Yet many plan to take precautions. The movie operates on the premise that nobody has given Y2K a second thought. As 1999 slips away, Nick Cromwell gravely informs one Doubting Thomas that 1.2 trillion lines of lethal computer code and 30 billion potentially flaky chips are lurking in the world. Suddenly, glum warnings translate to angry mobs at grocery stores and banks. ATM machines don't work.
Armed survivalists hunker in their bunkers.
Hospital devices malfunction. Air traffic control systems and runway lights take a holiday. Caught in a stampede, Cromwell's errant daughter has an epiphany that serves as the moral to the story. Disclaimers aside, Israel expects the real Y2K to spawn some real headaches. Used with permission.