seemed a prime screw-up candidate. Here was a utility with scores of generating plants in varying stages of decay, all driven by a myriad of systems that ranged from throw switches to computers of dubious vintages. Worse, it had nukes! The vision of thousands of Homer Simpsons running around like headless chickens as the lights went out was not reassuring. Cancel your generator orders. Since early March, Ontario Hydro has been running Y2K tests on its transmission and distribution systems in central and western Toronto by rolling the clocks forward to the witching hour. There have been no power disruptions. Not a single one. Late last year, several generating plants went through the same exercise with the same unsensational results. Headline writers wept. - - - - - - - - - NOTHING HAPPENDED. How can this be? With all those embedded systems, how could they fix everything? Or maybe there was no embedded systems????????? Cheryl, your the embedded system expert. Can you explain???