by admin | Dec 28, 1999 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, Technology
The Clinton Fire Department plans to take an unusual precaution on New Year’s Eve in hopes of heading off any potential Y-2-K troubles that may be inside the electronics of the fire engines and other vehicles. Clinton Fire Chief Russ Luckritz (LUKE-ritz) says...
by admin | Dec 28, 1999 | Health & Medicine, Human Interest
There was a lot of hype nine months ago about Iowa couples who were going to try and have the first baby of the year two-thousand — but there’s no baby boom yet. A spokesman for two of Iowa’s largest hospitals says they’re seeing about a dozen...
by admin | Dec 23, 1999 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters
The distributors that supply gasoline to the state are preparing for a last minute run as people top off the tank or buy extra gas to power generators for possible Y-2-K problems. Department of Natural Resources spokesman David Downing says they hope people...
by admin | Dec 21, 1999 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, Politics & Government
State officials will not only be watching to see that vital services move along without a hitch New Year’s Eve, they’ll also be practicing a little rumor control. State Emergency Management Director Ellen Gordon says they’ll have a rumor control...
by admin | Dec 21, 1999 | Agriculture
Workers in Farm Service Agency offices around the state are installing new computer software to fix a Y-2-K computer glitch. Bob Sukup the Farm Service Agency’s state director, says they found a millennium bug in the computer program which calculates special...