This was linked at the State of California water systems page.

EPA mentions stockpiling for "days or weeks", avoid problems from bank disruptions and the possibility of civil disturbances including rioting. I don't think Kosky signed off on this one.

Notice: This is a 5 page pdf file.

http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/y2k/epacont.pdf

hotlink

-- Puddintame (achillesg@hotmail.com), September 05, 1999

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Puddintame:

A good find. Thank you.

From the Y2K Contingency Planning White Paper:

The following is a list of major events that should be covered by a Y2K contingency plan:

+ Electrical component failure (due to Y2K)

+ Electrical component failure (due to brownouts)

+ Electrical power blackouts ad brownouts

+ Natural gas cut-off or shortage

+ Telephone, cellular, and pager service disruptions

+ Internet service disruptions

+ Fuel shortages

+ Chemical supply problems (quality and quantity)

+ Bank problems

+ Trucking or delivery service disruptions

+ Other critical vendor problems

+ Civil unrest

+ Industrial discharger pre-treatment failures

-- Stan Faryna (info@giglobal.com), September 05, 1999.

More:

"A concern of many utilities is that the public will have an irrational reaction to Y2K events, which will cause civil disturbances. Civil disturbances could include overwhelming phone calls in response to service disruptions, stolen generators, vandalism, or even rioting. Although the likelihood of these scenarios might seem remote, they should be factored in Y2K contingency plans. Utilities may want to procure extra security personnel and equipment for the beginning of the year 2000 to protect their staff and assets."

"Employees may not want to be at work on New Year's Eve, though, so motivating them to come to work or be on call can be difficult. Some utilities are planning on holding get-togethers at their headquarters on New Year's Eve so that they can have a large number os staff available in case problems are encountered."

Sincerely, Stan Faryna

-- Stan Faryna (info@giglobal.com), September 05, 1999.

Thanks for this post, too bad the government disconnects when it tells citizens not to worry and then sends something like this to the states! Thanks again, puddintame, ask me again and I'll tell ya the same ;-)

-- rumdoodles (rumdoodles@yahoo.com), September 05, 1999.

Puddintame,

Gee you sure do like to take the "worse" of something and write it out of context don't you?

I appreciate the link and am posting the whole story so people can read and decide for themselves. *shaking my head* that was rather biased wasn't it... Go figure...

-- Cherri (sms@brigadoon.com), September 05, 1999.

State Water Resources Control Board

The entire site is worth clicking through.

-- Chris (%$^&^@pond.com), September 05, 1999.

Cherri, Out of context? How does saying that a report mentions certain items take it out of context? Apparently you are hypersensitive about the items mentioned, as I am and as are most people. Cherri, if you ever get your gaskets replaced and calm down, maybe you'll see that the reason for my post is not to predict disruptions, violence, etc., but instead to just show what others are considering and, importantly, how others differ quite dramatically from Koskinen.

Look, I gave the URL, I hotlinked the document and I described the promoter of the site. Out of context? Hardly. I have never heard of anyone on this forum being physically unable to click on a hotlink. It is my presumption that people on this forum have the capacity to read the language and think quite well for themselves. If your shill employer has you working weekends, you probably are getting delirious. Hey, I don't blame you. It's a holiday. Lighten up.

If you want to wig out over the contents of the document, call EPA. They wrote it.

-- Puddintame (achillesg@hotmail.com), September 05, 1999.