Mobs of people smash store windows and loot stores in major cities. Water and power plants go off-line causing hospital equipment to malfunction and patients to die.
Planes lose navigational ability and come crashing down from the skies.
Rogue nations with nuclear capability lose control of their missiles causing accidental launches. Welcome to mayhem. Welcome to the new millennium. Although these nightmarish scenes make for interesting conversation and mediocre TV movies, the likelihood of them happening is so small that it is reduced to the level of minutiae. According to a recent Gallup Poll, a majority of Americans agree with this assessment.