IP: Fwd: Store food for Y2K, public urged (Japan)

[David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

As I mentioned they were late starting   djf

> From: "Bill Burgos" <onomrbil () gol com>
>
> Store food for Y2K, public urged
>
> Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi will call on citizens to store food, 
> water and cash
> in case of a crisis.
>
> Asahi Shimbun
>
> The government plans to ask the public to store enough food and water to last
> up to a week in the
> new year in preparation for possible computer failures and related problems
> caused by the millennium
> bug, well-placed sources said.
>
> The government has said that most leading industries are well prepared for
> problems that may arise
> from computers failing to recognize "00" as digits meaning the year 2000, but
> it has decided that
> members of the public should also prepare in case there is a crisis 
> in January.
>
> Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi plans to announce later this month that it is
> important to be ready to deal
> with the issue, the sources said.
>
> The government is taking into account how the United States is preparing for
> the Y2K issue. The U.S.
> government is calling on the public to store food and water for 
> three days, and
> the U.S. Red Cross
> Society is recommending that families store enough supplies for a few days to
> a week.
>
>
> http://www.asahi.com/english/enews/enews.html#enews_25165
>
> Bill
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