Check smoke alarms. Prepare emergency kits for everyone in the family. Smith said her family, including her six children, each have all they need in a backpack. Kraft answered questions about basic and emergency services. The Yellowstone County jail's doors will remain locked on New Year's eve.
Plans are in the works to ensure the prisoners stay warm and fed.
Hospitals are on top of the Y2K problem and law enforcement departments and dispatch centers are in good shape, he said. Burt described the efforts of MPC and other power companies. The power grid that supplies electricity to Montana will have extra generators running and added transmission routes. Dave Gooeddertz of MDU, Nancy Goodspeed of U S West, Carl Christensen of the public utilities and Bill Bickle of Stockman Bank in Miles City said with electricity, Y2K won't cause havoc. All discussed their individual efforts to beat the Millennium Bug and all offered advice.