This article is pretty much what you'd expect to hear from the White House about Y2K, but one sentence in it is very notable:

http://cnn.com/US/9911/10/whitehouse.y2k.02/

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Americans are being encouraged to get ready for local problems by stocking up on drinking water in case community treatment plants aren't ready for 2000.

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-- Linkmeister (link@librarian.edu), November 10, 1999

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http://www.accessatlanta.com/partners/ajc/reports/y2k/dos.html

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WATER

THE POTENTIAL PROBLEM:

Local providers typically keep water flowing by using pumps and valves controlled by microprocessors and chips. Computers also regulate various aspects of water treatment, such as the addition of chlorine. In addition, Y2K-related power outages could cause a loss of heat that would allow pipes to freeze and burst.

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-- Linkmeister (link@librarian.edu), November 10, 1999.

I couldn't find that quote there linkmeister.

-- nothere nothere (notherethere@hotmail.com), November 10, 1999.

http://cnn.com/US/9911/10/whitehouse.y2k.02/

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Big problems for small businesses

Many small businesses are just waiting to see what will happen.

An April 1999 survey by the National Federation of Independent Business found 28 percent of small companies considered vulnerable to Y2K problems did not plan to do anything to head problems off. Instead, they plan to tackle them after they occur, an approach that U.S. officials said could put companies out of business.

Koskinen has advice for the governments and businesses that aren't Y2K ready -- plan for the worst.

"They've got to be prepared for failures that may occur and with backup and contingency plans," he said.

Citizens should prepare, too, but not panic. Americans are being encouraged to get ready for local problems by stocking up on drinking water in case community treatment plants aren't ready for 2000.

But experts have repeatedly warned against stockpiling supplies, saying a run on food, gasoline, prescriptions and even cash might cause more problems than the threat of Y2K failures.

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-- Linkmeister (link@librarian.edu), November 10, 1999.

Oops. h3 off.

-- Linkmeister (link@librarian.edu), November 10, 1999.

Good post Linkmeister..... Typical of the White House yes it is. Funny that the General Population would beleive the possibility of Y2K failures would just end with "Drinking Water" inconviences.

-- kevin (innxxs@yahoo.com), November 11, 1999.

Thanks Linkmeister,

More WATER.

Diane

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), November 11, 1999.

After air, water is the most necessary to life.

-- Got water? (Cull@Cometh.7 weeks), November 11, 1999.