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Technology Stocks : Y2K (Year 2000) Personal Contingency Planning -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Rambo who wrote (769)	4/3/1999 6:03:00 PM
From: dclapp	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 888

actually, the gas guy said that we'd have natural gas for "more than a day and less than a week" without electricity. 2-3-4 days, he guessed. As I understand it, the natural gas system has a certain amount of pressure built-in; when that's gone, they use electricity to pump. hmm...your Kohler bid sounds good...wonder if I got "knocked up a bit" on mine? doug

To: Rambo who wrote (769)	4/3/1999 6:11:00 PM
From: dclapp	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 888

from the Senate y2k report, re gas and oil companies: Y2K remediation in the gas and oil sector began too late and is progressing too slowly. The thousands of miles of pipeline that must be checked and repaired and the proliferation of embedded chips and processors throughout the industry's production, transportation, and distribution systems make failure of at least some mission-critical systems possible. The industry needs to step up its efforts and focus on developing contingency plans. --- I think that anyone who reads this down to the word "possible" and then believes that the author really meant >>possible<< and not some "other word" ("probable" comes to mind) doesn't realize that the Senate report, while thorough and commendable, is also a political document. doug