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Synopsis
At the stroke of midnight on January 1, 2000, the world could erupt into complete chose. Imagine: social security checks stop coming, planes all over the world are grounded, VISA balances skyrocket, and the military, police officers, and firefighters walk off the job. Any one of these problems could generate enormous social consequences. Combined, they will cause complete chaos. Experts know how to solve the Year 2000 crisis, but can it be implemented in time? Now, for the first time in non-computer nerd language, author Michael S. Hyatt tells the rest of us, in a straightforward manner, the magnitude and scope of the Year 2000 crisis and its impact on federal, state and local governments; the banking and finance industries; public utilities; and the personal computer.
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Review
This account outlines an ominous view of how computer systems will be able to deal with the year 2000 problem (Y2K). Power grids go dark, emergency services descend into chaos, credit cards die, and the industrialised world is reduced to hunting and gathering in Hyatt's millennium nightmare.
With lots of quotes popping out from the pages and plenty of bulleted lists, The Millennium Bug is written in typical manager-book style. It's heavy with case studies, news items and endnote references to the author's sources. Hyatt's purpose is to alert technology decision makers to a plausible worst-case Y2K scenario and to motivate them to do something about it. The author presents a range of possible developments, from mere annoyance with consumer services to widespread starvation as a result of infrastructure breakdown. Hyatt also foresees a plague of lawsuits filed by shareholders, the families of deceased patients and swarms of other people harmed by Y2K failures.
Hyatt's advice: move to a small town with a volunteer fire department, stockpile food, secure access to a reliable source of fresh water, and buy a gun and ammunition for fending off looters. The winter of 1999-2000 will be a hard one, Hyatt predicts, and the crisis may last a long time indeed--have reading material on hand. --David Wall, Amazon.com
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Because it has come up a couple of times, I want to make it clear that I have not received, am not receiving, and will not receive any compensation from any of the companies I recommend in the book. (I think I only recommend two: a coin dealer and a food supplier.) My intention was simply to make it easier for the reader to locate at least one reputable source to meet his or her emergency preparedness needs.
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