LETTERS: WORRIED ABOUT YEAR 2000 PROBLEM

To the editor:

Have you heard of the year 2000 problem with computers that a lot of people are talking about? You have probably heard about it, but was your thought that someone will come up with a solution and it is nothing to worry about? I am writing to say that it is something to worry about. I have a new book on the subject, "The Millennium Bug: How to Survive the Coming Chaos," by Michael S. Hyatt.

Mr. Hyatt says that he has done a lot of research on how the problem is being taken care of, and he has found no one who is familiar with the work that needs to be done to get computers ready for the year 2000 who says that it can be ready by then. They waited too late to get started on the problem. The government is further behind than private business.

The way I see it, we need to be thinking about what we can do to prepare ourselves and our families to be ready to face the chaos. What are some thing that might happen if computers crash at the beginning of the year 2000? We know that all of the utilities such as electric, water and telephones are dependent on computers. How about airlines and other forms of transportation? Computers are all connected together, so even if they are partly ready, the ones that aren't ready will cause the others to crash.

Our world has been made into one world by instant communication by computers. We can communicate with people in all other countries by computers. This reminds me of the story in Genesis where they built the Tower of Babel. The people all had one language at that time, and they were building the tower to keep in touch, but God came down and looked at what they were doing, and he confounded their languages. People in our day have built another Tower of Babel, using computers to keep in touch. I believe God has come down and looked at what we are doing, and he is getting ready to confound our language again.

We are so dependent on electricity that we do not even think about it. But what would happen if it went off for a few days or a few weeks or months? It may take a year or two or even 10 years before all of the problems are taken care of. Get a copy of the book and read it for your self.

NEOMA COUNTS

Farmington