Two nights ago, we had a storm-induced power outage that lasted through the night until yesterday morning. It was a small taste of what will happen if we lose the grid. It was very scary.

I hope to God that the power companies are right, that they will be ready...but I am, to be polite, dubious about the spate of claims that coincide with the June 30 deadline.

Check this LINK to Y2K Newswire for an interesting and thorough analysis of the power company readiness announcements.

-- Sandmann (Sandmann@alasbab.com), July 01, 1999

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Yup! I expect to see those "rediness statements" aaaaannny minute now....

Aaaaannnnnnyyyy minute.... nnnnnooooowwwwww.... yup ?!

should be seeing them riiiiiiiiiggghhht abouuuuuuut... now...

??

riiight aboooout ... ... ... .. . NOW! ....

That's funny...?! All I hear is the crickets chirpin'....

-- Dennis (djolson@pressenter.com), July 01, 1999.

Yes, the silence is indeed deafening. Maybe their computers got a bug and deleted all their press conference dates?

-- (AtlantaAS@aol.com), July 01, 1999.

You know, the SECOND biggest lie used to be "It's only a code sore".

Now, it's "Leaving a full year for testing".

Oops, I mean it's "Leaving a full six months for testing".

Oops, I mean ...

You betcha.

-- Dennis (djolson@pressenter.com), July 01, 1999.

STUPID fingers... That SHOULD be "COLD SORE" (Maybe it was a Fruedian slip...?)

-- Dennis (djolson@pressenter.com), July 01, 1999.

Direct link to the July 1st article:

http://www.y2knewswire.com/19990701mm.htm

-- Linkmeister (link@librarian.edu), July 01, 1999.

Comply (-iant): v., act in accordance with, fufill, conform

Ready: a., prepared, willing, convenient; at hand

Polly Spin on the lack of press releases:

"Well, they have been busy woking on the Y2K compliance, that is what you want right?"

"So they havn't had their little press meetings, they'll do it tomorrow, or next week. You can't expect them all to put everything on the back burner and report today can you?"

"They still need to finish testing, that is what you want don't you?"

"They have already finished and they said so, see... right there... "Y2K ready", that is good enough for me"

"Contingency plans are good! It shows thay are (y2k)-ready for the worst scenario!"

-- (AtlantaAS@aol.com), July 01, 1999.

Interesting, Sandman.

Yesterday (I think it was yesterday) we had a post with a link to a company that sold "Perception Management" as a tool to prevent people from obtaining "incorrect" information by assuring that they were given "correct" information first.

Sounds like the power companies have used the same Perception Management consulting firm.

-- de (delewis@inetone.net), July 01, 1999.

Dennis,

"It's only a code sore" is the perfect tag line for all Y2K-related problems post-rollover. Thanks for the most quotable quote of the week on TB2000.

-- RUOK (RUOK@yesiam.com), July 01, 1999.