Y2K: The Mornings After
Dateline: 01/01/2000
Updated: 01/04/2000
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"We can safely say what has been referred to as the Y2K bug has been squashed with regard to the key infrastructure systems in the United States." -- John Koskinen, Y2K Advisor to President Clinton.
Declaring Victory: Business
Sector - Transportation
- Social Security - Energy
Sector
History and Current Status of Y2K Week
Starting at 12:00 p.m. EST on December 31, 1999 -- the immediate past and
present of Y2K.
Public Utilities
Security / Law Enforcement
Federal Government Services
Banking / Financial Services
Food Supply
Health Care
Telecommunications
Transportation
Incident Summary -- All incidents as reported to the US Y2K Information Coordination Center.
5:00 p.m. EST 1/1/2000:
Seven U.S. commercial nuclear reactors had reported minor Y2K-related problems
with systems used to support physical plant access control, the monitoring of
operating data and the calculation of meteorological data. None of the problems
affected safety and were quickly fixed according to the NRC.
11:00 a.m. EST 1/1/2000:
Electric, oil, and gas industries reported continued successful Y2K
conversion.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission reported that 5 power plants had reported minor Y2K related problems that did not affect safe operations and were quickly corrected.
5:00 p.m. EST 12/31/99:
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission reported that no facilities under its
control had reported Y2K problems. However, three nuclear power plants in
Limerick, PA, Catawaba, SC, and Vogtle, GA had "tripped" or shutdown
automatically. None of the incidents appeared to by Y2K-related and by 6:00 p.m.
EST, the Vogtle plant was back in service.
12:00 p.m. EST 12/31/99:
All electrical systems in the US and Canada were operating normally.
Reference Links
North American Electric Reliability Council
Department of Energy
4:00 p.m. EST 12/31/99:
No reported threats to American interests or citizens abroad.
12:00 p.m. EST 12/31/99:
No international or domestic Y2K-related disturbances had been reported.
Reference Links
US State Department
US Department of Defense
International Association of Chiefs of Police
International Y2K Cooperation Center - Global Status Watch
1:00 p.m. EST 1/3/2000:
The Pentagon announced that it had recovered full communications with a
critical spy satellite system which had been lost Saturday due to a Y2K related
problem.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms discovered a problem with its Firearms Licensing System, which issues licenses to deal in the business of making or selling firearms. It is not yet clear it this is a Y2K problem and remains under investigation.
11:00 a.m. EST 1/1/2000:
The Department of Labor complete successful testing of its communications
systems.
The Office of Personnel Management reported its web site back online after being down for several hours to protect against hacking.
The Social Security Administration successfully returned to commercial power.
6:00 a.m. EST 1/1/2000:
The Federal Y2K monitoring system will go into a partial
"stand-down" mode until early Monday, 1/3/2000.
12:00 p.m. EST 12/31/99:
All mission-critical systems were operating normally. Some government web
sites planned to remain offline over the Y2K weekend to prevent hacking attacks.
(See report.)
Reference Links
Department of Defense Y2K Briefings:
12/31/99 - 2:00 p.m. EST
Social Security Administration
Veterans Administration
Banking / Financial Services
10:00 a.m. EST 01/03/2000:
US and world markets opened without reportable incident on Monday
morning.
5:00 p.m. EST 12/31/99:
US financial markets reported no Y2K problems and announced they would
reopen on January 3, 2000 ready for normal trading.
12:00 p.m. EST 12/31/99:
Banking systems were operating normally. US stock markets closed at 1:00
p.m. EST to prepare for the Y2K rollover.
Reference Links
Federal Reserve System
Securities Industry Association
Securities and Exchange Commission
5:00 p.m. EST 12/31/99:
No Y2K-related problems were reported among America's 55,000 city water supply
systems. Food buying levels remained normal.
12:00 p.m. EST 12/31/99:
Excessive purchases of bottled water were reported in some locations. The
Food Market Institute reported that food buying was normal for a New Years
weekend.
Reference Links
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Food Market Institute
12:00 p.m. EST 12/31/99:
No Y2K problems reported. No significant incidents of pharmaceutical
hoarding reported.
Reference Links
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Pharmaceutical Alliance For Y2K Readiness
11:00 a.m. EST 1/1/2000:
No dial tone interruptions were being reported.
3:00 a.m. EST 1/1/2000:
The 911 system in Bakersfield, CA failed at midnight (PST) on 1/1/2000. The
problem was Y2K-related. Service was fully restored in under an hour.
12:00 p.m. EST 12/31/99:
No Y2K-related problems had been reported.
Reference Links
FCC's Y2K Operations Center
11:00 a.m. EST 1/1/2000:
US and European air traffic control systems working normally. Global
Positioning system successfully rolled over to 2000.
Amtrak's Control Center reported a minor Y2K problem causing the system to not retain train symbols. The problem was corrected and the system is now working normally.
8:00 p.m. EST 12/31/99:
The FAA reported that airlines had survived passage of Midnight GMT or
"Zulu" time by which all air traffic control is coordinated.
12:00 p.m. EST 12/31/99:
All domestic transportation systems were operating normally. All airports
were open although travel volumes were reduced compared to previous New Years
weekends.
Reference Links
Department of Transportation
Federal Aviation Agency (FAA)
Fly Y2K - Foreign & Domestic Airline Information
Federal Highway Administration
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