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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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.