I was considered “brave” and “crazy” for offering to work that shift. People were losing their minds. It was the first time I realized how gullible the general public was. I was the calm in the storm. I reminded them that air was not controlled by a computer and we would survive. It would be like “camping nursing.” Midnight -NOTHING- and people felt stupid. I’m ready for that feeling again. It was priceless.
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I hadn't thought about this in a while. I must have been half awake at the time because I knew it was bullshit without any proof of it being bullshit. I knew a husband and wife who spoke to groups about how to suck nutrients out of a grain of wheat. No joke (as Biden would say). My street gathered together and shot fireworks at midnight along with some local cops who let us do it even though it's illegal here.
It's funny - by the time of the Y2K event, I had worked with computer systems and controllers in a number of different industries, yet I was often told I had no clue what I was talking about.
I won't say much more - if I mentioned some of the systems I was involved with and worked on, I could easily be ID'd.