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Other than banks, there were people saying that cars would not start, gasoline would not pump, heaters would not heat, electrons would not make electricity. Don’t tell me that you were busy rewriting that stuff, too?

No I was busy with banking. I don't know about cars. But as for gasoline, how could the refineries handle the process without computers? How would the trucking companies know where to ship the gasoline. How could the electric grids handle power brownouts and shortages? Most people have no idea how dependent we are on computers. One of the reasons third world countries stay third world is because they do not have the computation capacity to process all the information we have in our commercial and public world: checks, invoices, shipping notices, taxes, etc., etc.

If computers are no big deal, which is what you are implying, why is there hell to pay when a virus hits the computer within a company? Why is there such panic if a virus gets into the pentagon. Since 99% of the commercial processes are dependent upon dates, Y2K would have literally screwed those processes up.

While I was busy with banking, hundreds of thousands of people around the world were busy with trucking companies, airlines, publishing companies, shipping, manufacturing, you name it. Everything was going to literally stop.

A current day example is the airports. Look at what happens when the computers go down in the FAA center at an airport. Instant chaos around the country until they get back up.

Those of you who still think Y2K was a hoax probably believe George Bush bought the planes that flew into the Twin Towers, that Elvis lived for another 20 years, Britney Spears is a virgin, the Earth is flat, and the aliens crashed in Roswell. (Actually they crashed close to Corona, NM. But Corona did not have an Air Force base so the stuff(?) was taken to the closest one which was Roswell.)

Other than banks, there were people saying that cars would not start, gasoline would not pump, heaters would not heat, electrons would not make electricity. Don’t tell me that you were busy rewriting that stuff, too?

Electrons don't make electricity. Turbines generate it. Computers regulate the turbines and the grid that distributes the electricity. Had those computers crashed the turbines either would have stopped or run uncontrollably until they were destroyed. The grid would have been unregulated, so whatever electricity was produced could have easily destroyed hundreds of thousands of transformers and sub-stations. The end result, no electricity - for a very long time. And yes, I'm telling you someone was rewriting all that "stuff" as you so eloquently put it. You cannot comprehend the ramifications of an extended worldwide power outage, since you seem to think gas would pump and heaters would heat without it. But then again, you think electrons make electricity by magic as well, so what's the point in trying to explain reality to you?

Just know that without it, society and the market system as we know it would quickly break down. Food, necessities and fuel shortages, lack of services like medical care and law enforcement would all become apparent within days or weeks and the have-nots would soon demand what the haves are keeping from them (like that secret stash of electrons to make electricity with. Never mind that there is no such thing).

Hubby worked for over a year at our electric company rewriting their code to make it Y2K compliant. He and others were specifically hired for the task. It was close.