Agreed. But by the story being untold, while the media scare continued right up to 1 Jan, the public was left with the perception that “the experts” like to scream a lot over nothing.
And I agree with that. the media created the expectation that we would all suffer, the world would collapse. Y2k perception after was it was a big nothing. false alarm. The amount of work that went into making a big nothing when the clock hit midnight wasn’t even recognized.