Jan. 1, 2000
It's been the talk for months-- the potential for trouble
when the year 2000 arrived. But when the new year
hit at midnight, everything seemed to be going just
fine.
And when we woke up Saturday morning, the power
was still on, the phones worked and yes, the world
was still spinning. News Specialist Sam Penrod has more about the first day of 2000.
A Nike ad dramatized what COULD have
happened on January 1st, 2000. Now we know it
was nothing more than a commercial.
It was almost business as usual at the Salt Lake
Airport Saturday. The blame for the only glitch goes to
Mother Nature. Dense fog caused a few minor delays,
but otherwise everything was normal.
The ATM's
were still shelling out cash, as long as you had money
in your account.
Stores were open for business, with credit cards
working just like they always have. And computers
and electronic equipment didn't seem fazed that all the
digits in the date changed all at once.
Lynn Runolfson/Vernal: "I DIDN'T
EXPECT ANYTHING TO HAPPEN, I
FIGURED LIFE WOULD GO ON JUST LIKE
IT ALWAYS HAS."
"HONESTLY THOUGHT THAT NOTHING WOULD
HAPPEN, BUT WE'VE BEEN PREPARING
FOR AWHILE."
Almost everyone made some kind of plans just in
case. Many gathered some supplies. And if you're in the market for a slightly
used generator, chances are you'll soon find some real
deals in the classifieds.
But for most everyone, this
New Year's day was about sleeping in, relaxing and
watching all those football games. For now, there's a
sense of relief that most everything turned out okay for
Y2K.
