I recall that it was around noon and they had first reports from Australia, the announcer said “we now go direct to Sydney, Christie on your cell phone, how does it look, - Christie - everything looks fine, no problems so far -————
and her phone went dead.
That’s funny. A guy I knew moved out to the Iowa countryside, convinced he could live off deer, pheasants and nuts and berries after Y2K. No one told him a gun and hunting license was required to take critters...