Millennium Worries Grow; Concert Canceled

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19991127/tc/yk_france_1.html

Quote:

"Separately, the southern French city of Montpellier called off a huge concert planned for the night of Dec. 31 in the town center because of fears an electricity blackout could plunge the revelers into darkness and cause security problems."

-- hamster (hamster@mycage.com), November 27, 1999

Answers

Well, let's not get carried away. Montpellier isn't Paris, or Nice, or Marseilles. This is sort of like telling people that Roswell, New Mexico has cancelled their New Year's Eve party ...

-- Ed Yourdon (ed@yourdon.com), November 27, 1999.

As I recall, Woodstock was a small town. :)

-- (Polly@troll.com), November 27, 1999.

ED: I missed that about Roswell. Was it on CNN? Please provide a link, as enquiring aliens want to know.

-- profit of doom (doom@helltopay.ca), November 27, 1999.

I have word from a friend in the music business that Michael Jackson has canceled 1 of his 2 planned New years eve shows One was going to be in Germany then he was going to Board a concord and do a second Show in Hawaii. A friend of mine has told me the Hawaii Show has now been called off. And he is considering calling of the Germany show, Reason given y2k concerns for his family.

-- y2k aware mike (y2k aware mike @ conservation . com), November 27, 1999.

Something about a CRASH?

-- crash my party? (spaceship@Y2K.enterprise), November 27, 1999.