Y2K bug
squashed

No major glitches in isles

Star-Bulletin staff

"No, no Y2K problems as of now," state Y2K Coordinator Mary Pat Waterhouse said morning.

Richard Shimomura, state Y2K project coordinator, said that while he has received some reports from the executive branch's 16 departments this morning, all have clarified their complaints by saying they aren't Y2K-related.

"If it was a normal business day, we probably wouldn't know anything about it," he said.

The team will track the departments for the rest of the month, with three more temporary hires.

Wayne Jones, communications officer for state civil defense, said he hasn't heard of any Y2K-related problems either.

"I've checked with police and fire this morning, and everything seems to be running smoothly. I've been hearing ambulance calls, so I assume EMS is running smoothly, too," he said.

It was also a quiet day on the neighbor islands.

Harry Kim, Civil Defense director on the Big Island, said, "There are no hitches whatsoever."

G.A. "Rocky" Rock, Hawaii County data processing chief, said the county began working on the problem in 1996 and spent $550,000 on new equipment and software.

On Maui, County Civil Defense official Allan DeLima said his office had received no reports of Y2K-related problems.

Likewise, there were no reports of any problems on Kauai.