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Chicken Little and the Crystal Ball

What Will Happen?

We liked the list of predictions that Bradley K. Sherman compiled so much, we asked him to let us feature it here.

US banks sent reeling in Asian chain-reaction
...by 1 October 1998

Y2k featured in a weekly TV news magazine.
...by November 1998

Y2K disaster movies hit the big screen.
...by November 1998

Y2K Usenet newsgroup splits
...by November 1998

Bank runs begin
...by December 1998

Dow Jones plummets
...by 31 December 1998

Power plant outages
...by 1 January 1999

Euro currency causes snafus
...by 4 January 1999

Y2K in State of Union speech
...by 19 January 1999

President Gore speaks on Y2K
...by 19 January 1999

Cash registers crash
...by 29 & 31 January 1999

Gold trades up
...by January 1999

Dow Jones average plummets
...by 15 February 1999

"Jo Anne" effect
...by February 1999

Reports on government agencies are classified
...by March 1999

Canada has problems
...by 1 April 1999

Programmer draft
...by 15 April 1999

Y2K jitters become psychological disorder
...by April 1999

US government stops issuing public reports of progress.
...by April 1999

Camping supplies shortage
...by May 1999

Bank runs and financial turmoil begin
...by June 1999

Australia has problems
...by 1 July 1999

Y2K covered as lunatic fringe issue
...by 31 July 1999

Feds panic over nuclear power
...by July 1999

Paper shortage announced
...by 20 August 1999

Compliance campaign begins
...by August 1999

Federal fiscal year causes trouble
...by 1 September 1999

Nothing happens on 9-9-99
...by 9 September 1999

Troops get called out
...by 1 October 1999

Only rich can buy bulk food
...by October 1999

Airlines cancel flights
...by October 1999

First Y2K conspiracy uncovered
...by November 1999

Cult leaders grab headlines
...by November 1999

Bank runs begin in New York City
...by November 1999

Movies pulled from theaters
...by November 1999

President freezes prices
...by November 1999

Y2K doomsayer appears on TV
...by December 1999

California National Guard will be deployed near large cities.
...by 31 December 1999


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