Y2K Media Coverage threads in TimeBomb 2000 (Y2000)

Y2K Media Coverage Threads

in the TimeBomb 2000 (Y2000) question and answer forum

*****NEWS LINKS FOR AUSSIELAND NZ AND ASIA*****
AP: "...Clinton will speak on four occasions New Year's Eve..." [Or, "We're not out of the woods yet...!]
WHEW! Here's the AP report on Clinton's "millennium message to nation"...
BOSTON GLOBE: "Trains, planes, MBTA get Y2K green light"
BOSTON GLOBE: "Tourists, true believers meet at Armageddon" - ends with FBI's 'Project Megiddo'
WASHINGTON TIMES: "Braced for worst-case scenario, Japanese leader heads to bunker"
Y2K - NEW YORK TIMES: "Expecting a Whimper, but Preparing for a Bang"
NEW YORK TIMES: "Cash Hedge of $220 Billion for Year 2000 Is Unwanted"
MOSCOW TIMES: "Russia Shrugs Off Y2K Fears, Finns Doubtful" - Finns stock up on Potassium Iodine; Moscow electrical utility becomes first in world to offer a 100% guarantee of power!
NBC: "Global sweep nets terror suspects: Hundreds may be held in effort to forestall millennial violence."
OTTAWA CITIZEN: "50 % prepare for Y2K disaster: Ottawa residents use lessons learned from '98 ice storm as Jan. 1 nears"
OTTAWA CITIZEN: "Utilities, police, hospitals have backup systems in place for 2000 " - '>"We can't guarantee what is going to happen with the power supply...I keep telling people to watch what happens in Europe because the equipment they use is the same as ours.'
OTTAWA CITIZEN: "Y2K bug didn't spook investors" - 'And if the doomsayers are right, it could be the biggest story of 2000 as well.'
OTTAWA CITIZEN: "Stores flooded by Y2K shoppers"
Guangzhou, China, Prepares to call out PLA for Y2K...
Gary North site is down>>>
Washington Post article -- unable to access...
WASHINGTON POST reports that, in the event of martial law, you'll be safe on an Indian reservation [though I don't think they exactly intended to tell you that...!]
Y2K: The tide of positive news
CSPAN Y2K shows Tues nite/Wed AM
Atlanta Preps on Local TV
NEW YORK TIMES: "Y2K PULSE: For Worriers, Winding Down on Year 2000" - '...it is time to send in the clowns. As the rollover approaches, enough people are paying attention for comedians to shift into full gear.'
NEW YORK TIMES: "Madison Avenue Plays the Millennium for Laughs" - 'Those preparing for the worst on New Year's Day are deemed, well, a couple zeroes shy of a millennial milestone.'
ABC, CBS, NBC Evening News Coverage of Y2k
MOSCOW TIMES: Minister: Nuclear Plants Are Y2K-Safe - "Have a bottle of champagne on hand, and second, some vodka, but not too much, or you might fall down or pass out and hit your head on a shelf," he adds....hopefully not including his nuke plant technicians in this advice!

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