From the Author
HealthWatch 2000 is designed to walk you through both familiar and unfamiliar territory. More importantly, it is designed to let you discover your own answers and meet your own challenges within the makeup of your family. What we're talking about here is preparing for Y2K. Preparing for Y2K is like taking out insurance to prepare for any catastrophe. From a practical point of view, almost everyone has insurance. None of us looks forward to being in an accident or experiencing a catastrophe, and having to use insurance. However, we pay our premiums to protect against this possibility. Commit yourself to yourself.
But, as the old saying goes, "It's pay now or pay later", and the price will go up in a hurry once the alarm begins ringing. With Y2K you should plan for the worst and hope for the best. We know a storm is coming. We want you to be ready, no matter what happens. In the same way that you prepare for a storm, you need to be informed about Y2K. And, you also need to take action.
I wish you the best in the Y2K adventure. May you become all you can be as you guide your family through this difficult time. There are a lot of unknowns. Do what you can, then you will be empowered to deal with events as they unfold. Remember, the Bible says, "The prudent man sees danger and takes refuge". Proverbs 22:3.
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What other's say about Y2K "I feel very confident in predicting that some mission critical government systems will fail - perhaps as early as 1/1/99.
Harris N. Miller, Pres. Info. Technology of America "Failure to deal with the problem could lead to commercial collapse. I put it bluntly, because I want to get the message across. It will not respect national frontiers. Unless we act now, there will be international chaos".
United Kingdom Minister of Science and Technology "Systems that are not fixed in time will fail. This could well lead to business failures with serious social consequences . . ."
Exec. Dir. Of Task Force 2000 "There is no point in sugar coating the problem. If we don't fix this century-date problem, we will have a situation scarier than the average disaster movie you see on a Sunday night . . . 95% of the revenue stream of the United States could be jeopardized".
Charles Rossotti, IRS Commissioner "Electric power is the most important part of our infrastructure. Failures in the power supply could cause serious disruptions in services the American people depend upon."
Elizabeth Moler, Acting Secretary of Energy "We are no longer asking whether. Now we are forced to ask how serious the disruptions are going to be."
Sen. Christopher Dodd, U.S. Sen. Special Comm. on the Year 2000
