Y2K Bug: The Year 2000 in reviewgreenspun.com : LUSENET : Grassroots Information Coordination Center (GICC) : One Thread |
The most under reported story in the year 2000 is
the effect of the Y2K bug on systems in this
country and around the world. Thanks to GICC
and its many posters for providing information
that would only be found in local papers. There
were a lot of stories that had solid Y2K
relationships and maybe 20 times that many that
were only in the probable or possible category.
Here is a partial list of stories that can be stated to
be in the solid category from the last half of this year.
- OK - Computer problems halt funds
- Factory Shutdown blamed on Y2K bug
- Hershey Foods Corp. Seeks New CEO
- OR: Portland billing glitch flows downhill
- OH: City resumes water shut-off notices
- WI: Schools plan to drop Ameritech
- TX: County comtemplates lawsuit over computers
- OH - $5,000 Y2K glitch hits timeclock
- MO: Thousands of Jackson County property tax statements incorrect
- CEO: SAP Installation Caused Problems
- MI: Computer woes a glitch
- NV: DMV to get more armed guards
- Fl: City may ditch Munis software
- GA - City's technology head resigns
- OK: Low Funds Caused By Computer Glitches
- Ohio: Agencies' Y2K haste makes waste
- WA - Audit finds errors cost sheriff's office $170k in lost grants
- Sante Fe: PNM blamed for water-billing errors
And these are widespread problems with police
departments not being able to arrest someone based
on their computer
read-out.
- Michigan Cops confounded by computer glitches
- WA: Computer's flaws stymie police
And this from the State University of New York.
- SUNY blames Y2K for release of student loan files
And this tax problem in Spokane
- The deadline looms
And this from Australia
- AU: INCIS Doomed To Failure
And in September . . .
- Harvard University [Mass]: Y2K upgrade problems
- NJ: Computer Glitch Forces Nursing Home To File For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
and in August . . .
- NV - Computer Glitches Hold Up Child-Welfare Checks
- Spokane: Y2K problem: Health district failed to collect $190,000
- Clay County in danger of flunking audit
- E.Goshen Twnshp, PA y2k billing error
and in July . . .
- Glitch delays property tax bills
- People Soft upgrade alleviates U. Minnesota problems
- That Y2K Bug Ain't Dead Yet
These are recent posts in the Y2K discussion group
- NM: Medical Lab Recovering From Rough Start
- Alberta: U of A promises to find answers for computer woes
- CO: Fiscal fix has big costs for city
- N.Y. Court Rules Against Xerox on Y2K Insurance Coverage
These stories are in the probable category.
- MI: State cancels contract to expand child support computer system
- AK: UAMS chief cites progress on billing, collection problems
- AU: Big jump in power industry complaints
- AZ: St. Joe's offers workers buyouts
Alaska Airlines maintenance software failure
The big story of this month is that the Alaska Airline
jet that went down in January of 2000 was due to have
its horizontal stabilizer replaced in December of 1999.
The new maintenance software installed failed to notify
the maintenance workers of the need to change the part
until 3 days after the crash. The FAA has been checking
the maintenance software of all the airlines to make sure
that the problem isn't widespread. Here is the possible
Y2K connection to planes falling out of the sky, trains
derailing and other disasters that are caused by parts that
had not been changed expediently.Here is a link to some graphs on nuclear SCRAMs and
refinery capacity. The oil graphs were done by L. Cassels
Hunter.Nuclear power SCRAMs graph and Oil capacity graph
-- spider (spider0@usa.net), December 28, 2000
And here are some businesses that had Y2K problems
- Whirlpool to Cut Up to 6,300 Jobs
- Beverly Enterprises posts net loss in quarter
- Owens Corning Files for Bankruptcy Protection
Owens Corning has commenced a Declaratory
Judgment action against Factory Mutual
Insurance Co. and six other carriers in
Delaware Superior Court (Approx. March 17),
seeking coverage for Y2K remediation costs
under two all-risks policies. The amount
sought is unknown but quarterly statements
from Owens Corning suggests that it spent
some $160 million in Y2K remediation between
1995 and 1999.
- INSURANCE COVERAGE DISPUTES
- ConnectiCare, Inc.
- England: Y2K to blame for Compel profit slump
- Informix relates Y2K troubles
- Hartco Corporation Reports
- Hershey Foods Licks Computer Woes
- TransNet Reports
- Whirlpool whipped by Prudential
- Programmer's Paradise, Inc. Reports
- ILOG Reports
- AZ: 'Trib' circulation drops from Y2K billing delays
-- spider (spider0@usa.net), December 28, 2000.
Hey, spider, I'd wondered why you've been so quiet lately. Should have known you'd be busy working! You've done a great job here and deserve many pats on the back.Thanks so much for all you have compiled. I suspect some of the others are y2k-related, but we may never know, right?
-- Rachel Gibson (rgibson@hotmail.com), December 28, 2000.
Sorry about the spacing. Let's see if this works better:Nuclear Power Sector: for the archives http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=003Vyr
Energy Sector - for the archives http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=003VxC
Energy Sector postings - for the archives http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=003Vyf
Brazil Oil Spill: for the archives http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=003VzX
Railway incidents - for the archives http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=003Vzi
Australian aviation fuel problem - for the archives http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=003Vzp
Y2K Malfunctions in Nuke Plants - for the archives http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=003W00
Explosions and Fires Summary - for the archives
http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=003W0O
Venezuelan and other energy sector problems - for the archives http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=003W04
Energy Sector concerns - for the archives http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=003W0K
Insurance and legal concerns - for the archives http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=003W09
Plant and pipeline explosions - for the archives http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=003W0A
Airplane related concerns - for the archives http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=003W0G
International glitches - for the archives http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=003W0Z
Senate Y2K Committee Report 2/29/2000 for the archives http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=003W2r
Oil accidents and problems - for the archives http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=003W2v
Refinery problems contributing to spike in fuel prices - for the archives
http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=003W3H
Oil sector and railroad derailments - for the archives
http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=003W35
Pipeline breaks - for the archives http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=003W8b
Oil Refinery Concerns - for the archives http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=003Vze
Airline Sector Postings for the archives http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=003VzL
Manhole cover explosions - for the archives http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=003W9L
Energy sector items - for the archives
http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=003W9U
Miscellaneous sources of information re Y2K - for the archives http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=003W9N
-- Paula Gordon (pgordon@erols.com), December 28, 2000.