DEE DISCLAIMER:
I ran across these articles while researching newspaper archives. I am posting these for the archives, just in case they were missed. If you already have read them, please ignore this post. Thank you.
Please note--it is not my intention to declare something as a Y2K problem. I DO NOT have technical expertise, and do not feel qualified to comment on technical or mechanical incidents. My experience is in other areas...I simply waste time getting information like the good "Polloomer" that I am. ;-)
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Y2K glitch prompts driver license recall (January 6)
INDIANAPOLIS -- Some Hoosiers who renewed their driver's licenses Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday will have to return to the nearest license branch to get a new one because of a Y2K-related computer glitch, state officials said. -SNIP-
http://www.southbendtribune.com/stories/2000/01/06/local.20000106-sbt-MARS-D4-Y2K_glitch_prompts_d.sto
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January 10, 2000
Legislators feel DMV computer woes
By Cy Ryan SUN CAPITAL BUREAU
CARSON CITY -- The Genesis jinx has struck again.
Nevada's 63 legislators are the latest victims to be caught in a vortex of the much-maligned new computer system at the state Department of Motor Vehicles and Public Safety. -SNIP-
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/archives/2000/jan/10/509693383.html?computer+failure
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January 19, 2000
Reporter goes to work on troubled state welfare computer
By Geoff Dornan
Nevada Appeal
CARSON CITY, Nev. - It happened in a flash - a bump of a finger against the wrong key, and NOMADS froze. My only option was to exit from the problem-plagued welfare computer program - losing data I had just taken 20 minutes to enter. -SNIP-
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/archives/2000/jan/19/509733183.html?computer+error
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February 18, 2000
Airport visitors injured on escalator
By Keith Paul LAS VEGAS SUN
Dozens of people hauling luggage up a long escalator at McCarran International Airport Thursday found themselves quickly at the bottom in a heap when the escalator stopped and the steps unfolded, creating a slide. -SNIP-
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/archives/2000/feb/18/509869280.html?malfunction
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Friday, December 31, 1999
Cabin loses pressure, but airliner lands safely
A jetliner from Raleigh-Durham has trouble on a flight to Newark, N.J., but no passengers need hospital treatment.
By TODD NELSON, Staff Writer
Passengers aboard a Continental Airlines flight from Raleigh-Durham International Airport got a scare Thursday when the aircraft suddenly lost cabin pressure, forcing them to don oxygen masks and prompting the pilot to make an emergency landing.
The loss of cabin air pressure occurred as the Boeing 737, carrying 67 passengers and five crew members, was approaching its destination, Newark International Airport, Continental spokeswoman Michele Treacy said. -SNIP-
http://search.nando.net/plweb-cgi/fastweb?getdoc+nao_public_archive+nao-today+10183+24++emergency
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[Note: This was a letter to the editor published in a newspaper.]
Letter: ...Operating problems?
http://search.nando.net/plweb-cgi/fastweb?getdoc+nao_public_archive+nao-today+10784+75++y2k
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Sunday, January 16, 2000
Sporadic outages block 911 calls
RALEIGH -- Some 911 callers weren't able to reach the Emergency Communications Center on Saturday afternoon because of telephone line outages reported by BellSouth.
The technical problems blocked some calls coming from St. Mary's Street south to Varsity Drive and east to Yonkers Road, the Raleigh Police Department reported.
The city placed extra officers in those neighborhoods to make sure they would be in place to respond to any emergencies.
By Saturday night, the repair work was finished and 911 service was restored.
http://search.nando.net/plweb-cgi/fastweb?getdoc+nao_public_archive+nao-today+12734+0++outage
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-- Dee (T1Colt556@aol.com), February 20, 2000