just anxious and curious here!

-- Vern (bacon17@ibm.net), December 31, 1999

Answers

Maybe that's a good sign?

Just wait for Beijing, Bangkok and Bombay. May be quite different...

-- (pshannon@sangersreview.com), December 31, 1999.

No update to Nz's webpage since 15 min. past the rollover.

-- Tiara (sorceress5@hotmail.com), December 31, 1999.

..someone mentioned in an earlier thread that atm machines were having problems in NZ. I went to the web site they gave and could not verify it. Can someone verify this with a link?

-- Vern (bacon17@ibm.net), December 31, 1999.

Zone 2000 - CDC Incident Report Network

http://www.jrwhipple.com/z2k/

-- Clyde (clydeblalock@hotmail.com), December 31, 1999.

2 power, 1 water plant shut down.

-- Hokie (Hokie_@hotmail.com), December 31, 1999.

...where did u get info. about 2 power plants?

-- Vern (bacon17@ibm.net), December 31, 1999.

http://hv.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=0029vG

Paul heard it on tv, Peter Jennings, good enough for me.

-- Hokie (Hokie_@hotmail.com), December 31, 1999.

Auckland and Wellington

May have been 1 failure servicing 2 areas. Anyway, it was quickly repaired.

-- Hokie (Hokie_@hotmail.com), December 31, 1999.

This is a pretty cool site about NZ reporting

Link.

-- Michael (mikeymac@uswest.net), December 31, 1999.

Oops

http://www.y2k.govt.nz/home/Navigationpage.htm

-- mikey (mikeymac@uswest.net), December 31, 1999.

I think their computers went down. No sign of activity since 23:59:33, just 27 seconds before rollover, and no clocks have moved since then.

-- Hawk (flyin@high.again), December 31, 1999.

So are we to believe that they fixed the "water plant" in New Zealand within 17 minutes? It went down at 11:42 and was up and running again by 11:59? If this is true, great, but.... wouldn't mind a follow up with more info on this one.

-- just wondering (carolynnicks@msn.com), December 31, 1999.

As of 9:54am Chicago time, I checked a NZ site and noticed the time counter showed approximately 30 minutes into the new year but the written report was discussing a different time frame. I'm not sure why. http://www.y2k.govt.nz/home/Navigationpage.htm

-- Sheila (Sheilamars@aol.com), December 31, 1999.

on the NZ web page:

OVERALL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COMMENT

Three hours into the new millennium there have been no significant incidents (only one local incident was formally reported, and one other was advised - both were non-Y2K related). A number of the Regional Monitoring Centres are closing. The National Centre is continuing to monitor with a reduced staff and will revert to standby status if no further incidents are reported by 6pm today (1 January) with any incidents to be reported through the National Duty Officer.

It has been enormously positive that we have been able to monitor and report the favourable outcome of New Zealand's careful and co-ordinated preparations. Our website has recorded more than 2 million hits from outside New Zealand up to 3.30am.

The structure and co-ordination of the monitoring arrangements provides a sound platform for the new framework for emergency management in New Zealand. The co-operation willingly provided by all participants is a key element of this successful outcome.

Thank you all for your participation - we wish everyone a happy continuing and safe celebration.

John Norton

Director

No further incidents recorded as at 5am

(Additional comment will be provided at 8am 1 January)

Times shown on the maps are the times of the last received incidents (if any).

-- George in Ne.Pa. (grc0702a@aol.com), December 31, 1999.