"There's great potential for isolated disruption
and for some of that isolated disruption to spread
around."

. . .

But smaller problems "do seem likely and cumulatively
they could be quite painful."

. . .

A survey by the National Association of Counties
found that, as of April, one-fourth of counties
had no Y2K plan, possibly leading to incorrect tax
bills, for example. The Education Department reported
that more than one-third of public school districts
are still not ready.

Up to 1.5 million small employers did no Y2K preparation,
according to the National Federation of Independent Business.

In health care, manufacturers of medical devices have
updates available, but some hospitals might not have
implemented them.

And while Medicare is ready to pay bills, individual
health-care providers might have trouble producing invoices
electronically.

Also, problems abroad could affect American companies that
have plants abroad or import raw materials.

Oregonian

-- spider (spider0@usa.net), December 23, 1999

Answers

MAYBES? Seems to me the only question now is how long before the DGIs turn to cannibalism like those nice folks in North Korea.

-- John Malone (paranoid@mybunker.com), December 23, 1999.

"nice folks in North Korea"? Like they had a choice? Cannibalism and homosexuality, lifestyle choices Jerry Falwell warned you against? We can talk about Y2k without spitting on starving people, can't we?

-- bw (home@puget.sound), December 23, 1999.

No spitting intended. Just stating facts. It's what can happen to nice folks when the are faced with terrible situations. We or them should have never been placed in such a state in the first place. No blame, you do what you have to do to survive, just hate to see it happen here. Pass the salt and keep on truckin'.

-- John Malone (paranoid@mybunker.com), December 23, 1999.

Heck, Jerry Falwell could feed a family of five for a week.

-- Bob (bob@notforlongjob.com), December 23, 1999.

THAT'S IT! I'm going on that diet.

-- Bubba Smith (duck&cover@shtf.com), December 23, 1999.

Ok, John, sounded like a slam. Yup, people do what they have to.

-- bw (home@puget.sound), December 23, 1999.

Went back and read it and it did sorta sound like one. No problem, hey were all in this together. Good luck....

-- John Malone (paranoid@mybunker.com), December 23, 1999.

Don't worry Bubba, you sound to ugly to eat.

-- Bob (bob@notforlongjob.com), December 23, 1999.

OTOH, the nice thing about living in a city is that when one gets tired of stockpiled rice a 150# steak walks up to the door...

Frank

-- Obviously (Just@Kidding.com), December 23, 1999.

Yeah, eating rice would get old after a couple of weeks. Merry XMAS everyone!

-- Bob (bob@notforlongjob.com), December 23, 1999.

Hot-sauce makes everything taste better!

-- jwhit (jwhit10238@aol.com), December 23, 1999.