A few short years ago, a power outage led to a ‘domino effect’ across Pennsylvania & other eastern states.
Everything went down in a blink—and cascaded into a long & continuous blink.
Transactions were broken up in mid-stream. Your purchase at the store on your credit card was processed by the store, but the charges NEVER got to your credit card provider. Checks that were being processed got only half recorded. ATM usage also got tangled up.
It took OVER a year for a large team of very dedicated & talented person to put together all the threads & get all the transactions straightened out. I don’t know if any never got solved. Even Global money transfers were affected. Imagine running your company-—Payroll is due to be paid today—and the LARGE Accounts Receivable check you deposited that AM is part of this snafu.....What do you do???
Putting all your faith in finding mis-applied payments to your mortgage or other open accounts payable with everything electronic is also very troublesome. If you are doing EVERYTHING electronically & someone hacks into your bank account, you won’t be able to continue your normal operations.
A POX on the people who think everything done electronically is wonderful.
MY personal largest gripe is that NONE of the auto parts stores use their large books anymore. Their computers only go back about 20 years. I drive a 1976 Chevy truck & a 1979 Buick station wagon. None of these stores can find a part for me because they can NOT look it up. Many parts they still stock are usable by me, but THEY CAN NOT LOOK IT UP!!
Summit Racing is my go-to place. They have books & a wide array of ability to buy what I need from ANY supplier they can find for me. I needed a lower radiator hose for the Buick last year. Took the guy 18 minutes (he kept coming back to me & telling me DO NOT HANG UP)to find me my hose-—In Missouri at Continental —BUT HE FOUND IT!! I had it 36 hours later-—$12.97....shipped direct from wholesaler to me in Nevada. At that time, I had already been driving that station wagon 36 years. Not parting with it, either.
Everyone squeaks about how vulnerable our power grid is-—Isn’t this the same power grid that runs their ‘electronic paradise’??? Someone needs to connect the dots.
“A POX on the people who think everything done electronically is wonderful.
MY personal largest gripe is that NONE of the auto parts stores use their large books anymore. Their computers only go back about 20 years. I drive a 1976 Chevy truck & a 1979 Buick station wagon. None of these stores can find a part for me because they can NOT look it up. Many parts they still stock are usable by me, but THEY CAN NOT LOOK IT UP!!”
Before if you drove a 40 year old car and wanted parts it was a trip to the junkyard and hours of searching.
NOW you can go on-line and order just about any part you need in a few minutes!