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

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (5246)	4/4/1999 1:57:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 9818

More interesting stuff from Army Y2K Contingency Planning site ... For Year 2000 contingency planning, several scenarios will occur. - Early arrival (surprise) system failure - Renovated system failure (partial - total) - Certified or "low-risk" system failure - Vendor-certified COTS product failure - Interface failure (e.g., receive time-corrupted data) - Implementation problem (e.g., no more time/money) [...] US Borax, Inc. in their US industrial, provided the following contingency plan examples: 1. Installation of natural gas co-generation turbines for plant power, if local power grid not available. 2. Pre-positioned 2nd natural gas pipeline terminal from out-of-state provider, if local gas utility not available. 3. Pre-positioned onsite natural gas storage, if 1st\2nd natural gas providers not available. 4. Truck-mounted turbine startup generator, if power grid not available. 5. Onsite wells for required water in mining/extractive production, if county water utility not available. 6. Onsite hi-volume borax raw ore pre-positioning to meet customer demand, if pit mine operations not available. 7. Early identification of non-compliant PLC controllers for the production line and an aggressive program of rapid replacement. [...] A few years ago (1990) a vendor made a "small change" to the AT&T switches. This change was implemented to improve telecommunication routers and consequently brought down the entire network. This first happened on the system's east coast installations and the following day occurred on the west coast installations. Small changes can bring the system down if they are not tested to ensure no performance degradation. [...] ENVIRONMENTAL OPERATIONS: Situation The advancement to 1/1/00 has the potential for damage to the environment and natural and cultural resources. Appropriate measures taken before, during, and after the millenium changeover can minimize environmental damage. Recovery operations 1. Any releases of POLs, chemicals, hazardous materials or hazardous wastes to the environment should be immediately reported to the Fire Dept. 2. Hazardous waste releases will be handled in accordance with the Fort XXXXX Hazardous Waste Management Standing Operating Procedures. All other releases will be handled in accordance with Fort XXXXX Oil and Hazardous Substances Facility Response Plan, as applicable. 3. Any emergency operation which may affect shorelines, wetlands, mudflats, dunes or other environmentally sensitive areas will be coordinated with ENRD as soon as possible. ENRD will in turn notify the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, (State) Marine Resources Commission, or other regulatory agencies as appropriate. 4. ENRD will report any damage to historical properties, sensitive environmental areas, and other environmental sites to appropriate Federal, State and Army agencies and commands, as well as the DPW Director or designated representative. [...] LESSONS LEARNED [One of many] Although the national electric grid's generating and transmission segments appear on track, the electrical distribution system is still causing concern. Installations should seek not only assurances from the electric company of the latter's compliance, but also copies of the firm's own contingency plans and restoration schedules/customer priority lists. These will give the installation staffs a better idea of what electricity-related assumptions are valid. U.S. ARMY CONTINGENCY PLANNING army.mil Cheryl