HERE IS MY TOP TEN LIST OF THE CITIES IN THE US THAT WILL GET IT THE WORST: 10.CINCINNATI 9.PHILADELPHIA 8.NEW ORLEANS 7.MIAMI 6.CHICAGO 5.LOS ANGELES 4.WASHINGTON 3.NEW YORK CITY 2.ATLANTA 1.DETROIT

-- MARY V. (ASTROFRAN@AOL.COM), November 27, 1999

Answers

No las vegas?they import all of thier water.

-- zoobie (zoobiezoob@yahoo.com), November 27, 1999.

Moscow, Tokyo, Cairo, Bombay......

-- Rainbow (Rainbow@123easy.net), November 27, 1999.

On your first post I disagreed with Las Vegas. Now you have substituted Atlanta, but I still disagree with that. The rest are ok.

-- Hawk (flyin@high.again), November 27, 1999.

NW Arkansas because Gary North and buddies will be under seige by us good ole boyz

-- (bubba@BillyBob's.trailers), November 27, 1999.

Alabama is the state in last place, better put some cities from Alabama on that list.

-- (normally@ease.notnow), November 27, 1999.

Here's a thread from this past summer about a GAO report on the Y2K readiness status of large American cities:

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=0017kE

-- Linkmeister (link@librarian.edu), November 27, 1999.

Why do you have Cincinnati & Philly on this list? Just curious as to your reasoning.

-- Gretchen (berge99@aol.com), November 27, 1999.

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=0017kE

[snip]

Dallas and Boston were alone among the 21 biggest U.S. cities to report completion of efforts to deal with the so-called Y2K problem, the General Accounting Office said. The GAO is the audit and investigative arm of Congress.

Nine cities -- New York; Houston; Philadelphia; San Diego; San Jose, California; Indianapolis, Indiana; Jacksonville, Florida; Memphis, Tennessee; and Milwaukee -- said they expected to complete preparations by Sept. 30.

The remaining 10 -- Los Angeles; Chicago; Phoenix; San Antonio, Texas; Detroit; San Francisco; Baltimore; Columbus, Ohio; El Paso, Texas; and Washington -- said they expected to be ready by Dec. 31.

[snip]

-- Linkmeister (link@librarian.edu), November 27, 1999.

"10.CINCINNATI 9.PHILADELPHIA 8.NEW ORLEANS 7.MIAMI 6.CHICAGO 5.LOS ANGELES 4.WASHINGTON 3.NEW YORK CITY 2.ATLANTA 1.DETROIT "

Aren't those cities just listed in direct proportion to the size of their minority populations...?

-- what's that sound (BongoDrums@inthe.distance), November 27, 1999.

What about Denver and their publically stated policy of FOF ??

Internationally don't forget Buenos Aires. I wonder who got the city's remediation contract now that the RFQ period ended on 11/22/99 ??

-- Dana (A_Non_O_Moose@xxx.com), November 27, 1999.

"Survey of Y2K readiness among U.S. states"

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=001kaf

-- Linkmeister (link@librarian.edu), November 27, 1999.

Houston, because they're not allowed to have capslock keys.

-- Ron Schwarz (rs@clubvb.com.delete.this), November 27, 1999.

Yes, Zoobie, you don't know your facts about Las vegas. Las Vegas imports all of their water from Lake Mead which is 20 miles from Las Vegas. Lake Mead is HUGE!!!

-- bbb (bbb@bbb.com), November 27, 1999.

WHEW! Glad to see Dallas wasn't on the list! Now, there is that pesky problem of Dallas Public Housing being in trouble, along with several other cities. I am not anywhere near any Dallas public housing projects,but that worries me enough.

-- preparing (preparing@home.com), November 27, 1999.

From: Y2K, ` la Carte by Dancr (pic), near Monterey, California

Singapore, Taipai, Tokyo, Moscow, Djkarta, Mexico City, Washington, New York, Los Angeles, Maimi

-- Dancr (addy.available@my.webpage), November 27, 1999.

Why did you post Cincinnati...nothing ever happens here, teotwawki will happen 10 years after everyone else because we're so behind the times.

What gives? What do you base your list on.

-- Barney Fife (what@the.f), November 27, 1999.

This is silly. Like who really knows? The cities, counties, and states have all been lying for all its worth.

There has been a lot of open warning about D.C.

-- Paula (chowbabe@pacbell.net), November 27, 1999.

Don't forget Beruit!

-- poster city (for@Y2K.outcomes), November 27, 1999.

The worst biggest city is the one closest to your place. It'll be small solace to me if Detroit is undergoing a 10 if Houston is in the middle of an 8.

Y2K will be a local event.

-- Dog Gone (layinglow@rollover.now), November 27, 1999.

Linkmeister- [snip] Dallas and Boston were alone among the 21 biggest U.S. cities to report completion of efforts to deal with the so-called Y2K problem, the General Accounting Office said. [snip] Boston? HA! (not ha at you) I don't know about Dallas, but the only reason Boston made the GAO list is because the hospitals and electric utilities there are privately owned, so they weren't included in the assesment

-- Impudent Pup (beano@boston.com), November 27, 1999.

ANY CITY WITH A LARGE POPULATION OF BROTHERS

-- rufus (ggg@ldlo.com), November 27, 1999.

Brothers? Like the Smothers Brothers, or the Marx brothers?

-- Lara (nprbuff@hotmail.com), November 27, 1999.

Based on a recen t report, I'd have to add Milwaukee to the list of candidates:

Of 22 city departments, 20 are given a grade of "very weak" for their Y2K preparations. The remaining two - the library and the Fire and Police Commission - are given grades of "weak."

The review of the city's most critical systems - such as streetlights, emergency vehicles and dispatch centers - graded all but one as "very weak." The fire dispatch center received a grade of "weak."

Living in Brew City, I obviously don't want to make this dubious list. How does one quantify qualifying for the Top 10, exactly?

-- Steve (hartsman@ticon.net), November 27, 1999.

What about South Carolina?

-- Joanie Solders (User476902@Aol.com), November 27, 1999.

I think pretty much the whole country is equally unprepared. Some states are better in some area, other states better off in others.

My theory is that generally the areas which will be most difficult to live in will be the ones with the higher population densities. If there are supply problems then it will be more severe in denser areas. In general, the large cities in the eastern part of the country are more dense because they've been around longer. Also, the east will be the first to hit midnight, and the western cities may have time to make some adjustments (learned that one from Nick Crowell). So I think with the exception of Los Angeles, the eastern part of the country will be more difficult. Los Angeles could be a problem because Paula is buying all of the food out there (juuust kidding! :-)

Here are the densities of major metro areas in the U.S.

popula tion densities

-- Hawk (flyin@high.again), November 27, 1999.

Er - Bubba - news flash! I have it from a good source that gary north has moved to Tenn!!! NW Ark may be safer now.

-- someone who knows (i'mnothere@the forum.com), November 27, 1999.

Huh?????

I'm more than a little curious, as to how Cincinnati made Mary V's list. Cincy would barely make the top ten list of worst places to be in Ohio, let alone, the nation.

I'm not having any delusions that we'll get off scott free, but as a life long resident, I can't think of a thing that would make this a worse place to be, than any other mid-size or large American city.

Maybe you have us confused with one of the other big C's in Ohio - Cleveland or Columbus?

Mary V, who are you, and what are basing your evaluations on?

-- CincyRes (Im@stumped.huh), November 28, 1999.

I'm guessing that Honolulu just slipped your mind...

-- Choirboy (choirboy@hellzchoir.edu), November 28, 1999.

The cities that lose heat in their housing projects will be the worst.

Thinks gangs.

-- Cant Say (Chicken@NoWay.Com), November 28, 1999.

I think that particular big C is Columbus, but being 50 miles away, I'm more concerned about Cleveland.

-- Powder (powder@keg.com), November 28, 1999.

Powder, I think you are right to be more concerned about Cleveland. About half a million more people, density over three times that of Columbus, and highly industrialized, whereas Columbus is primarily a college town (go Buckeyes!).

-- Hawk (flyin@high.again), November 28, 1999.

Yep. It's been all "Don't worry, Be Happy" goodspeak from Mayor White and cronies.

I bet Drew Carey isn't anywhere near the place a month from now ;=)

-- Powder (Powder@keg.com), November 28, 1999.

As far as Cleveburgh is concerned Mike White's major Y2K problem was making the party bigger than the Bicentenial.

OY VEY, and I LIVE HERE!

Chuck

-- Chuck, a night driver (rienzoo@en.com), November 29, 1999.