b'(\' AnOunce of Prevention ByFullerton, MRCA Administrative Manager John Well,theNewYearcameandrupted,supplies in Nicar whentheworstdoesn\'t happen, wateragua went -and what happened?Noth were cut off, and the most advancedwhy are we somehowlulledinto ing!spy satellite systeminthe world,thinkingit wasn\'tallworthwhile? Well, not exactly. Even our ownoperatedbyour ownCIA,wentPerhaps because it isto hardsee household was not immune to thedown for aof time.thatdoeshappen. disputed periodwhichnot effects of Y2K. We tested ourOfficialswithinthegovernmentItalike safety preparations. homeislot computers (one new one and threereport that there have been minorTheMRCA o ers anoutstanding ffvery oldand only the new oneglitches caused by Y2K every dayprogram,theSafetyandHealth ones) actually passed all the Y tests wesince December 31.Agenda for Roofing P2Krofessionals subjected them to with various test Still,few major problems have(SHARP) program, thatbuilds ing software acquired from the siteseruptedsofar.Andwhynot?company-specificprogrsafetyams Iin my a lelast yearBecause people took the problemat aof the c demanded We must neverlistedrtic fromfractionost lose on the subject.seriouslymost of us were pre by safety management companies and sight ofofT main test that was flunked bypared for the worst. Never be fooledthat do the same thing in the conthe valuehe the old saying, "anbelievingwasigctthe others wasthe"rollover"test.intoitall a b hoax - stru ionindustry- andunlike Theremight be a problem for thethe p ntative measures taken bythosecompanies,SHARP reveounce ofcomputertryingtodealwiththatcomputertechniciansthroughoutadministrators are experts specifiprevention magicend of the mil theglobemade theapocalypticcally in roofing safety They provide second at the is worth aoflennium. The solution was simple:preparationsofthedoomsdaytheknowledgeandprofessional pound aheadat cure."That adagewe set the datetwo days, shutseekers seem futile, but th meansadvicethathelpkeepSHARP pute nd ott the com rs in question, a that the computer geeks did theirmember companies out of danger. certainly provedturned them on again and correctedjobsParticipantsgetacomplete well. itselfthe face ofthe date on January 2.We must never lose sightotthesafety program that works almost inIf you have Microsoft\'s Office \'97value of the old saying, "an o cetransparently forcomp ownun theany imminent millennialsoftware or older versions and did of prevention is worth au atersandmanagers,asMRCA po nd apocalypse.n\'tdownloadSHARP staffworkbehind the thesoftwarescenesdailywritingcomprehenfixes forY2Ksiveprogram materials, providing fromthecompan ecificdocumentation y-spMicrosoftandtalkingtocooperativesafety Internetsite,coordinators andotherindividual youbetterdocompany personnel. so soon or youInfact, theprogramworksso might somedaywellthatsomecontractorshave notice thatactually complained th they don\'t yourat spreadsheetssee a re Aside from the fact nysults. are not correct,th theinvolvedhave atcompanies amongotheran average 15 perc d p in their entroproblems.insurance modification rate due to Although thereducedaccidents,thereislittle worst predictions didcome true,cure." That adage certainly provedapparent evidence ot the\'s notprogramsome populations did suffer someitself in the face of imminent mil success for some of the he ot ads ay drastic effects on the fateful d thatlennial apocalypse.Whenwearethe companiesinvolvedto see._ computersrolledoverin a newsuccessfulinpreventing catastro That is because they do not see th I\'\\\\ toat age. On January 1, the financial sec phe,wh wesaveourselveswhich does noten. enhapptor incompletely dis- potentially millions of dollar and Zambia wass, C on page 15 ontinued 4'