Maybe these related Web sites will give you some guidance. For the government to spend time and money preparing for this year's end is appropriate. For government employees to care enough about the change from 1999 to 2000 to attend non-alcoholic parties on New Year's Eve also is prudent. Some fear computer crashes and subsequent disruption of services and utilities. Consequently, much work has gone into converting software.
Some people are out to make a buck by creating panic.
On Web sites, in magazine and radio and TV ads, hucksters peddle electric generators, dehydrated foods and other survival gear to people willing to be cowed into believing society is about to break down. A simple gasoline generator won't power your whole house. Use it improperly and the fumes could put you under. Though the government is stockpiling extra currency in case people want to keep more on hand toward the end of the year, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan last week assured people they don't have to. There's almost no conceivable way . . .