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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (5088)	3/27/1999 8:36:00 PM
From: Ken	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

Govt Report-What they rank the disasters. Ron, why worry so much about us so-called y2k 'extremists'? They don't even rank us at all! Here's what they most fear! I would rank water #1, and embedded chips and systems #2. Below is the top 10 List of the most feared Y2k disasters provided by Harrison W. Fox. Harrison is an industry expert and is currently a paid staff member of Congressman Horn's House Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology. Congressman Horn started the "Quarterly Horn Report," which grades the Y2k readiness of the Federal Government's 24 branches. ********** The top 10 most feared Y2k disasters. 1.oil and gas shortages 2.defense weapon failures 3.air traffic control system breakdowns 4.utility grid blackouts and brownouts 5.manufacturing and production shutdowns 6.supply base and service interruptions 7.water and sewer system breakdowns 8.public health and safety-device failures 9.embedded chip failures 10.citizen panic The full article entitled, Y2K More Than a "Storm" is on the Westergaard 2000 web site. Here is the link. y2ktimebomb.com