We don't need no steenkin generators.

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D.C. OFFICIALS TRY TO EASE Y2K WORRIES City Will Cope With Emergencies, They Say By Phoung LX, Washington Post Staff Writer - Paragraphs 1 thru 14; (You know the drill) Paragraph 15 The police department plans to station officers at more than 120 locations across the city so that residents can report emergencies in person if needed. The Water and Sewer Authority is installing massive generators at city pumping stations to guarantee that drinking water flows. Twenty-one "warming centers" across the District will provide residents with a place to go if utilities are disrupted, and D.C. General Hospital will have as many as 175 extra staff members availible.

-- King of Free Estimates (your@town.USA), July 28, 1999

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I have elected, effective today to fight the pollyidiots with a similar if not standardized question that they REFUSE to answer:
Name any software project ever completed on schedule, under budget, and bug free in the history of large scale programming.
When this question is answered, which it never will be, I will fade quietly into the darkness; although I'll probably do that anyways since I have been warned by a friend at FPL.

-- John Galt (jgaltfla@hotmail.com), July 28, 1999.

King--Our water company installed emergency generators too. I asked how long they can keep them running before the fuel runs out. They have enough fuel to last one week and that's it! Maybe that's enough time to figure out what their next move will be. Fortunately we live near a water source, but if there's no power, then there's no way to release water from the dam. I'm glad I live behind the dam.

-- damsafe (damsafe@damsafe.com), July 28, 1999.

The title was supposed to be tongue in cheek. My writing skills could use a little fine tuning.

-- KoFE (your@town.USA), July 28, 1999.

Not to worry KoFE, industrial generators are on my list of items everyone says will be featured in their contingency plans but which may well not be available, at least not year year...

-- Brooks (brooksbie@hotmail.com), July 28, 1999.

Those water plants were required by fed regs to have back-up power for a LOT longer than recently. MAYBE they were just finally getting compliant with the relevant regs.

Then again, maybe they figured they needed MORE than the minimum required.

Chuck

PS the regs are available, just ask any water plant operator, I did.

-- Chuck, a night driver (rienzoo@en.com), July 29, 1999.



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