New decades occasionally bring new fears {deviantart}
New Year’s Eve 1999 had its Prince and Y2K had its Robbie Williams, but what does 2010 have? No fears of global meltdown, that’s what!
- On 12/31/99, United Airlines cut 34% of its worldwide flights due to low demand.
- New Zealand waited in fear, as it was the first large country to see the new year. Other countries watched to see how they could capitalize on New Zealand’s potential disaster.
- The CIA worried about Y2K problems in China after they were late to address the issue.
- Some 20,000 phone customers lost their lines in Nigeria after the government punished companies who were not Y2K ready.
Hopefully all systems can figure out that 2010 is not 1910…
