President Clinton has signed legislation giving limited liability protection to sharers of Y2K information, so that fear of lawsuits will not discourage companies from helping each other. [AP, 19Oct98. Edupage.]

Electronic Data Systems' Vendor 2000 site tracks Y2K compliance of more than 129K products. . [Bill Park, 17Sep98.]

It's been said the 95% of the new PCs on store shelves are not Y2K compliant. Testing and fixing existing PCs -- even with a BIOS upgrade -- is generally cheaper than installing new systems, with each repair taking about 15 minutes. That's why the US Treasury just bought Millennium Bug Toolkits to upgrade 285K government PCs. [Paul Jackman , gov.topic.info.systems.year2000, 10Dec98. Bill Park.]

Y2K/Year 2000 Survival Newsletter is a weekly for concerned families. "What to do, how and when to do it, and where to go, if necessary." Send a "subscribe email@address" subject line to , or check the archives with an "index y2knews" subject line. "Worldwide panic will start soon. Runs on your local bank will begin in 1999. Dehydrated food shortages are already acute." [, NEW-LIST, 09Nov98.]

If you're looking for ways to prepare, check out the Cassandra Project site at . [Bill Park, 16Sep98.] (I believe that's where I read about using waterbeds for storing up to 400 gallons of water. Waterbeds often contain chemicals, though. A few 25-gallon plastic storage containers would be much easier to use. I'm planning to store some in my back yard, since even a few days without water could be a problem. Also good for earthquakes.)