There's no way any customers would be inconvenienced. HSBC officials said the problem was expected to disappear by Jan. 1. The spill happened while the plant was testing a Year 2000 scenario in which the power failed. The emergency generator kicked in as expected, but a gate failed to reopen. Federal court officials in Atlanta recently issued summons requesting about 167 potential jurors to report for jury duty Jan. 3, 1900.
Authorities say an employee accidentally used an outdated version of jury selection software.
Philadelphians also received incorrect jury summons. A homicide detective in Hamilton County, Tenn., was subpoenaed to appear for a case in January 1900. The English Department of the University of North Dakota issued a preliminary schedule for next fall, showing a professor teaching a course about James Joyce in the fall of 1900, when the author was still a student in Ireland. About 3,600 water customers in West Des Moines, Iowa got bills saying there will be an extra charge for payments made after Jan. 3, 1900. In the East, Bell Atlantic also sent out more than 300 phone bills with wrong due dates.