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...home generator they bought in case of massive power outages. It's not the year's supply of dehydrated food in their basement or their stockpiles of canned chicken chow mein. It's the water bed. The collapse of public utilities is one of the big worries among the Y2K-anxious--meaning people concerned about the breakdown of everything because of the millennium bug that could lead to serious computer malfunction in the year 2000. (More on that later.) So the Eckharts bought Danielle a water bed. That way, in a pinch, they have an extra 300 gallons on hand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The End Of The World As We Know It? | 1/18/1999 | See Source »

MILLENNIAL CONCERNS 999: Impending Day of Judgment 1999: Impending Y2K...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Jan. 11, 1999 | 1/11/1999 | See Source »

...Y2K COMMERCIAL...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Jan. 11, 1999 | 1/11/1999 | See Source »

PRODUCT CONTENDER VS. CONTENDER BEER MILLER: The Official Sponsor of the Millennium COORS: The Official Beer of Y2K...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Jan. 11, 1999 | 1/11/1999 | See Source »

...planning acts of violence. But the Israeli police don't believe this is the last Doomsday cult they're going to see in the city this year -- in fact, they've created a special unit to deal with Millennium-related malfeasance. The psychiatric authorities too are expecting their own Y2K deluge -- they're anticipating a sharp increase in the "Jerusalem Syndrome," in which around 50 tourists a year are seized by the delusion that they're a reincarnated Biblical figure. The odd Solomon or Job won't cause much alarm, but there are also an awful lot of warriors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jerusalem's Millennium Bug | 1/4/1999 | See Source »

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