Y2K bug: Electriciteit valt uit in New Zealand

[Dr. Marc-Alexander Fluks]

Bron:  New Zealand Herald
Datum: 1 januari 2000
URL:   http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=107623&thesection=news&thesubsection=general


Systems hold up despite Y2K bug worries
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Thousands of Central Otago farmers were plunged into darkness early today, but
crisis managers reported a trouble-free transition to the new millennium
elsewhere.
(...)
The Y2K Readiness Commission declared at 2 am that none of its 12 monitored
sectors, including power and water supply, had reported falling prey to any
failures by computers to switch over to the new century date.
(...)
But the readiness commission did not mention until asked about an hour-long
power failure which had thousands of people in Alexandra, Roxburgh and
surrounding districts breaking into their Y2K Readiness packs.

Transpower said the cause was a suspected "line problem," although it was
still investigating.
(...)

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(c) 2000 New Zealand Herald

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