Things That Normally Go Wrong
The following are a list of things that normally go wrong on a regular basis. This list is being published by the US Government in order to prevent people from seeing all problems after 1/1/0 as Y2K problems. TELLER MACHINES One to 2 percent of the nation's 227,000 ATM's are down or out of cash at any given moment. CREDIT CARDS One in 10 credit card transactions fail because of equipment breakdowns, over-the-limit accounts or consumer errors. POWER In the last three years, weather problems or equipment failures knocked out power for almost 1.7 million customers in the United States and Canada in late December or early January. RAILROADS Just over four rail accidents a year on New Year's Day. PIPELINES Pipelines carrying natural gas and other hazardous materials averaged 16 reportable disruptions for Dec. 31 through Jan. 3 over the last three years. 911 SYSTEMS Public telephone network connections to 911 emergency centers fail somewhere in the country nearly every week. PHONES Over the last two years, an average of 41 phone system failures affecting at least 30,000 customers for at least 30 minutes have occurred between January and March. COMPUTER SECURITY An average of 25 suspected computer intrusions are reported daily (many affecting multiple users). Sources: President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion; Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions; Software Engineering Institute of Carnegie Mellon University.My Sardonic Thoughts
- So, the idea here is to let people know that tons of things go bad all the time in society.
- As if Y2K isn't enough to worry about, now we have to worry that 911 emergency centers fail every week!
- This kind of information will, in my opinion, not lead to acceptance of problems in the next month, but rather lead to an uproar about the problems we now face.
- What is the government thinking? We can't wait for 1/1/0, let's go ahead and start the rioting now?
- You can expect, based on the information above, that something you try to use will fail... twice a day...
- So now, add in the complexity of the Y2K situation, and what, expect failures 4 times a day?
