Yahoo news March 29 1999 <:)=

TOPIC: The Environmental Protection Agency is warning about the threat of computers which may not all be Y2K compliant - those in chemical and nuclear power plants. Statistics indicate that approximately 85 million Americans are near a hazardous chemical plant everyday. The EPA is warning citizens that chemical contamination is a possibility if Y2K compliance is not met in these hazardous plants.

EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story:

John D. Conley, III is chief systems architect for Samsona Software and is an expert in year 2000.

Joseph Strazza is president and CEO of WinMill Software and is an expert in year 2000.

Mark Linden is a project manager with the Long Island Forum for Technology (LIFT) and is an expert in Y2K awareness.

Kenneth A. Ewell is president of Proto-Power Corporation and has over 25 years of experience in the design and analysis of systems and equipment for power plants.

ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue.

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-- Sysman (y2kboard@yahoo.com), March 29, 1999

Answers

Sys. Very interesting. Let's all be careful though of the following sources: Businesswire, PRNewswire, Canada Newswire, etc.

Reason: PR folks pay for these releases.

Now--if stories featuring these interviewees begin to show up in the top three newspaper cities (as in New York Times, L.A. Times, Chicago Tribune, etc.) it starts to become a different story. Just my 2 cent's worth.

-- FM (vidprof@aol.com), March 29, 1999.