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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 2000
Page
4
About 200 state employees monitored systems across New York as 1999 became 2000. At 12 30 a.m. 14 sites reported no power disruptions. The 2K nerve center in Albany tracked calls from 10 hospitals and care facilities, none indicating problems.
Rick Moriarty reports Patrick Kitchen of Madison, 19, flew on Delta Flight 1632 from Atlanta to Syracuse Hancock International Airport on New Year’s Eve 1999. The last flight before the new year arrived 25 minutes early at 11:15 p.m. local time despite Y2K scare. Kitchen refused to change plans, saying he did not believe the hype.
The first train leaving Syracuse in 2000 departed at 12 10 a m after a pause at the Regional Transportation Center for over an hour while Amtrak checked for Y2K issues. About 62 passengers rode the last train of 1999 and the first of 2000 as Norman and Nourene Alper toasted the New Year.
State police deployed over 65 employees including 31 troopers across Onondaga and Oswego counties from 8 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. with two DWI arrests on the Thruway and one extra in Onondaga by midnight. Troopers reported no major accidents and minimal alcohol related incidents during the watch.
The Thousand Islands International Bridge near Alexandria was shut for about two hours Friday while U S Customs screened a male Canadian for explosives after traces of nitrate were found. No explosives were located and the bridge reopened at 1 a m. Traffic halted from 9 p m. The incident occurred amid New Year’s Eve operations and Y2K computer checks across the Syracuse and Onondaga County area.
At Syracuse Hancock International Airport the New Year 2000 is celebrated five hours early as air traffic control follows Greenwich Mean Time. The note lists Newsline contact numbers for Y2K updates by county, with staff bylines from Erin Duggan to Mark Warner.
New York state spent 272 million dollars to prepare for Y2K. Of this, 159 million came from a central Y2K fund and 113 million from state agencies’ opening budgets, per figures from Governor George Pataki’s office.
State police doubled patrols on New Year’s Eve from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m., seeking out drunken drivers. Sgt. Josephine Townsend said overall patrols were up about 50 percent with extra cars on duty.
An intoxicated man watching fireworks along the 500 block of West Genesee Street stumbled into traffic and was hit by a car around 8 45 p m Friday. His head struck the car windshield breaking the glass. Police did not release his name at the scene but said he was conscious when responders arrived.
Oswego County operates a backup 911 center with normal staffing and has established a secondary site in Fulton. In an emergency, calls and staff would be transferred from the main center to the Fulton backup to ensure continued service.
Fire departments in Onondaga County staffed to assist residents needing help. Of 80 stations only a few were unmanned: Baldwinsville 2 Borodi 2 East Syracuse 2 Lysander 2 Navarino Phoenix 2 Plainville 3 Seneca River Skaneateles 2 and 3 South Onondaga Taunton 2 Tully 2.
Town and village police departments prepare for the new year shifting to twelve hour patrols. In Manlius officers worked twelve hour shifts during the Labor Day storm in 1998 and Chief Dick Carb ery says eight hour patrols will not return until Y2K problems, if any, are under control.
More than 30 Cicero Volunteer Fire Department members with friends and family planned a New Year gathering at Cicero Fire Station 1 at 9 p.m. The event promotes moderation with no alcohol, as Firefighter Jon Barrett stated.
Rural Metro Medical Services activated its Disaster Response Team as the year closed. Nationally 148 emergency response vehicles and 448 personnel stood by, while locally no disaster paramedic units and six personnel were ready for action.
Thirteen boarded the final bus of 1999 in Syracuse at 8 20 p m Friday carrying two passengers to Buffalo and Cleveland. Maurice Kemp of Buffalo said it felt like the start of a new chapter while noting he did not expect to ride the last millennium day bus. Bus driver Rodney Mitchell called it just another day. The first bus of the new year was set for 12 00 a m to Rochester.
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