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id 22 economist suntribune thekegion thursday dec 36 1999 no glitches expected as clock strikes york region has gotten out the heavy artillery to fight the y2k bug leaving o fe cials confident there wont be major problems to interrupt millennium cele brations an extensive plan launched years ago to address potential problems is com plete and all systems have been checked and doublechecked should some unforeseen problems arise there are backup plans in place for most services such as generators to replace electric power hospitals are also prepared to work from hard copies should unexpected computer glitches occur a lot of effort has been expended to make sure there isnt a problem if there are problems theyll probably be short- term glitches and may have nothing to do with y2k said rob prentice newmarkets corporate services direc tor people should enjoy the new year and not be anxious about it newmarket fire chief john molyneaux who sits on the regions emergency control group pointed out 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service i people should expect the normal inconveniences the key message is not to panic theres a high degree of confi dence there may be inconvenient interruptions but nothing large scale or long term he said prentice indicated there could be temporary brownouts or the phones may go out if everybody checks them at the same time but heat and hydro should remain intact theres also enough of a water supply in aboye ground tanks to serve residents for sev eral days should a problem arise people should expect the normal inconveniences the key message is hot to panic he said should the phones fail prentice warns residents to run to the nearest police station or fire hall and to pay attention to the media for any addi tional instructions should problems occur all emergency services hospitals and town offices will also have extra staff working during the y2k transition period the region has a y2k information line set up from 7 am on dec 3 1 until 8 am on jan 1 at 18779675457 but residents 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