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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey
institutions would have spent the money to do all that naturally, even if they hadn't been warned?
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They were doing that all along. No additional "warning" needed. And then this industry issue turned into a widespread panic that it was pretty likely major systems would collapse.
Did I tell the story before: mom had a party that night. I told her, why not play a joke. Have someone slip away one minute before midnight, and at then end of the countdown, have them hit all the breaker switches.
It worked as a joke, because everyone considered it plausible.
Major media gave us to-do preparation lists and quotes from politicians saying it could be trouble.